About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the SBTi 2.0 Net Zero Standard for carbon dioxide removal with expert Robert Höglund.

Guest: Robert Höglund, writer of Marginal Carbon, climate strategist at Milkywire, and co-founder of CDI FYI The Science Based Targets initiative has released its long-awaited Net Zero Standard, and Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme wasted no time pulling Robert Höglund, climate strategist at Milkywire, and co-founder of CDR.FYI back onto the show to work through what it actually means for CDR. The three begin with a verdict: mostly neutral. Better than the previous draft, some of the more damaging provisions are gone, but the standard falls short of what the CDR community had hoped for. With the key requirement for carbon removal pegged to 2035, the central question is whether anything meaningful happens in the nine years between now and then. The conversation works through the specific wins and losses. Corresponding adjustments are no longer a hard requirement, now encouraged and reported, which Robert and Eve both consider a workable compromise. The "like for like" principle survived. Scope 3 was included, which significantly raises the ceiling on potential CDR demand. But the standard leaves key questions unanswered: what emissions are companies actually supposed to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eve Tamme, Sebastian Manhart

Guest: Robert Höglund

Topics covered

• Net Zero Standard
• carbon removal
• climate strategy
• CDR community
• emissions counterbalancing

Keywords

• Net Zero Standard
• carbon removal
• SBTi
• climate strategy
• emissions
• CDR

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Milkywire, CDR.FYI, Science Based Targets initiative

Books & works: Marginal Carbon

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