The CDR Policy Scoop SHOWDOWN: Reductions vs Removal Credits - with Renat Heuberger and Marta Krupinska
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Jun 30, 2025 Marta Krupinska, CEO at CUR8 and a fierce advocate for permanent carbon removals, squares off against Renat Heuberger, CEO at Terra Impact Ventures and a veteran in the voluntary carbon market. They dive into the heated debate on carbon reduction versus removal credits. Krupinska champions innovative solutions like DAC and biochar, while Heuberger highlights the preeminence of reductions in tackling climate change. The conversation navigates the need for transparency, the urgency of balancing strategies, and the role of both approaches in a sustainable future.
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Importance of Carbon Removals
- Carbon removals are essential for tackling residual emissions across industries and achieving net zero targets.
- Removals can also create rural jobs, restore biodiversity, and serve as innovative climate infrastructure.
Advantages of Reduction Credits
- Reduction credits are currently more permanent, efficient, scalable, and cheaper than removal credits.
- Some removal projects face permanence issues and can be misused to delay emission reductions.
Improve, Don’t Abandon Reductions
- Invest in improving transparency and efficiency of reduction projects rather than abandoning them due to past flaws.
- Learn from mistakes in projects like REDD+ to scale impactful emission reductions.