Quarterly Catch Up: National CDR Targets, ETS Integration, and Who Pays for Removals
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Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart discuss current developments in CDR policy, including national targets and ETS integration, in their second quarterly catch-up of the year.
In this episode of The CDR Policy Scoop, Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme sit down for their second quarterly, unscripted catch-up of the year, working through what is actually moving in CDR policy right now with no guest in the mix, just two co-hosts comparing notes. The conversation opens on the member state CDR targets expected by the end of the year and why a patchwork of twenty seven national targets could be a net positive for the sector, forcing a wider range of technologies and approaches into play rather than funneling everyone toward the EU ETS. From there they turn to the ETS integration itself, unpacking a Potsdam Institute modeling exercise on how CDR volumes between forty and eighty megatons a year by twenty forty could stabilize carbon prices, and Sebastian previews a new peer reviewed paper on using ETS revenue to front load investment into removals through European Investment Bank bonds. They then dig into aviation, a sector Sebastian and Eve agree the CDR community has been too quiet on. The ReFuelEU Aviation review looks unlikely to open the door to removals, and the two make the case for a coordinated push before the window closes. That leads into CORSIA, where…
People in this episode
Hosts: Eve Tamme, Sebastian Manhart
Topics covered
- CDR policy
- national targets
- ETS integration
- aviation
- carbon pricing
- removals
- international credit
Keywords
- CDR
- ETS
- aviation
- carbon prices
- removals
- Potsdam Institute
- European Investment Bank
- CORSIA
- ReFuelEU Aviation
- Article 6.4
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Potsdam Institute, European Investment Bank, CORSIA, ReFuelEU Aviation
Places: EU
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