About this episode

A fireside chat discussing the current state of CDR policy with Oliver Geden.

Recorded live at the Negative Emissions Platform (NEP) event in June 2026, this fireside chat brings Sebastian Manhart together with Oliver Geden for a rapid-fire sweep through the state of CDR policy.  Oliver Geden is Head of the Research Cluster on Climate and Energy Policy at SWP (the German Institute for International and Security Affairs), Vice Chair of IPCC Working Group Three, and a member of the executive team of the State of CDR Report. He co-authored Chapter Five on policy in the report's third edition, published the week this conversation was recorded. Together they dig into the questions that matter, the numbers that mislead, and the politics underneath both. In 30 minutes they cover a lot of ground: the policy sequencing debate, what the 16% CDR share of global mitigation effort actually means, and which countries are pulling ahead. Oliver walks through why over 100 countries now have net zero targets, yet novel CDR features in only two NDCs through to 2035, Australia and the UK, and in around one-third of long-term strategies for 2050. He draws on his IPCC experience to explain the shift in how CDR has been framed in intergovernmental negotiations: from…

People in this episode

Host: Sebastian Manhart

Guest: Oliver Geden

Topics covered

• CDR policy
• climate change
• international negotiations
• net zero targets
• EU policy design
• mitigation efforts

Keywords

• CDR
• climate policy
• net zero
• mitigation
• EU policy
• intergovernmental negotiations
• NDCs
• long-term strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SWP, IPCC, Negative Emissions Platform

Places: Australia, UK

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