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47 | Big week in Brussels - EU 2040 target, NDC, CRCF
What a whirlwind it has been in Europe. Over the last few days, we have seen the Council of the EU and the European Parliament's ENVI Committee agree on their positions on the EU 2040 Climate Target negotiations. From huge amounts of intern
46 | COP30 - A Breakthrough Moment for Carbon Removal? - with Chris Neidl
It’s that time of year again - COP30 is just around the corner. This year in Belém, Brazil, CDR has stepped up its game and will have its first-ever CDR Pavilion in the blue zone. This was made possible by CDR30, the Global Carbon Dioxide R
45 | The Carbon Paradox: Saving the planet was never meant to be simple - with Renat Heuberger
We all know that climate change is the greatest challenge of our generation, and for many of us, it’s our life’s work. If you’re like us, you spend most of your reading time on non-fiction - whether that’s endless reports, briefs, news, and
44 | What's next for CDR in aviation & shipping - with Robert Höglund
The IMO just paused its carbon price: What’s next for shipping, and will aviation follow suit? Just months after the world celebrated the first-ever global carbon price for the maritime sector, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
43 | Inside the UK GGR / CDR Review - with Georgia Berry
CDR Policy Scoop is back with a deep dive into one of the most consequential CDR policy reviews to date: the Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals, led by Dr Alan Whitehead and published on October 23rd 2025. Almost 200 pages packed
42 | 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 is on – but which market will get us the
41 | 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 of stakeholder comments. The new standar
40 | 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 CDR Compliance System be the north star t
39 | 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 framework (CRCF). This marks the formal begi
38 | 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 credits outright, while others want to allo
37 | 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 as 280 Mt – according to Carbon Gap (https
36 | 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 CCUS (including CDR) over 25 years, of whi
35 | 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 carbon markets, they are now also playing
34 | 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 possible to replicate success
33 | 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 facing new and urgent questions regarding h
32 | 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 safety net - has dropped by 30% compare
31 | 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 non-permanence/reversals, which has spark
30 | 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 first to establish an engineered Greenh
29 | 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 diverging. Should carbon markets foresee sepa
28 | 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 on 10 July, was dedicated to a draft del
27 | 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) into its constitution. Following the rece
26 | EU’s 2040 targets: will CDR hit the bullseye?
A day after the European Commission published its legislative proposal for the EU’s 2040 climate target, Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart sat down for a timely session to analyse the proposal. Although the expected 90% net reduction in green
25 | SHOWDOWN: Reductions vs Removal Credits - with Renat Heuberger and Marta Krupinska
This gets to the core of the carbon market debate. Reductions, including avoidance credits, currently account for over 95% of credits in the VCM. Meanwhile, removal credits are rapidly gaining momentum, with $6.5B in purchases to date, outp
24 | Green Claims Directive: what is happening? - with Elisabeth Harding
One of the world's first regulations to fight corporate greenwashing is on the final stretch. Or is it? The final trilogue, the negotiations between the three EU institutions, was pushed back to June 23rd but was ultimately cancelled. A pus
23 | Aligning the VCM with Government Policy - with Alexia Kelly
Should the VCM shape or follow government policy? The Voluntary Carbon Market is at a crossroads as governments ramp up climate ambition and explore carbon markets. What would a genuine alignment between VCM and government policy look like?
22 | The world's first durable CDR transaction under the Paris Agreement - with Veronika Elgart
The Paris Agreement's carbon markets could be worth up to $250 billion annually and reduce or remove gigatons of CO2. But how do we operationalise it? How can countries start trading durable removals under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6.2
21 | A European CDR Purchasing Programme
A European CDR Purchasing Programme for Permanent Carbon Removal? Sounds too good to be true? Well, it may become a reality soon. On May 21st, the European Commission held a dedicated workshop on “A Purchasing Programme for CRCF Permanent C
20 | Public Subsidies + Carbon Credits: The winning combo? - with Erik Rylander
Many projects want to blend public funding with revenue from voluntary carbon markets as carbon removal scales up. Meanwhile, governments have different approaches to it. And sceptics keep questioning whether it makes sense in the first pla
19 | Can we bank on Canada’s new PM to deliver carbon promises? - with Na'im Merchant
Against all odds, the Liberal Party just won the Canadian general elections. Mark Carney’s party explicitly campaigned to turn Canada into a global leader in carbon dioxide removal. Canada plans to do so by - among other things - extending
18 | EU ETS: Is this the most important consultation of the year?
It's out: the European Commission published a consultation to gather feedback on what the world's largest emission trading system - the EU ETS - should look like after 2031. For carbon removals, integration into the EU ETS represents one of
