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In this episode, we speak with Kurt Jager Lykke, Head of Project Greensand and Business Development DK at INEOS, about the journey from the Greensand pilot to Denmark's first commercial offshore CO₂ storage project. We discuss the challenges of scaling Europe's CCS market, the economics and funding needed to bring emitters on board, and what lies ahead for Greensand as it looks to expand its storage capacity and operations.

For this episode, Ritika Tewari, Associate Director Compliance markets & Article 6 at South Pole and Article 6 Working Group Lead at the Project Developer Forum, breaks down how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement works and what it will take to turn international cooperation into real climate finance. We discuss the challenges facing countries, project developers, and investors, the evolving relationship between Article 6 and voluntary carbon markets, and what meaningful progress at COP31 could look like as the focus shifts from rulemaking to implementation.

In the first episode, we're joined by Chandler Van Voorhis, co-founder and manager of ACRE Investment Management, to about the role of reforestation in carbon removal, the importance of bringing landowners into the market, and the infrastructure needed to accelerate participation. We also discuss ACRE’s 1-million-ton carbon removal deal, its ambitious oyster restoration project in the Chesapeake Bay, and the hidden nursery supply crisis that could constrain future reforestation.

For this episode, we were joined by Marta Sjögren, Co-CEO and Co-founder of Paebbl, a company that's developing carbon-storing building materials by permanently mineralizing captured CO2 into valuable industrial products. Marta shares the complexities of bringing sustainable building materials to scale, including navigating buyer demand, policy, regulation and the uncertainty of a maturing market.

Joining us in today's episode is Diego Justiniano, CEO and founder of carbon removal company and the world's largest biochar supplier Exomad Green. Diego shared the company's journey to its latest milestone of 2.3 million tonnes of CDR credits sold and over 300,000 tonnes delivered, and stressed the importance of understanding that carbon removal requires a hands-on approach to achieve industrial scale.

In this episode, our guest is Christoph Gebald, CEO and co-founder of direct air capture pioneer Climeworks. As one of the first DAC companies on the market, Climeworks has a rich history of successes and lessons, some of which we discuss with Christoph, alongside DAC's unique ability to constantly improve and surpass expectations. Christoph also shares his view of the carbon removal market, some of its current major trends, and thoughts on why nature-based solutions must be paired with tech-based CDR to ensure growth.

Today we're joined by Nick Marshall, Chair of the Project Developer Forum - a global network and collective voice of over 60 companies and practitioners dedicated to developing and financing carbon credit projects. Nick talks about some of the main issues with carbon markets today, their evolution and the scrutiny they've come under in recent years, as well as some of the main challenges developers face.

For this episode, we are joined by Jan-Willem Bode, President of the world's leading crediting platform for engineered carbon removal, Puro.earth. JW walks us through his lengthy experience in the voluntary carbon market basically since its inception and shares his thoughts on the progress made so far, and what 2026 will likely bring for carbon removals.

Our guest in today's episode is Robin Saluoks, CEO and co-founder of sustainable agriculture platform eAgronom. Robin dives deep into the importance of soil carbon and regenerative agriculture practices as a means of improving soil health, crop yields and mitigating rising temperatures.

In this episode, Dr. Mai Bui, Head of Climate Science at carbon removal marketplace Supercritical, shares her multifaceted experience all across the board of developing CDR methodologies, working with policy and verifying carbon projects. Mai dives deep into what goes into building a balanced portfolio and emphasizes the urgency, with which we need to scale these solutions.

For this episode, we're joined by Dr. Fiona Perera, Manager of Methodology Development & Innovations at Gold Standard. Fiona talks about the importance of robust carbon removal methodologies, the delecate balancing act between scientific rigor and the urgency of bringing new CDR solutions to market, and why government backing is crucial for today's carbon markets.

Our guest in this episode is Aadith Moorthy, founder and CEO of leading soil carbon project developer Boomitra. Boomitra has facilitated the world's largest soil carbon credit purchases, and Aadith shares his insights about how converging voluntary and compliance markets are already shaping what is to be the vast carbon market of tomorrow.

Joining us in this episode is Sebastien Cross, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of carbon credit ratings agency BeZero Carbon. Sebastien walks us through the path BeZero forged for ratings in the nascent voluntary carbon market, and explains the crucial role that independence and transparency play in building trust in the VCM.

For this episode of the podcast, we interview Jamie Burrows, Head of the CCUS unit of international accreditation society DNV. Jamie breaks down the hurdles and challenges for each of the capture, storage and utilization components of CCUS, but also highlights the ways in which the industry can scale sufficiently to meet climate goals. You can learn more about DNV and download the Energy Transition Outlook: CCS to 2050 report from the DNV website – www.dnv.com

Our guest for this episode is Hannes Junginger, CEO and co-founder of leading carbon removal credits provider Carbonfuture. This is Hannes' second appearance on the podcast and he walks us through the company's progress in the last two years, its impressive milestones and some of the biggest challenges faced. Hannes dives into the hurdles to scaling carbon removal to date and talks about the main issue in balancing supply and demand.