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ONCRA Launches at COP27: Carbon removal credits for natural climate innovation

on https://oncra.org/

During the COP27, an accounting platform was launched for nature-based removal credits to return CO2 from the atmosphere back to earth’s surface. The ONCRA platform (Open Natural Carbon Removal Accounting) was developed by the non-profit Climate Cleanup in collaboration with financial
parties, NGOs and regional governments. ONCRA offers a platform for scientific innovations with natural solutions for the climate crisis. Innovators offering removal credits include BambooLogic, The Seaweed Company, Scave and greenSand. Companies wanting to remove unavoidable emissions are invited to inform themselves about these proven methods and obtain removal credits. The platform enables tens of thousands of smaller entrepreneurs, farmers and builders worldwide to collectively remove CO2 and thus contribute to reversing global warming. By 2030, the platform aims to have removed at least one gigaton of CO2.

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Global CO2 Initiative Student Association

….is a multidisciplinary organization involving the University of Michigan community in educational opportunities within the field of carbon removal, such as seminars, technical projects, professional development, and community outreach. The association incorporates students from all different majors, including engineering, business, climate and sustainability, art and design, and public policy, and have the flexibility to expand into different departments based on the interest and expertise of their members.

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Company Silicate: Storing carbon for 100,000 years

„Company Silicate will utilize returned concrete to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. The startup based in Ireland is on a mission to durably and safely remove 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2040 through enhanced weathering. Maurice Bryson of Silicate and Professor Frank McDermott of University College Dublin decided to employ their collective experience in geochemistry, agriculture and carbon finance to deliver a robust, science-based, and permanent carbon removal solution to help maintain a habitable planet.“

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The Ocean Visions – UN Decade Collaborative Center for Ocean-Climate Solutions (OV – UN DCC)

…will engage with a global set of stakeholders and institutions to connect those with the capacity for generating new science and engineering knowledge to those with capacity to develop and test innovations and solutions. Among the challenges targeted are ocean-based solutions that will:

  • Mitigate and reverse the effects of climate change
  • Enhance food security from oceans
  • Build the climate resilience of marine ecosystems and coastal communities

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Can the power of biota bring rocks to the front of climate solutions? – The BAM! project

by University of Antwerp on uantwerpen.be

A European research consortium investigates whether a low-energy solution for carbon capture can be designed using an ooze of rocks, fungi, bacteria and earthworms. „Can we use the power of biology to increase the rate of silicate weathering to unmatched levels in a bio-reactor?“ That is the key question addressed in BAM! (Super-Bio-Accelerated Mineral weathering), a project funded by the European Innovation Council through the Pathfinder programme.  

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BioNET – Multi-stage assessment of biobased negative emission technologies

What is the potential of biobased negative emission technologies, in short NETs? And what expectations are placed on them? The joint project BioNET analyses these questions and provides a knowledge base for the evaluation of biobased technologies. BioNET aims to compile data for policy makers, agriculture, forestry and science in order to demonstrate the potential of bio-based NETs to stakeholders. The objectives are:

  1. Provide a transparent and widely accessible database on bio-based NETs,
  2. new participatory approaches to investigate social and institutional feasibility, and
  3. Development and holistic assessment of national scenarios for bio-based NETs taking into account the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Stakeholder organisations in Germany are involved in all phases of the project. In the selected case study regions in the Rhine-Neckar region and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the BioNET project team is working closely with practice partners from agriculture and forestry as well as with local and regional politics.

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Capture 6

…is a Public Benefit Corporation with offices in Berkeley, California, USA and Rotorua, NZ. Capture6 focuses on enhanced approaches to capturing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere (direct air capture). Their innovation is driving down the cost of carbon removal to less than $100 USD per tonne today. Capture6 has developed the SPACERSTM framework to describe their CDR approach, which is based on the „Oxford Principles on Carbon Offsetting“ that calls for moving to CDR that is permanent, irreversible, and with a small physical footprint to not displace or impact local communities.

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Pilot carbon capture plant helping pave the way to a climate-neutral Europe

by CORDIS on techxplore.com

„An EU-backed project [ACCSESS (Providing access to cost-efficient, replicable, safe and flexible CCUS)] has started up a pilot CO2 capture plant in Norway. […] The first important milestone has now been reached with the launch of the Hafslund Oslo Celsio CO2 capture plant in Klemetsrud, Norway. […] When the test campaign finishes, the pilot will be moved to Technology Center Mongstad, also in Norway. It will be integrated with a rotating packed bed absorber unit developed by project partner PROSPIN in Poland. This marks the technology’s next phase of development, culminating in the commercialization of a modular, rapid and easy-to-build product. CO2 capture test campaigns will be carried out at the Stora Enso kraft pulp mill in Skutskär (Sweden) and at the HeidelbergCement kiln in Górażdże (Poland) during the period 2023-2024.“

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„This Startup Is Enhancing the Ocean’s Ability to Store Carbon, Reversing Acidification“

by Scarlett Buckley on sustainablebrands.com

„Ebb Carbon’s pioneering carbon-removal technology combines with electrochemistry to accelerate the ocean’s natural process of carbon removal, safely storing it for 10,000+ years, whilst simultaneously reducing ocean acidity […] The electrochemical process works by intercepting the saltwater that saltwater-treating facilities deposit back into the ocean and adjusting the electricity of its molecules — the salt and water molecules in saltwater are rearranged to produce acid and slightly alkaline saltwater solutions. When this alkaline saltwater returns to the ocean, a natural chemical reaction occurs — and CO2 is pulled out of the air and stored as bicarbonate.“

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Travertine Technologies: Re-engineering chemical production for Carbon Dioxide Removal

The proprietary electrochemical process permanently converts carbon dioxide into a mineral while simultaneously producing sulfuric acid–the world’s most produced chemical–for use in critical element extraction and fertilizer production. Travertine was founded by UC Berkeley Professor Laura Lammers, an expert in carbonate mineralization, to reduce the environmental impact of extracting elements that are needed for the renewable energy transition.

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