CARBON REMOVAL WEEKLY SUMMARY (27 NOVEMBER - 03 DECEMBER 2023)-WEEK#41
Links to recent scientific papers, web posts, upcoming events, job opportunities, podcasts, and event recordings, etc. on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology.
💸COMMERCIAL NEWS
Finnish Carbo Culture gets $18 million Series A funding to spearhead carbon removal solutions (Arctic Startup)
B.C. startup Arca granted $1.25M for trial at BHP nickel mine (Richmond News)
Carbontech Development Initiative Announces Inaugural Program Cohort for Research and Commercialization Grants (Columbia SIPA)
COP28: EU Provides Morocco with €50 Million for Green Energy, Carbon Removal (Morocco World News)
Graphyte signs first carbon removal purchase agreement with American Airlines 10,000 tons of carbon (Graphyte)
Respira secures 50,000 carbon removal credits from Capture6 (Capture6)
Airbus' carbon removal initiative gets first North American airline sign up from Air Canada (Yahoo)
📝RESEARCH PAPERS
Exploring the conditions and implications of deploying direct air capture at scale
Desport, L., Gurgel, A., Morris, J., Herzog, H., Chen, H., Selosse, S., & Paltsev, S. (2023, November). Exploring the conditions and implications of deploying direct air capture at scale. In IAMC 16th Annual Meeting.
Windfall or just hot air?: Financing negative emissions leads to windfall profits and inequality at net zero
Andreoni, P., Emmerling, J. & Tavoni, M. (2023). Financing negative emissions leads to windfall profits and inequality at net zero. Nat. Clim. Chang.
Techno-economic analysis of a combined power plant CO2 capture and direct air capture concept for flexible power plant operation
Sheha, M., Graham, E. J., Gençer, E., Mallapragada, D., Herzog, H., Cross, P., ... & Cormier, I. (2024). Techno-economic analysis of a combined power plant CO2 capture and direct air capture concept for flexible power plant operation. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 180, 108472.
Young mixed planted forests store more carbon than monocultures—a meta-analysis
Warner, E., Cook-Patton, S. C., Lewis, O. T., Brown, N., Koricheva, J., Eisenhauer, N., ... & Hector, A. (2023). Young mixed planted forests store more carbon than monocultures—a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, 1226514.
Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Deployment of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Pathways (BECCS) Globally
Hayat, M. A., Alhadhrami, K., & Elshurafa, A. (2023). Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Deployment of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Pathways (BECCS) Globally. King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center Discussion Papers, (ks--2023-dp28).
Inequality repercussions of financing negative emissions
Andreoni, P., Emmerling, J. & Tavoni, M. (2023). Inequality repercussions of financing negative emissions. Nat. Clim. Chang.
Accumulation of century-old biochar contributes to carbon storage and stabilization in the subsoil
Fouché, J., Burgeon, V., Meersmans, J., Leifeld, J., & Cornelis, J. T. (2023). Accumulation of century-old biochar contributes to carbon storage and stabilization in the subsoil. Geoderma, 440, 116717.
Feasibility of Carbon Dioxide Storage Resource Use within Climate Change Mitigation Scenarios for the United States
Zhang, Y., Jackson, C., Darraj, N., & Krevor, S. (2023). Feasibility of Carbon Dioxide Storage Resource Use within Climate Change Mitigation Scenarios for the United States. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(40), 14938-14949.
An inventory of UK mineral resources suitable for enhanced rock weathering
Madankan, M., & Renforth, P. An Inventory of UK Mineral Resources Suitable for Enhanced Rock Weathering. Available at SSRN 4475218.
Biochar in the British print news media: an analysis of promissory discourse and the creation of expectations about carbon removal
Nerlich, B., Morris, C., Price, C., & Harris, H. (2023). Biochar in the British print news media: an analysis of promissory discourse and the creation of expectations about carbon removal. Science as Culture, 1-25.
Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration methods, opportunities, and impacts
Ehlig-Economides, C. A. (2023). Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration methods, opportunities, and impacts. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 42, 100957.
A Review of Measurement for Quantification of Carbon Dioxide Removal by Enhanced Weathering In Soil
Clarkson, M. O., Larkin, C., Swoboda, P., Reershemius, T., Suhrhoff, J. T., Maesano, C. N., & Campbell, J. (2023). A Review of Measurement for Quantification of Carbon Dioxide Removal by Enhanced Weathering in Soil.
Evolutionary game analysis of forestry carbon sink trading model under blockchain technology
Haiquan, W. (2023). Evolutionary game analysis of forestry carbon sink trading model under blockchain technology. Heliyon.
Biochar for Soil Carbon Sequestration: Current Knowledge, Mechanisms, and Future Perspectives
Li, S., & Tasnady, D. (2023). Biochar for Soil Carbon Sequestration: Current Knowledge, Mechanisms, and Future Perspectives. C, 9(3), 67.
The external/internal sources and sinks of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in the Pearl River Estuary and adjacent coastal waters in summer
Chen, B., Tan, E., Zou, W., Han, L. L., Tian, L., & Kao, S. J. (2023). The external/internal sources and sinks of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in the Pearl River Estuary and adjacent coastal waters in summer. Water Research, 120913.
Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability
Ofiti, N. O., Schmidt, M. W., Abiven, S., Hanson, P. J., Iversen, C. M., Wilson, R. M., ... & Malhotra, A. (2023). Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7533.
Definitions and mechanisms for managing durability and reversals in standards and procurers of carbon dioxide removal
Arcusa, S., & Hagood, E. (2023). Definitions and mechanisms for managing durability and reversals in standards and procurers of carbon dioxide removal.
Carbon storage in old hedgerows: The importance of below-ground biomass
Drexler, S., Thiessen, E., & Don, A. (2023). Carbon storage in old hedgerows: The importance of below‐ground biomass. GCB Bioenergy.
Verification Method of Direct Air Capture by Cementitious Material Using Carbon Isotopes
Wang, Z., Aili, A., Minami, M., & Maruyama, I. (2023). Verification Method of Direct Air Capture by Cementitious Material Using Carbon Isotopes. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 21(11), 934-940.
Can bioenergy with carbon capture and storage deliver negative emissions? A critical review of life cycle assessment
Wang, J., Zheng, Y., He, S., Yan, J., Zeng, X., Li, S., ... & Deng, S. (2023). Can bioenergy with carbon capture and storage deliver negative emissions? A critical review of life cycle assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 139839.
Circular Economy Benefit Indicators for Using Biochar in Regenerative Agriculture
Baltrėnaitė-Gedienė, E., Huisingh, D., & Yrjälä, K. (2023). Circular Economy Benefit Indicators for Using Biochar in Regenerative Agriculture.
Recent research advances in enhanced CO2 mineralization and geologic CO2 storage
Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Kou, Z., & Zhang, L. (2023). Recent research advances in enhanced CO2 mineralization and geologic CO2 storage. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 10(3), 141-145.
📰WEB POSTS
Don’t let carbon removal fall off the COP28 agenda (Breakthrough Energy)
Carbyon finds missing piece of the puzzle: ultra-fast carbon capture process proven with an energy demand below 2,500 kWh/ton (Carbyon)
RepAir Unveils Direct Air Capture (DAC) Field Prototype, Demonstrating Sustainable Carbon Removal at the Gigaton Scale (PreNewswire)
Stripe launches Climate Orders, enabling businesses to pre-order carbon removal tons (Stripe)
From Trees to Tech and Beyond: Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) in All Its Variations (RMI)
The CDR Series: Direct Air Capture (DAC)
The path for permanent carbon removals in the EU must now be set (Euractiv)
Two US projects highlight divide over carbon removal’s role in climate fight (Reuters)
An update on Amazon's sustainability efforts: Here's what we’re doing to aid nature-based solutions and carbon removal (Amazon)
Climeworks publicly releases its carbon removal production model (Climeworks)
A New Idea to Optimize Forestry to Maximize Carbon Removal (Living Carbon)
Overconfidence in overshoot (Grantham Institute)
CarbonCure’s Expansion Across Europe (CarbonCure)
Creating a Diversified Solutions Portfolio to Meet the Scale of the Carbon Removal Challenge (RMI)
CDR Measurement for ERW via Alkalinity in Leachate (Carbon Drawdown Initiative)
Examining the Compatibility of Carbon Markets with Carbon Dioxide Removal (Resources)
Researchers win grants to remove carbon from air, manufacturing (Cornell University)
New Data: Who Can Pay For Carbon Removal? (Marginal Carbon)
Climeworks launches “Remove to Zero” campaign to raise awareness around carbon removal on the global stage (Climeworks)
An Alkaline Solution: As alarm about climate change grows, scientists explore a strategy for drawing excess carbon dioxide into the ocean (Science)
Explainer: Can technology solve the global climate crisis? (Reuters)
Rocks and cliffs from land will make the oceans absorb and store large amounts of CO2 (SDU Climate Center)
📗THESIS
Accelerated carbonation: an innovative method for carbon dioxide sequestration from alkaline solid wastes
Influence of carbon dioxide removal policies in CCUS-system development: A techno-economic assessment of Swedish industrial sectors
📑REPORTS
The Applied Innovation Roadmap for CDR—An independent perspective to guide CDR RD&D funding (RMI)
Accounting Considerations for Capturing the GHG Consequences of BECCS (EFI)
Governing permanence of Carbon Dioxide Removal: a typology of policy measures (CO2RE)
Report of The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) on the Ethics of Climate Engineering (UNESCO)
The Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions (IEA)
Land Gap Report Briefing Note:2023 Update (The Land Gap Report)
Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research (State of the Planet)
CHAPTERS:
Chapter 1: Climate targets, carbon dioxide removal, and the potential role of ocean alkalinity enhancement
Chapter 2: Seawater carbonate chemistry considerations for ocean alkalinity enhancement research: theory, measurements, and calculations
Chapter 3: Assessing the technical aspects of ocean-alkalinity-enhancement approaches
Chapter 4: General considerations for experimental research on ocean alkalinity enhancement
Chapter 5: Laboratory experiments in ocean alkalinity enhancement research
Chapter 6: Mesocosm experiments in ocean alkalinity enhancement research
Chapter 7: Field experiments in ocean alkalinity enhancement research
Chapter 8: Natural analogs to ocean alkalinity enhancement
Chapter 9: Modelling considerations for research on ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE)
Chapter 10: Legal considerations relevant to research on ocean alkalinity enhancement
Chapter 11: Social considerations and best practices to apply to engaging publics on ocean alkalinity enhancement
Chapter 12: Monitoring, reporting, and verification for ocean alkalinity enhancement
Chapter 13: Data reporting and sharing for ocean alkalinity enhancement research
💻eBook
Understanding MRV: A Guide for Buying Quality Carbon Credits (CarbonCure)
🧰CDR FIRMS
Graphyte
GAIA Refinery
📆UPCOMING EVENTS
India – A World Leader In Durable Carbon Dioxide Removal? by Carbon Removal India Alliance | 04 December 2023
Raising The Bar: Delivering High-integrity Carbon Removals for the Voluntary Carbon Market by DraxGroup | 04 December 2023
Scaling Durable Carbon Removals: Mapping Global Opportunities and Obligations by Carbo Culture, Puro.earth, Rethinking Removals | 04 December 2023
(NEW) Defining a Safe Role for Carbon Removal In National Climate Planning by Carbon Gap and the World Resources Institute | 05 December 2023
Mobilising Biomass Sustainably for Meeting Global Climate Goals by WBA | 05 December 2023
Capture The Opportunity: The Role of Carbon Removals in Addressing the Global Stocktake by DraxGroup | 05 December 2023
Young Innovators in CDR by Carbon Removals @ COP | 05 December 2023
Cascade Climate – Field-building For Open-system Climate Interventions (This Is CDR) by OpenAir | 05 December 2023
(NEW) Carbon Removal Challenge Webinar w/ Carbon Unbound @ COP28 by OpenAir Collective | 06 December 2023
Specific solutions for CO2 management – Lessons learned from the DemoUpCARMA research project (Energy Week ETH Zurich) | 06 December 2023
Making the Hard-to-abate, Possible by DraxGroup | 06 December 2023
(NEW) Q&A: DAC at U.S. National Energy Technology Labs by AirMiners | 07 December 2023
Building soil carbon in cropping systems, Grower Information Session – Moree by Loam Bio | 07 December 2023
U.S. and Canada Biochar Protocol Public Comment Webinar | 08 December 2023
Carbon Removals: What Goes Up Must Come Down by Rethinking Removals | 08 December 2023
Ocean Innovation to Support Climate Adaptation and Resilience by NOAA | 08 December 2023
Elevate & Evolve: A Principled Commitment to Sustainability by DraxGroup | 08 December 2023
Carbon Removals & the Importance of Verification to Scale Removal | 08 December 2023
Effective and Actionable Governance Frameworks for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal by Running Tide | 09 December 2023
Carbon Removal Leaders, arranged by McKinsey Sustainability by Carbon Business Council | 09 December 2023
(Unlocking High-integrity Carbon Markets to Fund the Global Climate Transition by McKinsey Sustainability | 09 December 2023
The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report by Oxford NetZero | 10 December 2023
(NEW) Marine CDR Using Wave-driven Upwelling Pumps by Carbon Removals at COP | 10 December 2023
Nature-based and Engineered Solutions: A Holistic Approach to Climate Change by Octavia Carbon, Trees for Future | 11 December 2023
Rewind — Terrestrial Biomass Sinking in Anoxic Zones (This Is CDR) by OpenAir | 12 December 2023
This Is CDR Epxx: Rewind -- Terrestrial Biomass Sinking in Anoxic Zones by OpenAir Collective | 12 December 2023
(NEW) Year End AirMiners 'Carbys' Celebration! by AirMiners | 13 December 2023
(NEW) CDR Happy Hour: Bridging industry, academia, & government agencies by Eion & Funga | 14 December 2023
(NEW) This Is CDR Ep90: Carbon to Sea -- Field-Building for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement by OpenAir Collective | 19 December 2023
CDR Capital Flow Chapter meeting | Paris Roundtable by Negative Emissions Platform | 11 January and 18 January 2024
2024 Call for Proposals—The importance of robust science-based innovation in the drive for rapid implementation by Carbon Technology Research Foundation | 16 January 2023
Science Communication Training on Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal by Compass | Session 1: 1-2 February 2024, Session 2: 18 February 2024
CDR Capital Flow Chapter meeting | London Roundtable by Negative Emissions Platform | 01 February and 08 February 2024
Biochar 2024: The North American Conference on Climate Action with Biochar for Economic and Ecosystem Resilience by US Biochar Initiative (USBI) | 12-15 February 2024
The Leading Carbon Removal Business Summit by Carbon UnboundUSA | 22-23 May 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
💼JOB OPPORTUNITIES
ICRLP Postdoctoral Fellow at American University: School of International Service | Washington, D.C.
“American University’s Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy (ICRLP - the Institute) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow focusing on the social science of emerging carbon removal approaches. Based at the School of International Service at American University in Washington DC, the Institute researches the social, legal, ethical, and political implications of carbon removal technologies and practices. ‘Carbon removal’ encompasses a set of technologies and/or systems to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and durably store it. As growing scientific consensus suggests that carbon removal will be required to meet climate targets, attention to carbon removal, too, has grown. However, not all forms of carbon removal are created equal. The Institute works to understand what is required to ensure that carbon removal is researched, developed and deployed in ways that are ethical, just, and socially responsible. In addition to academic research, we build sectoral understanding and capacity on social, legal and governance dimensions and of carbon removal, and work to ensure policy integrates these considerations.
Candidates for the Postdoctoral Fellow role should have an appetite for conducting academic research and applying that research to policy fora. While a working understanding of carbon removal is desirable, we welcome candidates with no previous background in carbon removal. Deep knowledge and prior experience researching or working on social science aspects of climate change, environmental justice, energy transitions, public/community engagement and/or emerging technologies is desirable.”
Various job openings at Carboculture:
“Carboculture northstar mission is to remove 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide. In the process, they're decarbonising energy and soil inputs. For each ton of removed CO2, they estimate at least a double amount of CO2e GhG emissions are limited through emission reduction in soil inputs, replacing heavy emitting construction materials and providing clean energy.”
Research Associate at University of Sheffield - School of Biosciences | Sheffield | Deadline: 05 January 2023
“In this role, you will be a key member of our team, working under the leadership of Dr. Maria Val Martin on a ground-breaking UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded project, "The Net-Zero emissions challenge: Quantifying unintended climate feedbacks from large-scale deployment of land-based CO2 removal strategies."
You will have a PhD (or equivalent experience) in atmospheric, earth sciences or related field; sufficient depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to deliver world class research; and experience with one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, R, Matlab, Fortran).
You will examine the unintended consequences of large-scale land-based CO2 removal (CDR) strategies, with a particular focus on wetland and peatland restoration and their impacts on climate and atmospheric composition, including potential implications for air quality, human and vegetation health. This project offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our understanding of climate change mitigation and the critical role of land-based CDR solutions.
We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.
We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.”
Various open positions at CarbiCrete:
“CarbiCrete offers concrete makers the world’s only process for producing cement-free, carbon-negative concrete.
The company was named Most Sustainable Building Technology Company by World Finance Magazine and was listed among the 100 most innovative cleantech firms in the Cleantech Group’s 2022 Global Cleantech 100.”
Competition-funded PhD Project: Green Carbon Sequestration: Using plants to fix C(O2) deep underground at the University of Reading, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science | Application Deadline: 12 January 2024
“In this PhD project you will investigate the effect of plant root exudates on subsoil mineralogy and the propensity of subsoils to chemically protect organic matter from decomposition as mineral-associated organic carbon. You will adopt technology from medical research to create artificial rhizospheres by exposing subsoils to model compounds. You will then use techniques available at Diamond Light Source to observe mineral weathering within artificial rhizospheres and investigate the conditions under which mineral-associated organic carbon is formed.
In the first phase of your PhD you will conduct ‘bulk phase’ experiments to test a range of different organic acids commonly found in plant root exudates to quantify their fate when exposed to a range of different subsoils, and to investigate their influence on mineral weathering. These results will pave the way for more detail experiments. In the second phase of your PhD you will develop a novel method of creating an artificial rhizosphere by adopting technology used in medical research. The strength of this approach is that the artificial rhizosphere can then be subjected to high energy x-rays, available through the use of synchrotron radiation at Diamond Light Source. Therefore, you will be able to use techniques such as time-resolved diffraction, tomography, and spectroscopy with very high spatial resolution. If this was done using a real plant root, the exposure of the root to radiation would damage the biological tissues. However, the use of an artificial rhizosphere makes this approach feasible. In the final phase of your PhD you will have the freedom to design your own experiments to test hypotheses that you have developed through the observations made in phase one and phase two. This may, for example, involve making in-situ observations in the field, or using real root exudates collected from a hydroponically grown plant.”
Director of Process Engineering at Banyu Carbon | Seattle, Washington, United States
“Banyu Carbon aims to radically reduce the cost of carbon capture, hasten the transition to a net zero carbon economy, and slow the effects of global warming. To meet this challenge, Banyu Carbon is developing a process to extract CO2 from seawater using light-activated chemicals that is projected to require a fraction of the energy inputs compared to competing carbon capture methods. Having completed an operational lab prototype, we are now working towards a larger scale pilot and first-of-kind commercial facility. We have secured a carbon removal pre-purchase contract with Frontier, closed an oversubscribed financing round, and are supported by a stellar team of investors.”
🎙️PODCASTS
BiCRS - Biomass as carbon removal tech with Stephanie Bischof, Managing Director of AirFix | SustainNOW Podcast
“With a background in business and education, Stephanie worked for more than 10 years in finance for large international companies, focusing on performance management. A movie about soil health led her to move into the climate field. Since the spring of 2022, she has led a subsidiary of South Pole in the field of biomass carbon removal and storage to create markets for negative emission technologies.
Managing Director of Airfix, a business in the newly emerging carbon removal industry focused on Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage (BiCRS) in Switzerland, and Europe. Activities include investing in carbon capture infrastructure, complex value chain management and market shaping.
10+ years experience in corporate finance, finance business partnering and performance management in various industries including consumer goods and public sector in international and national companies. Degrees in business/education from University of Innsbruck with further education in leading transformation, mediation and finance.”
Policy Special Focus - Regenerative Agriculture Policy with NRDC Deputy Director Lara Bryan | SustainNOW Podcast
“Today I am talking with Lara Bryant, Deputy Director of NRDC (The Nature Resource Defence Council) in USA. Lara has a background in chemistry and studied plant and Soil Science and has a master’s degree in public administration in environmental science and policy from Columbia University.
NRDC is a Non-Profit organization with more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planet's wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
In this podcast we talk about regenerative agriculture and how policy and subsidies are driving the transition to regenerative agriculture. In this short episode, we take a look at USA farmers and what needs to change to drive the industry to be more sustainable.”
Basic geoengineering, and autonomous construction robots | Science Podcast
“First up on this week’s show, Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall discusses research into making oceans more alkaline as a way to increase carbon capture and slow climate change. But there are a few open questions with this strategy: Could enough material be dumped in the ocean to slow climate change? Would mining that material release a lot of carbon? And, would either the mining or ocean changes have big impacts on ecosystems or human health?”
Reducing emissions is no longer enough—but how to undo emissions past? | The Economist
“This week, we explore the technology and economics of building a new carbon-dioxide removal industry.”
Energy vs Carbon Removal | Energy vs Climate
“Energy vs Carbon Removal is a dive deep into this still relatively new climate mitigation pathway. The IPCC and other bodies increasingly view Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) as a critical tool to reduce CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere and bring warming back down to 1.5C by century’s end.
It seems like new carbon removal start-ups are springing up weekly. But the barriers to commercializing CDR tech remain daunting. Will CDR live up to its hype or fail to launch?”
COP28 & RMI's Cara Maesano on Carbon Removal Pathways | Wicked Problems
“Cara Maesano of RMI (formerly known as the Rocky Mountain Institute) speaks with co-hosts Claire Brady and Richard Delevan about RMI’s new comprehensive 400-page applied innovation roadmap on Carbon Removal. It analyses 32 different carbon removal pathways and is aimed at policymakers, investors and other funders to identify the gaps in R&D needed for a “silver buckshot” approach towards scaled solutions for pulling CO2 out of the air to get us down from whatever the level above 420 ppm we’ll be if and when we reach Net Zero emissions.”
🎥YOUTUBE VIDEOS
RepAir Launches a Direct Air Capture (DAC) Field Prototype | RepAir Carbon Capture
“RepAir’s Direct Air Capture (DAC) design represents a momentous leap forward in emissions reduction technology. Its proprietary dual-cell mechanism leverages electrochemical processing and is exceptionally low-cost to build and run, with maximum potential for accelerated and sustainable implementation that matches the urgency of the climate crisis. Utilizing 70% less energy (0.6MWh/tCO2), RepAir’s market-ready solution will perform sustainable carbon removal at the gigaton scale, with a negligible carbon footprint below 5%. Powered exclusively by renewable energy and produced without the use of precious metals, RepAir’s leaner, cleaner, more affordable system holds the promise of unprecedented global scalability, with easy integration at any partner site.”
Pairing DAC and Storage Startups | AirMiners
“DAC and CO2 Storage go together like fine wine and cheese - so we're going to evaluate pairings of each in our next AirMiners event: 3 startup DAC companies and 3 storage companies!
How do DAC and storage support each other? What is most important to them (and why) in approaching a partner? We'll dive into all this and more with our panel, moderated by AirMiners' own Accelerator Director, Adina Mangubat.
Storage panelists include: Claire Nelson-Cella, Cooper Quinn-CO2 Lock, Pol Knops-Paebbl
DAC panelists include: Duncan Kariuki-Octavia Carbon, Paul Teufel-Carbon Atlantis, Sean Wilson-Terrafixing”
Is livestock grazing essential to mitigating climate change? | Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
“In the holistic planned grazing process livestock are used as a tool to reverse the biodiversity loss that leads to desertification – a potential contributor to climate change. Yet, critics argue that livestock grazing, in almost all circumstances, is a net contributor to climate warming.”
"4 per 1000" Soil Carbon Science Webinar Series #3 Measuring, Reporting and Verifying (MRV) | 4p1000 Initiative
“There is a global interest in harnessing soil organic carbon (SOC) to mitigate climate change, enhance resilience, and ensure food security through Initiatives such as the "4 per 1000". Concurrently, there is an urgent demand for credible and reliable measurement, reporting and verification frameworks for emission trading and national reporting.”
SB 308 Lobbying Deck | OpenAir
Understanding the Science: Why Do We Need Carbon Removals? | CarbonRemovals@COP
“The science is clear. We need carbon removals as well as deep emissions reductions and adaptation to tackle global warming. There is no net zero without carbon removals. Decarbonization can (and should) get us most of the way to zero – but we need removals on a gigatonne scale by mid-century to balance those emissions that we are not able to eliminate.”
Quantifying Biochar Carbon Removal's Global and Country-Level Impact | Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
“Biochar is a carbon-rich material formed by high-temperature conversion of biomass under reduced oxygen conditions. Its production is one of the only established carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods recognized by the IPCC that can also be scaled quickly enough to counteract the effects of climate change within the next decade.”
The Young Cofounder Helping Companies Take Carbon Out Of The Atmosphere | Forbes
“This former Shopify web developer is applying the e-commerce playbook to climate change. In 2020, Spellacy cofounded Patch, a climate-tech platform that enables do-gooder companies to browse and buy carbon credits from more than 50 project developers that list their climate projects—everything from ocean carbon removal to forest protection— on the site. He has secured $84 million in funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and counts more than 400 companies as customers, including software business AutoDesk. In April, San Francisco–based Patch launched an operating system for carbon credit suppliers to easily manage their inventory, logging sales without time-consuming paperwork. Some 440 million tons of credits are currently managed on the platform. Says Spellacy, “I’m a really big believer that markets got us into this problem and are what’s going to drive us out of this problem.”
Energy vs Carbon Removal | Energy vs Climate S5E5 | Energy vs Climate
“Energy vs Carbon Removal is a dive deep into this still relatively new climate mitigation pathway. The IPCC and other bodies increasingly view Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) as a critical tool to reduce CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere and bring warming back down to 1.5C by century’s end.”
Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: A Guide to Responsible, Transparent, and Inclusive Research | Ocean Pavilion
“Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a marine CDR approach actively studied by publicly and philanthropically funded research projects and start-ups. This has created an urgent need to learn if, how and when OAE can work at scale, to identify potential impacts, and to ensure that OAE research is responsible, transparent, and inclusive. The “Guide to Best Practices in OAE Research” aims to advance knowledge on scientific, legal and social aspects, and on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification.”
The Critical Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, COP 28 | UN Climate Change - Events
An Assessment of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement as a Climate Solution and Resilience Tool | Ocean Pavilion
“Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a marine carbon removal approach that can also provide relief from ocean acidification. While in its early stages, it is critical to align OAE R&D efforts with sustainable development goals, ocean acidification resiliency efforts, and national and industrial climate pledges. This panel will explore how a variety of stakeholders views ocean alkalinity enhancement research, and how OAE might help to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.”
📺THE DAILY BRIEF FROM COP28
The Daily Brief: Day 1, Nov 30 - Dr. Gabrielle Walker. | CarbonRemovals@COP
The Daily Brief: Day 2 - Friday, Dec, 1 - Travis Caddy, C-Capsule | CarbonRemovals@COP
The Daily Brief: Day 3, Saturday, Dec 2 - Julian Turecek, AspiraDAC. | CarbonRemovals@COP
The Daily Brief: Day 4 - Sunday, Dec 3 - Steve Willis, Herculean Climate Solutions | CarbonRemovals@COP
The Daily Brief: Day 5 Monday. Dec. 4 - Anca Timofte, CEO, Holocene | CarbonRemovals@COP
🗣️CONSULTATIONS REQUIRED
The draft U.S. and Canada Biochar Protocol is available for public review | Deadline to submit public comments: 21 December 2023
🚨DEADLINES
(NEW) CDR.fyi is conducting the first 2024+ Durable CDR Market Outlook Survey to assess current and future capacity and demand for durable CDR | Deadline to submit responses: 11 December 2023
Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Pilot Prize | Applications Deadline: 14 December 2023
A student innovation challenge for carbon removal solutions by OpenAir | Deadline: 15 December 2023
Submit abstracts for the International Negative CO2 Emissions Conference until 15 December 2023
(NEW) AirMiners Launchpad Batch #11 (Session: February to March 2024) | Application Deadline: 11 January 2024
“AirMiners Launchpad engages with entrepreneurs in an intensive six-week program for early carbon removal teams or individuals striving to advance their startup to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Applicants from underrepresented backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply!
Electrochemical Processes for Carbon Dioxide Removal and Long-Term Storage | Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31 January 2024
Extension: Biogeosciences Special Issue on OAE Environmental Impacts | 31 March 2024
Environmental Research Letter (ERL) - Focus Issue on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) | Article Submission Deadline: 24 May 2024