CARBON REMOVAL WEEKLY SUMMARY (22 APRIL - 28 APRIL 2024)-WEEK#17
Links to recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts, and event recordings, etc. on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
💸COMMERCIAL NEWS
Aviva pledges $6M to Nature Conservancy of Canada for conservation and nature-based carbon removal projects (Yahoo)
Isometric Registry launches, issuing to Frontier the highest quality carbon removal credits ever (Isometric)
Familie Wiesner Gastronomie takes new path in climate action with Climeworks (Climeworks)
Deep Sky Launches First CO2 Mineralization Storage Project with Carbfix (Carbon Herald)
Neutral Pairs Up With Puro.Earth And Toucan To List CHAR On Its Platform (Carbon Herald)
Pioneering Startup Limenet Sells First 1,000 Tons of Carbon Credits (Dawn Digest)
US wastewater plants to remove CO2 using German biochar tech (Quantum Commodity Intelligence)
MaRS purchases carbon removal credits from five promising Canadian ventures (Yahoo)
Japan's GX-ETS to accept international removal voluntary credits for compliance obligations (S&P Global)
Cula and Callirius Partner to Enhance Trust and Transparency in Biochar Projects (Biochar Todày)
Carbonfuture and xprize partnered to advance the scalability of CDR innovation through rigorous MRV (LinkedIn)
Neustark enters multi-year offtake agreement with NextGen CDR (Neustark)
Brineworks and the ITC join forces to test and validate innovative brine valorisation processes in real environment coupled with Ocean-Based CO2 Removal (Desalination Lab)
Europe’s “People First” Redcare Pharmacy Buys 10,000 Carbon Credits, Verified By Laser Scanners, From 44.Moles (Carbon Herald)
Zopeful Climate partners with Andes (Zopeful)
JX and Sumitomo partner for Louisiana biomass-to-SAF project (Bioenergy Insights)
RepAir and Cella Launch Carbon Capture and Storage Partnership in Kenya (PR Newswire)
Korean steelmaker to launch combined blue carbon, marine biodiversity conservation project (Carbon Pulse)
First Direct Air Capture system is now operational in South America (DACMA)
Construction Of One Of The Worlds First Carbon-Neutral Cement Plants Begins (Carbon Herald)
Skytree Introduces Leasing Program For Skytree Cumulus Direct Air Capture Units (Carbon Herald)
📝RESEARCH PAPERS
Earth system responses to carbon dioxide removal as exemplified by ocean alkalinity enhancement: tradeoffs and lags
Jeltsch-Thömmes, A., Tran, G., Lienert, S., Keller, D., Oschlies, A., & Joos, F. (2024). Earth system responses to carbon dioxide removal as exemplified by ocean alkalinity enhancement: tradeoffs and lags. Environmental Research Letters.
Carbon sequestration potential in hedgerow soils: Results from 23 sites in Germany
Drexler, S., & Don, A. (2024). Carbon sequestration potential in hedgerow soils: Results from 23 sites in Germany. Geoderma, 445, 116878.
Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries
Low, S., Fritz, L., Baum, C. M., & Sovacool, B. K. (2024). Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries. Nature Communications, 15(1), 3453.
Hurricanes pose a substantial risk to New England forest carbon stocks
Tumber‐Dávila, S. J., Lucey, T., Boose, E. R., Laflower, D., León‐Sáenz, A., Wilson, B. T., ... & Thompson, J. R. (2024). Hurricanes pose a substantial risk to New England forest carbon stocks. Global Change Biology, 30(4), e17259.
Implementation of marine CO2 removal for climate mitigation: The challenges of additionality, predictability, and governability
Bach, L. T., Vaughan, N. E., Law, C. S., & Williamson, P. (2024). Implementation of marine CO2 removal for climate mitigation: The challenges of additionality, predictability, and governability. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 12(1).
The effect of biochar types on carbon cycles in farmland soils: A meta analysis
Meng, X., Zheng, E., Hou, D., Qin, M., Meng, F., Chen, P., & Qi, Z. (2024). The effect of biochar types on carbon cycles in farmland soils: A meta analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 172623.
Response of Sorghum bicolor genotypes for yield and yield components and organic carbon storage in the shoot and root systems
Ngidi, A., Shimelis, H., Abady, S., Figlan, S., & Chaplot, V. (2024). Response of Sorghum bicolor genotypes for yield and yield components and organic carbon storage in the shoot and root systems. Scientific reports, 14(1), 9499.
CO2 Removal Potential of Two Ocean-based NETs in Earth System Models in a Realistic Deployment Scenario
Bergman, T., Bourgeois, T., Schwinger, J., Foteinis, S., Renforth, P., Seifert, M., ... & Partanen, A. I. (2024). CO2 Removal Potential of Two Ocean-based NETs in Earth System Models in a Realistic Deployment Scenario (No. EGU24-18363). Copernicus Meetings.
Carbon Dioxide Gasification of Biochar: A Study on Utilizing Captured CO2 to Mitigate Greenhouse gas Emission and Improving Carbon Conversion Efficiency
Ofuani, N. (2024). Carbon Dioxide Gasification of Biochar: A Study on Utilizing Captured CO2 to Mitigate Greenhouse gas Emission and Improving Carbon Conversion Efficiency.
Insights into CO2 and N2O emissions driven by applying biochar and nitrogen fertilizers in upland soil
Duan, T., Zhao, J., & Zhu, L. (2024). Insights into CO2 and N2O emissions driven by applying biochar and nitrogen fertilizers in upland soil. Science of The Total Environment, 172439.
Erosion-induced recovery CO2 sink offset the horizontal soil organic carbon removal at the basin scale
Wang, L., Nie, X., Li, J., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Li, Y., & Li, Z. (2024). Erosion-induced recovery CO2 sink offset the horizontal soil organic carbon removal at the basin scale. Science China Earth Sciences, 1-14.
Utilizing CO2 as a strategy to scale up direct air capture may face fewer short-term barriers than directly storing CO2
Brazzola, N., Moretti, C., Sievert, K., Patt, A., & Lilliestam, J. (2024). Utilizing CO2 as a strategy to scale up Direct Air Capture may face fewer short-term barriers than directly storing CO2. Environmental Research Letters.
Potential for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal in mafic quarries via enhanced rock weathering of basalt fines
Stubbs, A., Khudur, F., MacDonald, J., McDade, L., & Friel, M. (2024). Potential for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal in mafic quarries via enhanced rock weathering of basalt fines (No. EGU24-12257). Copernicus Meetings.
Energy and GHG emissions assessment for biochar-enhanced advanced biofuels value chains
Buffi, M., Hurtig, O., Prussi, M., Scarlat, N., & Chiaramonti, D. (2024). Energy and GHG emissions assessment for biochar-enhanced advanced biofuels value chains. Energy Conversion and Management, 309, 118450.
Emerging bio-capture strategies for greenhouse gas reduction: Navigating challenges towards carbon neutrality
Tiwari, T., Kaur, G. A., Singh, P. K., Balayan, S., Mishra, A., & Tiwari, A. (2024). Emerging bio-capture strategies for greenhouse gas reduction: Navigating challenges towards carbon neutrality. Science of The Total Environment, 172433.
A global meta-analysis on the effects of organic and inorganic fertilization on grasslands and croplands
Shi, T. S., Collins, S. L., Yu, K., Peñuelas, J., Sardans, J., Li, H., & Ye, J. S. (2024). A global meta-analysis on the effects of organic and inorganic fertilization on grasslands and croplands. Nature Communications, 15(1), 3411.
Sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in coastal ecosystems: Quantification, analysis, and planning
Yang, D., Qin, Y., Xu, Y., Xing, K., Chen, Y., Jia, X., ... & Wang, B. (2024). Sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in coastal ecosystems: Quantification, analysis, and planning. Sustainable Production and Consumption.
Photocatalytic chlorine atom production on mineral dust–sea spray aerosols over the North Atlantic
van Herpen, M. M., Li, Q., Saiz-Lopez, A., Liisberg, J. B., Röckmann, T., Cuevas, C. A., ... & Johnson, M. S. (2023). Photocatalytic chlorine atom production on mineral dust–sea spray aerosols over the North Atlantic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(31), e2303974120.
Impact of cement composition, brine concentration, diffusion rate, reaction rate and boundary condition on self-sealing predictions for cement-CO2 system
Iyer, J., & Smith, M. M. (2024). Impact of cement composition, brine concentration, diffusion rate, reaction rate and boundary condition on self-sealing predictions for cement-CO2 systems. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 134, 104126.
📰WEB POSTS
The “Carbdown Model” of carbon fluxes and pools in the soil (enhanced weathering for CDR) (Carbon Drawdown Initiative)
New scientific interventions are here to fight climate change. But they aren’t silver bullets (Los Angeles Times)
Why new proposals to restrict geoengineering are misguided (MIT Technology Review)
3 carbon capture technologies you’ve probably never heard of (TNW)
Cannabis biochar and carbon credit project aims to boost farmers in Ecuador’s Amazon (Hemp Today)
Scientists Are Trying to Coax the Ocean to Absorb More CO2 (Yale Environment 360)
The Rise of the Carbon Farmer (WIRED)
The flaws in project-based carbon credit trading and the need for jurisdictional alternatives (Atlantic Council)
Wilkes Center announces 7 finalists for $500K Climate Launch Prize (The University of Utah)
Buried in the budget: a potential breakthrough in meeting Canada’s net-zero goals (The Hill Times)
1.5 is barely alive (Politico)
Introducing CDR.fyi API: Access the Universe of Carbon Removal Data (CDR.fyi)
DAC Coalition and Carbon Business Council Provide Input to Department of Energy on Opportunities to Support Mid-scale Commercial DAC Facilities (DAC Coalition)
Will stashing more CO2 in the ocean help slow climate change? (Science News)
Exxon is working on tech to remove CO2 from atmosphere but a breakthrough is needed to slash costs (CNBC)
Bill backing ocean CDR makes progress in California assembly (Quantum Commodity Intelligence)
Climate Revolution in European Forestry: World First Carbon Reserve Parks in Estonia (EU reporter)
Britain must spend £30bn to strip CO2 from atmosphere and hit net zero, experts warn (The Telegraph)
Nature-based sequestration in our decarbonisation scenarios for Australia (ClimateWorks)
Green Revolution 2.0: Scientists Use AI To Create Carbon-Capturing Plants (Sci Tech Daily)
Meet the 2024 Keeling Curve Prize Finalists! (Global Warming Mitigation Project)
📃REPORTS
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) 2024-2044: Technologies, Players, Carbon Credit Markets, and Forecasts
Direct Air Capture Technologies: Primer
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2022
The Economic Benefits of Direct Air Capture Hubs
Speed & Scale 2024 Global Progress Report
The Top 100 Teams of XPRIZE Carbon Removal (XPRIZE)
🗓️UPCOMING EVENTS
Workshop on Enhanced rock weathering in Europe hy CLand | 29 - 30 April 2024
(NEW) Work in Climate Biotech - An introduction with Homeworld Collective by Work on Climate | 30 April 2024
(NEW) CDR: The Need, the Now, and the Next by Bipartisan Policy Center | 01 May 2024
(NEW) C-Capture’s Innovative Technology Showcased at UK’s Largest Net Zero Congress | 30 April - 01 May 2024
Biochar: Exploring This New Carbon Removal Technology by AirMiners & 3Degrees | 02 May 2024
Carbon Removal in a Beyond Value Chain Mitigation Strategy: How to Interpret New SBTi Guidance and Take Action by Carbon Direct | 02 May 2024
International Colloquium of Microalgae and Diatom Research by Liquid Trees | 08 May 2024
East Africa Carbon Markets Forum | Unlocking Opportunities for Sustainable Development | 10 May 2024
Carbon Finance Bootcamp by CSU’s Soil Carbon Solutions Center | 13 May 2024
Biomass Innovations Asia 2024 | 14 May 2024
SSN seminar: "Climate Politics when it's too late" with Wim Carton by Deakin Science and Society Network | 21 May 2024
CO2GeoNet Open Forum | 21-22 May 2024
The Leading Carbon Removal Business Summit by Carbon UnboundUSA | 21-23 May 2024
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
Carbonfuture Carbon Removal Summit 2024 by Carbonfuture | 13 June 2024
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
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
(NEW) Carbon Unbound Europe | 11-12 September 2024
Carbfix Mineralization Summit 2024 | 12-13 September 2024
How to apply biochar in sustainability management and accounting | German Biochar Forum | 18 November 2024
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💼JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Senior Accountant at Charm Industrial | San Francisco, California, United States
"Charm Industrial's mission is to reverse climate change and return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂, profitably. We convert waste biomass into carbon-rich bio-oil and inject it into permanent, underground storage as carbon removal, or reform the bio-oil to produce syngas for fossil-free steel."
Manager, Carbon Removal Policy at Oxy | Washington, District of Columbia, United States
"Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions."
Communications Manager at (Public Affairs) | Remote, with preference for candidates based in New York City or Washington, DC area
"The Carbon Removal Alliance unites the innovators working to build the carbon removal industry."
Laboratory Technician at Andes | Alameda, California, United States
"Andes empowers microbes to enable positive action against climate change."
Soil Carbon Modeling Lead, Senior Manager at Cultivo | United States
"Cultivo accelerates investment into nature at scale. We do this by showing how investing in natural capital can generate healthy financial returns that are good for nature and society."
Carbon Removal Program Manager at Microsoft | Redmond, Washington, United States
"As the environmental challenges facing the world grow, so too has Microsoft’s commitment to ensuring that the company’s activities are in-line with the best available science and the expectations of leading stakeholder communities. The Carbon Dioxide Removal(CDR) team coordinates overall science-based, measurable, and scalable sustainability investments and outcomes across the company – engaging with business groups on the environmental impacts of business operations and positive environmental outcomes resulting from technology and policy development.
The CDR team seeks an impact-driven, high-performing individual to join our team as a Carbon Removal Program Manager, focused on science & quality and due diligence workstreams. This position will contribute to two scopes of work (1) accelerating the MSCDR diligence process while maintaining or improving diligence rigor, and (2) developing new, high-quality CDR pathways and projects via procurement and partnerships."
Chemistry lab technician position at RepAir Carbon Capture | Yokneam Ilit, North District, Israel
"RepAir Carbon was founded in 2020 with a mission to pioneer the most sustainable carbon dioxide removal solution.
To realize the sustainable gigaton, we’re building an ecosystem of innovative partners — from world-leading material suppliers and storage and utilization providers to forward-thinking investors and offsetters."
Research Scientist at Carbon Engineering | Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
"Carbon Engineering (CE) is a Canadian-based clean energy company leading the commercialization of groundbreaking technology that captures CO₂ directly from air, and a second technology that synthesizes it into clean, affordable transportation fuels."
🎙️PODCASTS
How Far Behind Is the World on CDR Policy? | Carbon Removal Newsroom
"Carbon removal is sometimes thought to be enjoying policy tailwinds. But is it anywhere close to what we need to avoid the worst of climate change?
A new report from the Rhodium Group suggests the CDR industry is receiving about 1% of what it would need to reach a one CO2 gigatonne/year capacity! Our regular panelists, Drs. Holly Jean Buck & Wil Burns discuss the challenges of government budgeting, politics, eminent domain, profit-sharing Community Benefits Agreements, and so much else as this industry tries to scale."
Can Isometric turn the carbon market on its head? | The Carbon Curve
"In this episode, Na’im and Lukas discuss:
-Isometric’s mission and why trust is the central job of scaling carbon removal;
-Definitions of the terms standards, methodologies, and protocols;
-Ways that Isometric’s products improve on incumbent models that exist today;
-How Isometric addresses problem around misaligned incentive in the market today;
-How Isometric defines quality;
-Isometric’s approach in developing protocols and partnering with the wider community;
-The role of policy in helping build trust and rigor;
-Alternatives to countries’ building their own methodologies."
Curiosity Can Change the Climate: LLNL Scientist Drew Wong, PhD and the Roads2Removal Report | The Startup Tri-valley Podcast
"Host Yolanda Fintschenko, executive director of Daybreak Labs and i-GATE Innovation Hub, and guest co-host Katie Marcel, CEO of the Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group (ITV), talk with Drew Wong, PhD, a staff scientist and materials engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), about his work on the Roads to Removal Report, a new nationwide report on carbon dioxiode removal options that is being shared broadly by the Livermore Lab Foundation. It’s both innovative and inspiring work that’s designed to help us all understand the options in achieving net neutrality by 2050.
Hungry for knowledge, Drew is passionate about learning from and alongside others. He enjoys identifying large scale problems like energy and climate change and developing creative solutions that will improve quality of life and impact our global community. Drew believes that an analytical understanding of materials and an intuitive vision for their application will be a cornerstone for innovations in technology, healthcare, energy, climate and beyond."
"Biochar is a little bit like wine" - Suzanne Allaire, CEO GECA Environment | Carbon Conversations
"Suzanne Allaire has been working in environmental science for about 30 years with a bachelor degree in agriculture, a master in waste recycling and PhD on contaminant transport in porous media.
She has collaborated with a wide range of industries, private companies, government agencies and research institutions to reduce the impact of humans on the environment by adding value to residues, protecting soils, and improving carbon budget; the last 20 years being mainly on biochar and pyrolysis of residues. She has worked as a full professor at Laval University in Canada for more than 16 years, then started GECA Environnement.
As owner and CEO of GECA Environnement, she works with her team as an expert on derisking and accelerating pyrolysis and biochar project development, including prefeasibilities, pyrolysis products and their markets, product design, technology selection with the Product and Process Teams at GECA. Her Carbon team completes LCAs, feasibilities and develops complete projects of biochar carbon credits in addition to broker the credits for her clients. GECA’s team supports private companies, organizations, and governments of all sizes around the world (in 30 countries over the last 5 years) in various aspects of pyrolysis/gasification of wastes."
🎥YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Canada eyed as future leader for removing carbon from air | CBC News: The National
"The world’s largest direct air capture and storage facility, designed to pull carbon from the air and trap it underground, will come online in May. The plant, called Mammoth, is housed in Iceland, but industry experts say Canada could play a major role in the future."
"Ocean carbon removal has outsized potential," David Koweek, PhD, Ocean Visions | Carbon Herald
"In this episode, David Koweek, PhD, Chief Scientist at Ocean Visions, discusses the organization's efforts in advancing ocean-based climate solutions. Ocean Visions aims to stabilize climate and restore ocean health through innovative strategies and knowledge products, such as digital roadmaps and databases for marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR) trials."
Dig Deeper: Introduction to Carbon Sequestration | Indiana Geological and Water Survey
"This is a recording of a live presentation titled "Dig Deeper: Introduction to Carbon Sequestration" by IGWS researcher Ashley Douds on April 23, 2024."
SUPPORT! Nakivale: Refugee-Lee, Biochar Enterprise in Uganda | OpenAir
"Farmer entrepreneurs in Nakivale, Uganda, Africa's oldest refugee settlement, are on the brink of taking their biochar production from pilot to sustainable business. With your generous help we can help them get there, improving deteriorated soil, reducing food insecurity and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."
Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC), 2024 Spring Symposium on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Symposium Day 1
Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC), 2024 Spring Symposium on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Symposium Day 2
Low Carbon Materials’ CEO on Decarbonizing Construction | Bloomberg Live
"Natasha Boulding, Co-Founder & CEO of Low Carbon Materials shares how the climate tech startup is redefining concrete and bringing circularity to this hard-to-abate industry at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit 2024 in London."
"Biochar is a little bit like wine" - Suzanne Allaire, CEO GECA Environnement | Biochar Life
"Suzanne Allaire has been working in environmental science for about 30 years with a bachelor degree in agriculture, a master in waste recycling and PhD on contaminant transport in porous media.
She has collaborated with a wide range of industries, private companies, government agencies and research institutions to reduce the impact of humans on the environment by adding value to residues, protecting soils, and improving carbon budget; the last 20 years being mainly on biochar and pyrolysis of residues. She has worked as a full professor at Laval University in Canada for more than 16 years, then started GECA Environnement.
As owner and CEO of GECA Environnement, she works with her team as an expert on derisking and accelerating pyrolysis and biochar project development, including prefeasibilities, pyrolysis products and their markets, product design, technology selection with the Product and Process Teams at GECA. Her Carbon team completes LCAs, feasibilities and develops complete projects of biochar carbon credits in addition to broker the credits for her clients. GECA’s team supports private companies, organizations, and governments of all sizes around the world (in 30 countries over the last 5 years) in various aspects of pyrolysis/gasification of wastes."