Leads the Commission unit implementing the CRCF. The clearest official voice on methodologies, timelines and scheme recognition.

Shapes the CRCF methodologies and their roll-out inside DG CLIMA.

Political lead for EU climate policy, the CRCF included.

Heads DG CLIMA, the Commission department that runs the CRCF.

Led the Parliament's work on the CRCF as rapporteur.

Co-owns the agriculture side of the CRCF. Carbon farming methodologies sit with DG AGRI as much as with DG CLIMA, so his department shapes whether the farming track works for land managers.

Heads DG AGRI, the Commission department that co-runs CRCF carbon farming alongside DG CLIMA.

Oversees the Commission's clean transition and climate agenda above the CRCF dossier. Sets the political direction the framework moves in.

Voice of Germany's fast-growing carbon removal ecosystem and a prominent advocate for scaling durable removals.

Carbon Management Europe, formerly the Zero Emissions Platform, advises the EU on carbon capture, management and removal. A channel between industry and the Commission.

Works on the EU Buyers' Club and on financing and de-risking carbon removal. Represents Carbon Management Europe in ISO and CEN standards work.

The new operational voice of Germany's carbon removal association. A former Chancellery adviser who connects CDR supply to policy and to buyers.

Writes the widely-read Marginal Carbon newsletter and sits on the SBTi and EU carbon removal expert groups. One of the most-cited independent voices on price, supply and who actually delivers.

Carbon Gap is Europe's leading CDR policy resource. A sharp read on the EU framework.

Independent expert on EU and international carbon removal policy.

Member of the EU Carbon Removal Expert Group and a deep AFOLU and LULUCF voice. The sharpest read on how CRCF units fit, or clash, with SBTi, FLAG and CSRD reporting.

Works at the intersection of capital and conservation. An on-the-ground signal on carbon farming and nature-based removals.

Co-founded Carbon Gap and drafted the Oxford Principles for net-zero aligned offsetting. One of the clearest voices on what counts as responsible, durable removal and how the EU framework should scale.

Carbon Market Watch's lead on the CRCF and the leading critical voice on it. Flags where the framework's integrity is weak, so you know the risks before you buy.