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Global South Leadership in Carbon Removal

Carbon removal as the key to achieving global climate goals and sustainable development This post originally appeared on the Inspiratus Technologies LinkedIn blog. Author: Wietse Vroom, Chief Technology Officer at Inspiratus Technologies The world is running out of time to meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. Even with the most ambitious emission reduction … Read more

Beyond pilots: why the next gigaton of CDR will be captured in the Global South

The carbon removal industry has spent the better part of a decade proving concepts in expensive Northern facilities. Direct air capture plants in Iceland, biochar trials in California, enhanced weathering experiments across European farmland, all informative, trailblazing and very much needed. But the path to gigaton-scale deployment does not run through the same geographies that … Read more

Net zero or not?

Behind the details of defining climate responsibility This post originally appeared on CDRANet’s website. Author: Glenn Hampson, Founder and Director at CDRANet The term net zero is a cornerstone of modern climate policy, invoked by nearly every major country and corporation as a benchmark of responsibility. Yet behind this apparent consensus lies a wide array of definitions, … Read more

Stronger together

Global cooperation on CDR can help governments share risk, align policy, and scale carbon-dioxide removal faster than any one country working alone. This post originally appeared on CDRANet’s website. Author: Glenn Hampson, Founder and Director at CDRANet For much of the modern era, global cooperation on environmental challenges has been a cornerstone of international diplomacy. … Read more