Scoop School Lesson 2: Carbon Removal Leaders & Laggards
Scoop School is back in session.The second lesson: Who’s leading and who’s lagging in carbon removal (CDR) policy?Who’s getting it right, and who’s falling behind?What works in CDR policy design?Is it...
20 Aug 202529min
Scoop School Lesson 1: Carbon Removal Accounting
It may still be summer, but the new series, “Scoop School”, is now in session. First lesson: Carbon Removal Accounting. Which is not the same as MRV, and the lesson will get to that.Countries are faci...
13 Aug 202527min
The LULUCF Squeeze: Can policy save the EU's fading carbon sink? - with Asger Strange Olesen
Europe’s forests and soils have been acting as an indispensable cushion for our climate targets, currently offsetting around 6% of the EU’s GHG emissions. But the LULUCF sink - the EU’s natural carbon...
7 Aug 202527min
CDR and Credibility: Unpacking reversal rules under Article 6.4 - with Danny Cullenward
The Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM, also known as the Article 6.4 mechanism) is going through another round of public consultations. One key document on the table is the draft standard on n...
31 Jul 202530min
Is the UK quietly leading the CDR charge? - with Ted Christie-Miller
We’ve covered a lot of CDR policy developments in Europe and across the pond in the United States. But, truth be told, the UK is a bit of a blind spot for us.The UK’s Net-Zero Strategy was one of the ...
29 Jul 202528min
CDR Durability: What counts as real climate impact? - with Gabrielle Walker
Like it or not, the “like-for-like” debate in carbon removal isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Conversations around temporary versus durable, conventional versus novel removals are increasingly diver...
22 Jul 202529min
The EU’s first CRCF methodologies: are they good to go?
The first methodologies for permanent removals under the EU’s Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming Regulation are being finalised.The European Commission’s 8th Carbon Removal Expert Group meeting, held o...
15 Jul 202527min
Can Germany lead the way on CDR Policy? - with Nadine Walsh
Not one week passes without news of major developments coming out of Germany: earlier in the year, Europe’s biggest economy became the first country in the world to enshrine a net-zero target (2045) i...
10 Jul 202528min
