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(6 months project base or freelance) Profile We are looking for a highly climate-ambitious person to bring structure, clarity and CRCF-aligned professionalism to all core methodology related processes within Oncra. Oncra.org is a nature-based carbon removal certification service and financing platform built to align fully with the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). It provides…
Dinsdag 16 december 16:00-17:00 Goed nieuws! De Regeling Stimulering Vezelteelt (RSV) gaat eind november opnieuw open. De RSV van het Ministerie van LVVN wordt uitgevoerd door het Nationaal Groenfonds en biedt financiële steun aan boeren en verwerkers die vezelgewassen telen of verwerken tot biobased bouwmaterialen. Deze gewassen – zoals hennep, vlas, wilg en miscanthus –…
We nodigen je van harte uit om op 19 november om 19.30 uur naar Wij kopen Nederland vrij! te komen tijdens het Warming Up Festival. Een programma dat we met veel plezier organiseren samen met partners zoals Lenteland, Grond van Bestaan, De Jonge Voedselbosboeren, en Climate Imaginaries at Sea Collective. Kan collectief grondbezit een systemische…
Small is Beautiful lecture #3 – 16 November 2025 15.30-18.00 – De Sloot, Amsterdam. What would a future where we restore nature and remove carbon look like? How would it feel to wake up in 2030, looking forward to a day with great collaborations, healthy food and the feeling to be part of the largest…
Ten days before the start, I stumbled across an extraordinary initiative: the Glorious Glacier Ride. A group of passionate athletes cycling from Munich to Monaco, 1,600 km and 35,000 meters of climbing, all in just two weeks. Their mission? To raise awareness for our rapidly melting glaciers and funds for carbon-sinking projects like soil regeneration…
We warmly invite you to join us for Wij kopen Nederland vrij! on November 19 at the Warming Up Festival. A program we wholeheartedly organize together with our great partners like Lenteland, Grond van Bestaan, De Jonge Voedselbosboeren, and Climate Imaginaries at Sea Collective. Can collective landownership be a systemic climate solution? Together with pioneers…
After 14 intense stages through the Alps, Pepijn Duijvestein reached Monaco, completing the Glorious Glacier Climate Ride. Over 1,600 kilometers and 31,000 meters of climbing later, Pepijn reflected on a journey that combined physical endurance with climate action. “I was rewarded with hours of climbing through breathtaking landscapes and the thrill of long descents,” Pepijn…
At their farm Horaholm, in the northern Dutch village of Hornhuizen, Erwin Westers and his father have spent over 20 years exploring how to work with nature instead of against it. Their efforts show how farming can heal both the land and the climate. By restoring soil life, inviting biodiversity back, and capturing 5,273 tons…
When the ground shook beneath him in China in 2008, (then) sound engineer Eddy Wijnker didn’t expect the moment to change his life. As he watched green stones tumble down a hillside during the earthquake, his curiosity took over. “I picked up a few, and my colleague told me they were olivine: a mineral that…
🌱 De toekomst van bouwen is biobased. Ben jij klaar om de bouwsector te verduurzamen met data én praktijkervaring? Wij zoeken een stagiair(e) die impact wil maken met biobased bouwen & Nature Based Solutions! Wil jij bijdragen aan de transitie naar een duurzame bouwsector? Wij zijn actief in de innovatieve wereld van biobased bouwen en…
At the end of June, the UN climate negotiations (SB62) took place in Bonn, Germany, bringing together delegates from across the globe to prepare for COP30 in Belém, Brazil (November 2025). Wietse Slob, trainer at the Clingendael Institute in The Hague and active with Climate Cleanup (that has an UNFCCC observer status), attended the talks…
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a.s.r. real estate and the Climate Cleanup Foundation announced their partnership for certifying CO₂ storage at the PROVADA real estate fair. The CubeHouse is the first building from the ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund to receive carbon credits through the Open Natural Carbon Removal Accounting (Oncra) initiative. The partnership was signed today in the presence…
Ballast Nedam Development zet opnieuw een historische stap in de verduurzaming van de bouwsector. Na als eerste ontwikkelaar in Nederland CO₂-opslag uit woningbouwprojecten financieel te waarderen, biedt het bedrijf nu de bijbehorende Carbon Credits aan op de markt. Tijdens de vastgoedbeurs Provada 2025 vond een wereldprimeur plaats: de allereerste Carbon Credit afkomstig uit een woningbouwproject, het Natuurhuis, werd geveild….
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Ballast Nedam Development is once again taking a historic step towards making the construction sector more sustainable. After becoming the first developer in the Netherlands to financially value CO₂ storage from residential construction projects, the company is now offering the corresponding Carbon Credits on the market. A world first took place during the Provada 2025…
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At the Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) conference held this week in Antwerp, colleagues Pol Knops and Lieke van Zon showcased a promising step forward in the field of carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Their poster, titled “Bridging Science and Practice: A Certification Protocol for CO₂ Uptake in Enhanced Rock Weathering,“ presents a novel approach to quantifying…
The Interreg Agro Building Carbon (ABC) project officially launched on the 20th of May with an engaging and fruitful three-day meeting in the Province of Gelderland, marking the start of a four-year collaboration across Europe to drive climate-smart innovation at the intersection of agriculture and biobased construction. The group visited best practices such as Regenerative…
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We are so grateful to have hosted our 7th annual event in Amsterdam, celebrating Nature Based Solutions, this year specifically on carbon removal finance and policy. We had over 150 representatives, bringing together entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and policymakers to explore how carbon finance can unlock the potential of CO₂ removal. We had a great keynote…
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We’re excited to announce a bold step forward for the timber construction industry: DERIX Group, one of the leading suppliers for the timber construction industry, has officially entered the world of emissions trading. Working with Oncra, our open framework for bio-based carbon removal, DERIX is now having CO₂ certificates created for considerable amounts of CO₂…
How can we make building with wood and other natural materials economically attractive as well? That’s the question Jelle de Bijl works on every day. He works at Climate Cleanup, an organization that accelerates natural climate solutions by simply assigning them value. “What we do is facilitate carbon credits for parties that store CO₂ in…
This summer, we’re excited to present our Rock-Stored Carbon (RSC) Protocol at two major conferences: ERW25 at the University of Antwerp and Goldschmidt in Prague! This will be a great opportunity for us all to share our progress, engage in discussions and ultimately refine the protocol with the broader scientific community. You can read the current draft and share…
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Supported by the municipality of Amsterdam and initiated by our colleagues at Copper8, we co-authored a whitepaper on carbon sequestration in construction materials for Dutch markets and policy makers. Key insights include: Read the full whitepaper here.
On May 15th, Carbon Farmers‘ Lars Hillewaere is committing to a crazy project: he will run 100 km along the entire shoreline of Belgium, his home country. With this act on the International Day of the North Sea, he wants to raise awareness for our oceans and their precious biodiversity. That’s why he’s also raising…
How can we fund entrepreneurs who remove carbon through nature? That question led to the creation of ONCRA, our initiative to help both large- and small-scale Removers quantify and monetise the carbon they store. Many frontrunners identified this as a key need, and now it’s paying off: over 80 projects have been certified, real project…
In just a few weeks, the Climate Cleanup CDR Conference will be held at Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam. Here, frontrunners of the CDR sector gather, including the provinces of North and South Holland, Utrecht and Gelderland. They support the already 6th Climate Cleanup Conference (if you count the Ambassador’s 1500 Club Launch and its first anniversary). As green carbon removal is increasingly…