CDR Daily Digest — March 28, 2026
Six original posts today — and a coherent theme running through all of them: carbon removal is no longer a research agenda. It’s an operating industry. What We Covered Today Nasdaq Buys First EU-Certified Carbon Removal Credits The headline deal of the day: ClimeFi has structured the first publicly announced transaction under the EU’s CRCF framework. Buyers are Nasdaq and Dutch payments firm Adyen. The seller is Stockholm Exergi’s BioCCS facility — biomass burned for district heating, CO₂ captured and mineralised in North Sea bedrock. What matters here isn’t just the deal; it’s the regulatory milestone. The EU CRCF gives institutional buyers a credible framework to transact in. Expect the floodgates to open slowly, then all at once. ...