A Government AMC for CDR - with Noah Deich

About this episode

Noah Deich discusses his efforts to establish a government-led advanced market commitment for carbon removal and the challenges faced in the process.

Noah Deich is back. When he last joined the show in February 2025, the US DOE had just gutted its CDR programmes. This time, he returns to debrief on a very different project: his attempt to build a government-led advanced market commitment for carbon removal, modelled on the GAVI Vaccine Alliance in global health. He spoke to around two dozen governments. The outcome wasn't what he hoped for, but his diagnosis of why is sharper than you might expect, and it points to a fundamental gap that no country has yet closed. Noah draws on the history of renewables to explain what CDR policy is still missing, identifies the two interventions he'd prioritise above everything else, and makes the case for why the current political moment, however bleak it looks, may be exactly the right time to be thinking big. The AMC concept isn't dead. But the path there looks different than it did two years ago. Links: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian Manhart: LinkedIn and Website Noah Deich: LinkedIn and Substack Report: A Government-Led Advance Market Commitment (AMC) for Carbon Removal Previous episode: CDR at DoE is dead — or is it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Eve Tamme, Sebastian Manhart

Guest: Noah Deich

Topics covered

• carbon removal
• government policy
• market commitment
• renewable energy
• climate change
• international cooperation

Keywords

• carbon removal
• advanced market commitment
• government policy
• GAVI Vaccine Alliance
• renewable energy
• climate policy
• international collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US DOE, GAVI Vaccine Alliance

Books & works: A Government-Led Advance Market Commitment (AMC) for Carbon Removal

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