SHOWDOWN: Voluntary vs Compliance Markets - with Tito Jankowski
CDR Policy Scoop is proud to present the next SHOWDOWN in the first-ever live debate in a hybrid format — on stage and streamed live: Voluntary vs Compliance Markets.The race to scale carbon removal i...
22 Okt 202532min
Article 6.4 Non-Permanence Standard: Progress or Confusion? - with Olga Gassan-zade
What does the new Article 6.4 Standard on Non-Permanence and Reversals mean for carbon removal projects?It has just been adopted by the Supervisory Body after lengthy deliberations and a huge inflow o...
18 Okt 202526min
The Removal Compliance System: North Star for CDR demand in Europe? - with Francesca Battersby
The EU carbon removal purchasing programme and potential integration of removals into the ETS have generated plenty of buzz. Yet these could just be a first step in a longer policy sequence.Could a CD...
8 Okt 202527min
Are ERW and OAE ready for Carbon Removal Certification? - with Rachel Smith
On 25 September, the European Commission convened its first Technical Workshop on Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) and Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) under the Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming fram...
1 Okt 202529min
CDR Credits from the Global South: Problem or Solution? - with Fiona Mugambi
The EU’s 2040 Climate Target debate is heating up. At stake: whether to allow international carbon credits at all - and if so, how many and what kind.The European Union is split: some push to ban cred...
26 Sep 202526min
How Far Can the EU’s Market-Shaping Purchasing Programme Go? - with Hugh McDonald
Achieving the EU’s aspirational 2030 target of 5 MtCO₂-e in permanent removals per year requires an €2.4–6.7 billion in investment. Fast forward to 2040, we’ll need to reach 75 Mt – or even as high a...
16 Sep 202527min
The UK means business: Examining the GGR Business Model - with Laura Hurley
At the end of August, the UK government released over 500 pages of documentation on how it plans to finance the scale-up of removals.There is a lot to talk about: the UK has committed over £22B to CCU...
12 Sep 202529min
Carbon Credit Ratings: What really matters right now? - with Bojana Bajzelj
Carbon rating agencies have increasingly become an indispensable pillar of carbon market infrastructure. While originally created to solve deep-seated quality and integrity concerns in the voluntary c...
10 Sep 202526min
