Archive - Marginal Carbon

CDR has three jobs, only one needs permanence

Arguments over CDR permanence miss the point when net zero, legacy emissions, and interim responsibility are conflated

May 23 •

Robert Höglund

March 2025

What needs to change in the SBTi Net Zero Standard 2.0 to scale carbon removal

The just-published draft standard is unlikely to significantly increase demand for CDR. Crucially, Interim CDR targets must include the total CDR needs…

Mar 18 •

Robert Höglund

Let markets allocate CDR

Three pieces of news: Free market CDR op-ed, Corporate carbon removal target setting white paper, and a new multimillion funding opportunity.

Mar 5 •

Robert Höglund

February 2025

Is 'What is CDR?' the wrong question?

On carbon accounting and optimal versus allowed CDR

Feb 26 •

Robert Höglund

January 2025

Switzerland introduces corporate milestone targets for carbon removal

The Swiss Climate Act include first-of-its kind regulation for companies.

Jan 22 •

Robert Höglund

Halfway through the CDR startup-decade

We had a fast start, but it will be slow before it speeds up again.

Jan 1 •

Robert Höglund

November 2024

NEW PAPER: Only 18 countries need to exceed their climate targets to meet 1.5°C

Hot off the press! I am a co-author of a new study in Nature Communications estimating countries' “additional carbon accountability" beyond their…

Nov 13, 2024 •

Robert Höglund

Changing the conversation on carbon removal

A discussion with Eli Mitchell-Larson and Robert Höglund about the critical role of carbon removal in addressing the global carbon debt - and how that…

Published on The Carbon Curve • Nov 4, 2024

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October 2024

NEW PAPER: All Excess Emissions must be Removed

For most of us there is no carbon budget left

Oct 14, 2024 •

Robert Höglund

September 2024

In theory, emission reduction credits are as good as removals

In practice, removals-only requirements for corporate net zero is the highest-integrity choice and the only one that aligns with the global definition…

Sep 2, 2024 •

Robert Höglund

August 2024

The end of high hopes for the traditional VCM

With a contracting market and chronic oversupply the lack of SBTi endorsement is likely the final nail in the coffin for hopes of massive growth of…

Aug 1, 2024 •

Robert Höglund

June 2024

Markets are more important for novel than conventional CDR.

And other CDR market relevant takes from the State of CDR Report.

Jun 6, 2024 •

Robert Höglund

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