Monat: Juli 2022

Calls

Session at AGU: GC039 – Exploring Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: Theory, practice, models, and measurements at a new frontier in marine carbon dioxide removal

In this session at the 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, the conveners invite submissions addressing potential applications of OAE at large (global) and small (local) scales, including discussions of: OAE theory or natural analogues; analyses of the efficiency, scalability, and durability of OAE; results from field-trials or large-scale tank or mesocosm experiments; possible co-benefits (such as ocean acidification mitigation) and potential risks (e.g., trace metal shock) that result from OAE approaches; co-benefits of pairing OAE with other CDR approaches; and proposed techniques for monitoring, reporting, and verifying impacts of OAE projects. Ultimately, the goal is to provide the AGU community an overview of the open questions OAE research that define the method’s promise and challenges.

The abstract submission deadline is 3 August 2022 (23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT).

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Calls

Session at AGU: B046 – Science-based Carbon Removal Strategies, Monitoring, Measurements, Reporting and Verification across Terrestrial, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Societal Dimensions

At the 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, a session will organised on CDR strategies. The conveners welcome presentations on nature- and/or technology-based research and approaches that could inform innovative and timely strategies for multi-agency (U.S. government) collaborations and partnerships with the non-federal sector (e.g., foundations, industries, universities, states). The focus should be on the scientific basis for carbon monitoring, measurements, reporting and verification (MMRV) for effective and efficient CDR strategies with embedded societal considerations. The conference will be held in person in Chicago, US, as well as online from 12 to 16 December 2022.

The abstract submission deadline is 3 August 2022 (23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT).

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Science-Policy Documents

Arcusa & Sprenkle-Hyppolite (2022): Snapshot of the Carbon Dioxide Removal certification and standards ecosystem (2021–2022)

Stephanie Arcusa and Starry Sprenkle-Hyppolite (2022) IN: Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2094308

The authors find a complex system with at least 30 standard developing organizations proposing at least 125 standard methodologies for carbon removal from 23 different CDR activities and selling 27 different versions of certification instruments in voluntary and compliance markets. […] This mapping highlights key gaps and potential starting points for reforms to strengthen the CDR certification industry; it also underscores the need for independent oversight.

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Video

CDR Horizons: PrISMa – A Platform to Accelerate DAC Sorbent Discovery

by OpenAir on Youtube

In episode 6 of „CDR Horizons“, interview partners were Professors Susana Garcia Lopez and Berend Smit of the PrISMa project, a collaborative, multi-disciplinary technology platform that aims to discover the best sorbent materials for capturing CO2 from any source – including the air. PrISMa’s research scope for Direct Air Capture focuses on metal organic framework (MOF) sorbents, and the platform methodology combines expert screening with computer-assisted analysis to identify, synthesize, test and confirm the efficacy of MOFs for specific carbon capture and removal use cases and applications.

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Jobs

Senior Project Manager Carbon Dioxide Removal

No Deadline

80%-100%, ETH Zurich, fixed-term; To develop, lead and manage carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects at sus.lab (Sustainability in Business Lab), they are looking for an senior project manager with expertise in CDR, be it individual CDR approaches or CDR markets, policies, and regulations. Review of applications will start at the end of July 2022. The position will remain open until filled.

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Media

The Hill: The role of startups in restoring our climate with carbon removal

by Ben Rubin, opinion contributor

„With startups essential for bending the technology cost curve of carbon management, they are an important group to have at the policy table, to ensure that their voices are heard and that no promising solutions are cut out of the equation prematurely. Summits like Carbon Negative Shot [hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy on July 20] benefit from multiple groups coming together.“

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Media

Climate Hacker’s Cheat Sheet: Enhanced Rock Weathering on Croplands

on carbon-drawdown.de

The authors started to make notes about the various parameters that they would need to take into account in their enhanced weathering projects and experiments (e.g. from Carbon Drawdown Initiative) to make sure the desired weathering outcomes would actually be possible. They discussed the data with many of the scientists they work with to achieve a kind-of-peer-review-process. They are now sharing this cheat sheet with the community because they believe their work could be of help to others working on ERW projects.

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Bachman et al. (2022): Rail-based direct air carbon capture

E. Bachman, Alexandra Tavasoli, T. Alan Hatton, Christos T. Maravelias, Erik Haites, Peter Styring, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Jeffrey MacIntosh, Geoffrey Ozin IN: Joule Vol 6 (7), pp. 1368-1381, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.06.025

The paper presents a technology for deploying specially designed, self-contained DAC railcars on both diesel and electrified rail lines outfitted with battery arrays, CO2 direct air capture systems, compression equipment, and ancillary gear that uniquely exploits the substantial sustainable energy generated on-board the train through regenerative braking as well as from solar panels mounted on compatible railcars.

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Media

Climeworks‘ Direct Air Capture Summit 2022 highlights report

„For the third year in a row, Climeworks brought together the industry key players at its Direct Air Capture Summit 2022. Scientists, opinion leaders, pioneering companies and policy experts came together to discuss the roles that the public and private sectors play in driving climate solutions and meeting global net zero goals. The highlights summarize the key take-aways of this year’s Direct Air Capture Summit, hosted by Climeworks.“

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