CARBON REMOVAL WEEKLY SUMMARY (20 MAY - 26 MAY 2024)-WEEK#21
Links to recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts, and event recordings, etc. on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
💸COMMERCIAL NEWS
Google, Meta, Microsoft & Salesforce formed Symbiosis Coalition, an alliance meant to scale nature-based CDR (Symbiosis)
Google spinout lands in Oregon to suck carbon out of the air, fight climate change (Oregon Live)
Ørsted enters into new major agreement on carbon removal with Microsoft (AJOT)
TerraFixing Signs $7.3M Commercial Direct Air Capture Agreement (Climate Insider)
Tencent chooses Chinese carbon capture and removal start-ups to receive US$13.9 million in funding (SCMP)
Holcim To Invest €500 Million In New Plant For Net Zero Cement (Carbon Herald)
Wild + Pine Breaks Ground on the Largest Afforestation Project in Western Canada to Benefit Climate and Biodiversity (Reuters)
Flux and African Food Security Sign MOU to launch 205,000 ha ERW Project in the Republic of Cameroon (LinkedIn)
Climeworks becomes world’s first direct air capture company certified under the Puro Standard (Climeworks)
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation And RVCMC Sign MOU For ‘The Blue Carbon Generation Project‘ (Carbon Herald)
Truterra Carbon Program Pays $21M to Farmers (iGrow News)
International Carbon Registry and Kita build next generation buffer management (Kita)
Carbon Streaming Announces Landmark Azuero Reforestation Carbon Removal Project in Collaboration With Rubicon Carbon, Ponterra, and Microsoft (Financial Post)
IBI and CSI Merge Standards for Industry Growth (International Biochar Initiative)
CarbiCrete Partners with 3Degrees to Accelerate the Decarbonization of Concrete (Carbicrete)
SUEZ and First Climate announce at Viva Technology the signing of forward contract with Microsoft for delivery of biochar carbon removals from Carbonity (SUEZ)
DOE To Fund Test Centers For Carbon Capture, Removal And Conversion (Carbon Herald)
Graphyte is collaborating with Carbon Direct on the Loblolly Project in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to design and deliver best-in-class carbon removal credits (Graphyte)
Sublime Systems Announces The First Ever Commercial Use Of Its Net Zero Cement (Carbon Herald)
Alt Carbon announced the successful removal of their first 1,000 kgs of carbon from the atmosphere through Enhanced Rock Weathering (LinkedIn)
Zero Carbon Systems acquires Global Thermostat and its best-in-class technology to capture carbon dioxide from the air (PR Newswire)
Carbon Herald & Carbon Business Council Combine Forces To Supercharge Awareness of Carbon Management, Reaching Hundreds of Thousands of Readers (Carbon Business Council)
📝RESEARCH PAPERS
Taking stock of carbon dioxide removal policy in emerging economies: developments in Brazil, China, and India
Schenuit, F., Brutschin, E., Geden, O., Guo, F., Mohan, A., Oliveira Fiorini, A. C., ... & Riahi, K. (2024). Taking stock of carbon dioxide removal policy in emerging economies: developments in Brazil, China, and India. Climate Policy, 1-20.
Removing carbon, restoring trust: public perceptions of industry and community roles in U.S. carbon dioxide removal policy
Scott-Buechler, C. (2024). Removing carbon, restoring trust: public perceptions of industry and community roles in US carbon dioxide removal policy.
Exploring site-specific carbon dioxide removal options with storage or sequestration in the marine environment - The 10 Mt CO2 yr-1 removal challenge for Germany
Yao, W., Morganti, T., Wu, J., Borchers, M., Anschütz, A. A., Bednarz, L. K., ... & Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, G. E. O. M. A. R. Exploring site-specific carbon dioxide removal options with storage or sequestration in the marine environment-The 10 Mt CO2 yr-1 removal challenge for Germany.
Carbon-Negative Crude Oil
Bryant, S. (2024). Carbon-Negative Crude Oil. In Sustainability in the Oil and Gas Sector: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Tackling Climate Change (pp. 141-169). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Biochar addition promotes soil organic carbon sequestration dominantly contributed by macro-aggregates in agricultural ecosystems of China
Xu, P., Wang, Q., Duan, C., Huang, G., Dong, K., & Wang, C. (2024). Biochar addition promotes soil organic carbon sequestration dominantly contributed by macro-aggregates in agricultural ecosystems of China. Journal of Environmental Management, 359, 121042.
Forest carbon storage and sink estimates under different management scenarios in China from 2020 to 2100
Qin, J., Liu, P., Martin, A. R., Wang, W., Lei, Y., & Li, H. (2024). Forest carbon storage and sink estimates under different management scenarios in China from 2020 to 2100. Science of The Total Environment, 927, 172076.
Biodiversity loss reduces global terrestrial carbon storage
Weiskopf, S. R., Isbell, F., Arce-Plata, M. I., Di Marco, M., Harfoot, M., Johnson, J., ... & Ferrier, S. (2024). Biodiversity loss reduces global terrestrial carbon storage. Nature Communications, 15(1), 4354.
Methods for quantification of biochar in soils: A critical review
Xie, Y., Li, C., Chen, H., Gao, Y., Vancov, T., Keen, B., ... & Wang, H. (2024). Methods for quantification of biochar in soils: A critical review. Catena, 241, 108082.
Anticorrelation of Net Uptake of Atmospheric CO2 by the World Ocean and Terrestrial Biosphere in Current Carbon Cycle Models
Schwartz, S. E. (2024). Anticorrelation of Net Uptake of Atmospheric CO 2 by the World Ocean and Terrestrial Biosphere in Current Carbon Cycle Models. EGUsphere, 2024, 1-22.
Regional differences in the contribution of drivers to carbon sequestration and oxygen release from global terrestrial ecosystems
Tian, S., Wu, W., Chen, S., Song, D., Li, L., & Li, Z. (2024). Regional differences in the contribution of drivers to carbon sequestration and oxygen release from global terrestrial ecosystems. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 207, 107704.
Plant height as an indicator for alpine carbon sequestration and ecosystem response to warming
Quan, Q., He, N., Zhang, R., Wang, J., Luo, Y., Ma, F., ... & Niu, S. (2024). Plant height as an indicator for alpine carbon sequestration and ecosystem response to warming. Nature Plants, 1-11.
Carbon export from seaweed forests to deep ocean sinks
Filbee-Dexter, K., Pessarrodona, A., Pedersen, M. F., Wernberg, T., Duarte, C. M., Assis, J., ... & Krause-Jensen, D. (2024). Carbon export from seaweed forests to deep ocean sinks. Nature Geoscience, 1-8.
Review of carbon sequestration by alkaline industrial wastes: potential applications in landfill biogeochemical cover systems
Verma, G., & Reddy, K. R. (2024). Review of carbon sequestration by alkaline industrial wastes: potential applications in landfill biogeochemical cover systems. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 1-25.
Design, optimization and application of synthetic carbon-negative phototrophic community
ZHENG, H., Chaofeng, L. I., Liangxu, L. I. U., Jiawei, W. A. N. G., Hengrun, L. I., & Jun, N. I. (2024). Design, optimization and application of synthetic carbon-negative phototrophic community. Synthetic Biology Journal, 1.
Coupling Electrochemical Alkalinization and Mineral Dissolution for Ambient Removal of Both Influent CO2 and Dissolved Nitrite in Seawater
Cong, H. T., Yan, X. Q., Yang, L. K., Jiang, Y., Wang, C., Zhan, D., ... & Dai, M. (2024). Coupling Electrochemical Alkalinization and Mineral Dissolution for Ambient Removal of Both Influent CO2 and Dissolved Nitrite in Seawater. Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
Enhanced rock weathering increased soil phosphorus availability and altered root phosphorus-acquisition strategies
Bi, B., Li, G., Goll, D. S., Lin, L., Chen, H., Xu, T., ... & Lambers, H. (2024). Enhanced rock weathering increased soil phosphorus availability and altered root phosphorus‐acquisition strategies. Global Change Biology, 30(5), e17310.
A review of atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration pathways; processes and current status in Nigeria
Nwali, O. I., Oladunjoye, M. A., & Alao, O. A. (2024). A review of atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration pathways; processes and current status in Nigeria. Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 12, 100208.
Fault Leakage Behaviors and Co2 Migration in Different Types of Geological Carbon Storage
Lu, J., Lv, Y., Fang, X., Zuo, J., Wang, S., Li, H., ... & Liu, W. (2024). Fault Leakage Behaviors and Co2 Migration in Different Types of Geological Carbon Storage. Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils, 1-10.
Comparing Potential Carbon Dioxide Removal Fluxes from Enhanced Rock Weathering with Baseline Fluxes in the UK
Harrington, K., Henderson, G., & Hilton, R. (2024). Comparing Potential Carbon Dioxide Removal Fluxes from Enhanced Rock Weathering with Baseline Fluxes in the UK (No. EGU24-12948). Copernicus Meetings.
Optimizing grazing exclusion duration for carbon sequestration in grasslands: Incorporating temporal heterogeneity of aboveground biomass and soil organic carbon
Wan, L., Liu, G., Sun, J., Ma, J., Cheng, H., Shen, Y., ... & Su, X. (2024). Optimizing grazing exclusion duration for carbon sequestration in grasslands: Incorporating temporal heterogeneity of aboveground biomass and soil organic carbon. Science of The Total Environment, 927, 172006.
📰WEB POSTS
NETL Research Targets Degradation of Sorbents Used in Direct Air Capture (NETL)
Why Did NCX Stop the 1-Year Forest Carbon Program? (NCX)
Startup develops process powered by sunlight and seawater to remove CO2 from air: '[It] can actually be energy positive' (TCD)
How to start a CDR startup: Six key lessons for aspiring founders (Maddyness)
Biochar is destined to stay small (Terraform Now)
The U.S. Has Gotten 3 Direct Air Capture Plants in 13 Months (Heatmap)
US trip unearths similar carbon sequestration concerns (QueensLand Country Life)
Australian researchers turn morning coffee waste into greener concrete (philenews)
Can ‘rock weathering’ help tackle the climate crisis and boost farming? (The Guardian)
OpenAir Collective Calls On New Yorkers To Provide Support For New Carbon Removal Bill In The City (Carbon Herald)
Algae offers new carbon emissions solution (Engineering Newd)
UK breakthrough could slash emissions from cement (BBC)
New TransparenC Platform To Rebuild Trust In Carbon Credits (Carbon Herald)
Green Claims: Urgent call for clear rules supporting investment in permanent carbon removals (Letter)
Sow, sequester, save: Zeotech’s zeolites show promise in crop growth and carbon capture (StockHead)
Peat project hopes to save 4,000 tonnes of carbon (BBC)
📒THESIS
Missing Paths to Justice: The Knowledge Politics of Carbon Dioxide Removal
📃REPORTS
Direct Air Capture Market Trends, Surging Demand, Detailed Analysis, And Forecast To 2033
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2024
Ecological Restoration in the Voluntary Carbon Market
Boom or Bust?—2024 Biochar Market Outlook
Methodology for Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Electrolytic Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal
🧰CDR FIRMS
Clairity Tech
Origen
🗓️UPCOMING EVENTS
(NEW) A Buyers Guide to Enhanced Rock Weathering by Senken | 28 May 2024 | Online
(NEW) In-situ Enhanced Mineralization Value Proposition as a Carbon Dioxide Removal Technique | 28 May 2024 | Online
Roadmap for carbon removal in Norway by Carbon Gap, Perspectives Climate Research and Carbon Limit | 28 May 2024 | Online
Meet Carbfix at the Iceland Geothermal Conference – IGC 2024 by Carbfix | 28-30 May 2024 | Reykjavík, Iceland
2024 Buyer’s Guide to CDR Policy by Carbonfuture | 28 May 2024 | Online
(NEW) Carbon connections webinar - From satellites to ratings: impartial views on carbon credit quality by BeZero Carbon | 04 June 2024 | Online
Anaerobic Digestion—How to boost gas yield with biochar by Biochar Zero | 29 May 2024 | Online
The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report- Launch of 2nd Edition by Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment | 04 June 2024
Climeworks Carbon Removal Summit | 4-6 June 2024
Carbon Credit Markets: The Rise of Durable, Engineered Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies by IDTechEx | 05 June 2024 | Online
(NEW) Sustainable Futures: Carbon Removal with Smallholder Farmers by BiocharLife | 06 June 2024 | Online
(NEW) Workshop With A Focus on Biochar by CSINK | 12 June 2024 | Portugal
Carbonfuture Carbon Removal Summit 2024 by Carbonfuture | 13 June 2024
(NEW) Carbon Catch-up: Navigating Decarbonization in Aviation with Carbon Removal Solutions by Climeworks | 13 June 2024 | Online
Future-proof carbon removal strategies that make an impact by Carbon Direct | 13 June 2024 | Online
(NEW) Biorefining and Biomanufacturing: Towards net negative carbon systems by Tech Connect | 17-19 June 2024 | Washington, DC
EU Carbon Removal Certification – Biochar Methodology | 18 June 2024 | Online
(NEW) Methodologies: Major Revision Toward VM0042, v3.0 by VEERA | 18 June 2024 | Online
Negative CO₂ Emissions hosted at the University of Oxford by CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, with financial support from UKRI | 18-21 June 2024
Goodbye Greenhouse Gas @ The Old Fire Station by CO2RE | 20 June 2024
Negative Emissions Summit 2024 | 20 June 2024
Carbon Capture Technology Expo North America | 26-27 June 2024
(NEW) From Here To Where? Developing The CDR Legal Landscape In The EU by CSink | 28 June 2024 | Online
Driving Development of Ocean-Based Carbon Removal Technologies with Innovations in MRV, Oceanographic Modelling & New Policy Frameworks to Reduce Global CO2 Emissions | 9-11 July 2024
2nd Biochar Malaysia Association International Conference 2024 by International Biochar Initiative | August 13-14, 2024
Goldschmidt 2024 conference, Chicago | 18-23 August 2024
Carbon Unbound Europe | 11-12 September 2024
Carbfix Mineralization Summit 2024 | 12-13 September 2024
Bellona Climate Action Conference | 01 October 2024 | Brussels (Belgium)
IBI Biochar Study Tour: Italy by the Italian Biochar Association and the International Biochar Initiative | 16-18 October 2024 | Florence, Italy
How to apply biochar in sustainability management and accounting | German Biochar Forum | 18 November 2024
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💼JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Chief Executive Officer at Carbon Removal India Alliance (CRIA) | New Delhi, India
"The Carbon Removal India Alliance (CRIA) is a membership organisation dedicated to addressing constraints and catalysing the growth of a thriving durable carbon removal sector in India. It aims to support India in achieving its potential in terms of scale, efficiency and the provision of social and environmental co-benefits from durable carbon removal technologies."
Global Head of CDR Carbon Credit Sales at Emral Carbon | Remote
"Emral Carbon is a leading provider of expert brokerage, capital raising and legal services in relation to carbon markets and carbon dioxide removal. It is an affiliate of Jobs in Carbon."
Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Carbon Project Assessment Director at Brightsmith | London / Remote
"We are working with a scaling market intermediary looking for an Assessment Director, who will play a pivotal role in shaping and managing the comprehensive development of the company's carbon project portfolio, from inception to certification by carbon standards such as Verra."
Director of Coastal Engineering at Vesta, PBC | Remote
"Vesta, PBC is a USA-based climate startup with a mission to help mitigate climate change by protecting coastlines and removing atmospheric carbon dioxide through Coastal Carbon Capture (CCC). CCC is a nature-based negative emission approach which deploys carbon-removing sand made from the natural mineral olivine in the nearshore environment. This leads to significant CO2 sequestration from the atmosphere and has the potential to be the most cost-effective, scalable method of permanent carbon dioxide removal on earth, while also providing significant coastal protection co-benefits. Vesta is a fast-growing company consisting of scientists, operators, and engineers conducting CCC trials at domestic and international locations with plans to scale operations in the near future."
Research Fellow (on low carbon footprint concrete with biochar and other carbon materials) at NTU Main Campus | Singapore
"The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is a leading school for Sustainable Built Environment. The School plays an integral role in spearheading tertiary education, advancing research innovations and providing professional services in a number of key disciplines in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Maritime Studies fields, with the objective of contributing to the technological and economic advancement of Singapore and beyond. The School’s mission in research is to achieve excellence by providing a conducive and intellectually stimulating environment to enable high quality work in strategic directions that are of significant impact to industry, science and technology.
CEE is inviting applications for the position of Research Fellow. The Research Fellow will work on a project on the demonstration of and study on continuous thermal hydrolysis and pyrolysis for sludge management and pyrolytic carbon application."
Vice President Commercial US at Climeworks | Austin, USA
"Climeworks offer carbon removal as a service for businesses and individuals who want to fight climate change. With our service, you can take action on behalf of the planet by permanently removing the CO₂ emissions you can’t reduce."
Project Scientist -Oceanographer Biogeochemistry at Skyology | San Fransisco, CA (Hybrid)
Skyology is building a Carbon Negative Species.
Fellow (Post Doc) at Kansas State University | Manhattan, Kansas
"The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for a Fellow (Post Doc). The successful candidate will analyze and assess the spatial distribution of CRP in Kansas and the Great Plains. Analyze the potential soil carbon sequestration linked with soil type, climate, and yield potential. Determine the vulnerability of conversion to cultivated agriculture and synergy with adjacent grasslands with critical wildlife habitat. The selected candidate will be responsible for conducting research and drafting publications for technical reports, and scientific journals. The successful applicant will work in an interdisciplinary team involving ecologists, soil scientists, and modelers."
Mechanical/Marine Engineer at Seaweed Generation | Glasgow, UK
"Seaweed Generation is on a mission to mitigate and remove carbon emissions using seaweed. We believe that the wonders of seaweed can be coupled with technology for ocean rehabilitation of biodiversity, removal of pollution, and de acidification, that will also create a fantastic base biomass for food, animal feed, fertiliser, plastics, fuel, carbon removal, and much much more."
Account executive - Carbon removal at CrystalTrade | Paris, France
"At Crystalchain, we are at the forefront of creating technological solutions to enhance business practices. We provide a comprehensive view of environmental impact, working with companies of all sizes, from SMEs to CAC40, and representing France in the ISO standardization of blockchain technologies and we develop new tools based on AI. We have established relationships of trust with high-level contacts at registries (puro.earth, Verra), carbon associations (founding member at AFEN in France) and the European Commission on the CRCF."
Oceanographer: head of ocean safety and MRV at SeaO2 | Amsterdam or Leeuwarden, Netherlands
"At SeaO2 we facilitate net zero carbon. We use our patented technology to achieve large scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the ocean using an electrochemical approach. By leveraging pH of the seawater, we remove CO2 indirectly from the atmosphere and battle ocean acidification. The removed carbon dioxide gas is then sequestrated. After our capture plant, the CO2-depleted seawater is returned to the ocean where it can absorb atmospheric CO2 again. We are setting up our 250 tCO2/yr pilot plant on the Dutch coast early 2024. We need a monitoring, reporting, verification (MRV) protocol in place to ensure ocean safety and research the impacts of our technology on downstream seawater on a large scale."
Project/process Automation Engineer at Graphyte | Pine Bluff, Arkansas
"Carbon Casting is introducing the world’s first and only carbon dioxide removal solution that is permanent, affordable, and immediately scalable."
Research Associate for the Project “PalMod Phase III” Examining the response of the ocean carbon storage and biogeochemical cycles to abrupt events during the last deglaciation | Hamburg, Germany | Deadline to apply: 28 May 2024
"The Project PalMod Phase III is a project between Universität Hamburg and several other German research institutes and universities, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF), to understand Earth system dynamics and variability during the last glacial cycle.
Model simulations in PalMod Phase II with cryosphere-ocean-atmosphere interactions in MPI-ESM have captured some features of the abrupt events of the last deglaciation (Heinrich events, Bølling-Allerød warming, Younger Dryas). Studies of marine sediments show that such abrupt events profoundly affect ocean biogeochemistry. Nevertheless, the cascades of changes in oceanic biogeochemistry have not yet been examined using comprehensive Earth system models with interactive carbon cycle. The planned work will address this knowledge gap. The project will focus on examining the response of the ocean carbon storage and biogeochemical cycles to abrupt events in MPI-ESM projections spanning the last deglaciation and future climate change scenarios with the goal to improve our quantitative understanding of the observed cascades of change."
Head of Business Development at Holy Grail Inc | Freemont, CA, USA or Remote
"Holy Grail developed a direct air carbon capture technology that removes CO2 from the atmosphere and permanently stores it above the ground. We are looking for proactive candidates ready to take ownership and passionate about creating a scalable solution to removing excess CO2 from the atmosphere."
Site Operator at Planetary | Dartmouth, NS, Canada
"Planetary Technologies’ vision is to protect and restore the ocean and climate for generations to come. We do this by enhancing the ocean’s natural ability to fight climate change through carbon dioxide removal and storage. Our team combines expertise in ocean science, metallurgy and geochemistry to safely and effectively scale up ocean-based CO2 management solutions. Working collaboratively with all of our stakeholders, we develop a cost effective and sustainable set of tools aimed at protecting and restoring our oceans and climate, ultimately doing carbon dioxide removal and storage at gigatonne scale."
Head / Director of CDR Sales at CO280 | Vancouver, Canada or Remote
"CO280 is a leading developer of carbon removal projects with more than 10 megatons per year of permanent CDR under development. We are addressing a critical supply gap in the carbon removal market by creating the world’s first permanent, verifiable, and affordable CDR solution at scale. The projects we’re developing are the lowest cost, permanently sequestered carbon removal projects in the world. CO280 partners with market-leading pulp and paper companies to capture and store biogenic CO2 and sell the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) credits to customers in the voluntary carbon market. We call this BioDAC. We are a world-class team with deep climate tech, clean tech, and energy project experience."
Ocean Testing Engineer at Capture | San Pedro, CA, USA
"Captura's process uses renewable energy to remove CO2 from seawater and amplify the ocean’s natural removal of carbon from the atmosphere — all with no additives or by-products."
Role: Founding CCO/CPO at Cedar Carbon Labs | New York, USA or Remote
"Cedar Carbon's mission is to commercialize carbon removal technologies w/ gigaton-scale impact potential."
🎙️PODCASTS
The Carbon Removal XPRIZE Announces Their 20 Finalists | Carbon Removal Newsroom
"The XPRIZE remains one of the top stories in carbon removal and one of the largest funding sources for CDR start-ups. The Elon Musk-backed competition will award $50 million to the winning CDR startup in 2025 and send $10 million to three other runner-up teams.
Over 1000 teams worldwide have applied since the award was announced in 2021.
This month, XPRIZE released the detailed “Getting to Gigaton” report, which provided comprehensive data and analysis of the top 100 teams. A few weeks later, they announced the top 20 finalist teams competing for the grand prize.
The report and the selection of the top teams provide a state of play for the industry by showing what methodologies are most ready to grow to a gigaton scale, according to XPRIZE's expert CDR judges.
Today's show is with Nikki Batchelor, the Executive Director of XPRIZE Carbon Removal, and Mike Leitch, the Senior Technical Lead, about how they selected the top 20, what they found in this report, and what comes next for the competition."
Episode 3: 'Lean, Mean, Charring Machine' | Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey
"It’s episode three, and Tom has begun his search for a machine to make his biochar. But he soon learns that this particular shopping trip is going to be a lot more complicated (and potentially expensive) than he expected. Along the way, he meets a founder who’s been down this road before, encounters the messy world of ‘standards’, and gets lost in an extended baking metaphor that leaves him slightly peckish. Will he find a machine that will work for his pilot and allow him to mint credits? Or is it time to get out of the kitchen?
Grounded is the story of a startup that wants to remove carbon from the atmosphere and help reshape our relationship with the planet. Ideally without burning to the ground in the process."
A Mammoth Task: Sucking Carbon out of the Air—Robert Höglund of MilkyWire and Ben Cooke of The Times talk CDR | Wicked Problem
"In this episode of Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations, we return to one of our favourite topics: carbon dioxide removals (CDR) and its potential role in combating climate change. Our host, Richard Delevan, interviews two distinguished guests: Ben Cooke, Earth Editor at The Times, and Robert Höglund, manager of the MilkyWire Climate Transformation Fund, founder of CDR.fyi and writer of Marginal Carbon. Together, they provide unique perspectives on the challenges, innovations, and future of carbon removal technologies."
Dr. Antonius Gagern—Executive Director of the Carbon to Sea Initiative | Climate Positive
"In this episode, Hilary Langer met with Dr. Antonius Gagern, the Executive Director of the Carbon to Sea Initiative, for a lively conservation about a hot topic: the promises and sensitivities of tinkering with the ocean’s chemistry to enable it to store more carbon dioxide. Initial research on ocean alkalinity enhancement supports its potential as a significant means of capturing carbon. Carbon to Sea is a $50M non-profit effort that brings together leading funders and researchers to explore ocean alkalinity enhancement. The area is gaining increasing attention and traction, as evidenced by the White House’s launch of a “Fast-Track Action Committee” on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal. Within the past year, the U.S. federal government has put out about $100 million in grants to accelerate research in the area, including $23.4M from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Researchers and funders are balancing the urgency of action with the need to ensure that any intervention is a clear win for the oceans they seek to protect."
🎥YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Navigating Quality & Pricing Challenges of Tech-based CDR Credits | Tech Forum | GenZero
"Buyers are valuing permanence and are increasingly scrutinising Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of the credits they are purchasing. At the same time, carbon credit prices are projected to fall as more supply comes online.
How are suppliers tackling these issues? How should buyers think of CDR technologies from a risk-removal perspective and what are some datapoints that can be used to illustrate this? This panel discusses the interface of quality standards and pricing dynamics within an evolving carbon markets landscape."
Insights on How to Build an MRV Ecosystem | AirMiners
"MRV is the fulcrum of all things CDR so we're having an event centered on the growing MRV ecosystem and how everyone plays together. How does data flow, what are the needed inputs and outputs of each, where are the challenges, overlaps, and opportunities for optimization of the whole process?
Panelists Freya Chay, Program Lead at Carbonplan.org, and Alicia Karspeck , Co-Founder of CWorthy.org, will start in that conversation - and you can offer your questions of them as well!"
Seeds of Sustainability - A Conversation with Jason Dodier, Co-Founder of GRAIN Ecosystem | Biochar Life
"Jason Dodier is an American international business professional and Co-Founder of the GRAIN Ecosystem, aiming to revolutionize global project development through digitization, transparency, and increased access to capital. His mission focuses on empowering project developers worldwide to meet ambitious waste-to-value, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity goals set by the global climate agenda."
Quarterly Policy Update Germany | Carbon Gap
"Felix Schenuit, Research Associate at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) leads this second Quarterly CDR Policy Update of the year co-hosted with remove, all about Germany's policy progress."
Carbon dioxide Removal | LEAD Webinar | NZFPF | Climate Group
Direct Air Capture at the Gigaton Scale - CERAWeek 2024 | 8 Rivers
"At CERAWeek 2024 in Houston, Texas, Adam Goff, Senior Vice President of Strategy at 8 Rivers, delivered a presented on how DAC can scale up to remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere. In this brief but impactful presentation, Adam delves into some of key questions surrounding DAC, including why gigaton scale is crucial, who will finance it, and where the energy will come from to power DAC plants. Adam also shares about 8 Rivers' Carbon Removal technology, Calcite, and why we think our simple, scalable, and durable technology will play a key role in the race to Net Zero."
What is Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)? | Vault Forward | Climate Vault
"Climate Vault's CDR project manager Brynn Esterly talks about all things Carbon Dioxide Removal.
Learn more about CDR here: https://climatevault.com/what-is-cdr/"
Weekly Carbon Removal Updates from 20 May - 26 May 2024 | CDR | Carbon Removal Updates
👥CONSULTATIONS REQUIRED
(NEW) Equatic.tech published Standard-Setting Methodology for CDR Verification with EcoEngineers & the International Organization for Standardization | It is now open for public consultation until 10 June 2024
(NEW) The UK ETS Authority is seeking views on integrating greenhouse gas removals in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme | Deadline: 15 August 2024
🚨DEADLINES
Frontier’s 2024 prepurchase application cycle is now open | The pre-application form is due 28 May 2024
Elemental Accelerator is offering up to $3M for climate solutions with deep community impact | Applications are open until 31 May 2024
The Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund (CIEIF) announced another round of three grants for the first half of 2024 with increased award amounts of $65,000 each | Application Deadline: 01 June 2024
Spark Climate Solutions requests research proposals to advance scientific understanding of existing CH4 sinks & potential atmospheric methane removal approaches | Proposal Submission Deadline: 02 June 2024
(NEW) Request For Proposals—NextGen CDR’s 2024 Procurement Round is open for applications | RFP goes live on May 31 with applications due by June 14
The Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Pelagic Impact Intercomparison Project (OAEPIIP) is providing funding (~$12000) for a standardized OAE experiment with microcosms | Deadline to apply: 15 June 2024
(NEW) Stripe Climate Fellow with the goal of seeding ideas to grow demand for Carbon Removal | Deadline: 15 July 2024
The 3rd International Conference on Negative CO₂ Emissions will be hosted at the University of Oxford by CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, with financial support from UKRI | 18 - 21 June 2024
(NEW) Request For Information on The Development of an Environmental Impact Assessment Framework for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal | Submit Feedback by 21 June 2024
Carbon2Value's Initiative is now accepting applications for its 4th Cohort | Deadline: 21 June 2024
The European Commission has announced a $30 million (€28.5 million) call for proposals to provide funding for carbon dioxide removal projects in the EU | Deadline: 17 September 2024