Radhika Moolgavkar, Holly Buck, Wil Burns, Adina Mangubat, Susan Su
Carbon Removal Newsroom is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to discussion and analysis of current developments in the emerging carbon dioxide removal sector.One ep...
On this week’s episode, our panelists discuss CDR.fyi’s 2024 “Year in Review,” a study assessing the economic impacts of durable CDR approaches, and three interesting new developments in CDR - including the opening of Captura’s new pilot plant in Hawaii and a huge funding round for Chestnut Carbon.Helpful links: What Was the FYI on CDR in 2024?On the Job: The Economic Potentials of Durable CDR ApproachesSpeed Round!: 3 Interesting Developments in CDRCaptura Opens New Pilot Plant in HawaiiChestnut Carbon's Massive Funding RoundGoogle's Deal to Buy Carbon Credits from Indian Initiative VarahaBonus Topic: LEGO Group Supports Carbon Removal SolutionsIf you like tuning into Carbon Removal Newsroom, please rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform! It helps more listeners find our show.
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Episode #5: Policy
This week’s episode focuses on a new community engagement strategy for direct air capture projects in Kenya, why a community takeback obligation in the United Kingdom might potentially play an important role in scaling carbon removal, and equity and justice considerations in carbon dioxide removal geological storage capacity in the Global North and Global South.Helpful links: Can We Talk? Octavia Carbon’s New Community Engagement StrategyTake That Back!: A Carbon Takeback Obligation for the United Kingdom?Where Does It All Get Stored?
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Episode #4: Business
In this episode, the panelists discuss the Allied Offsets’ VCM 2024 Review and the current state of play of the voluntary carbon market in the context of carbon dioxide removal, recent developments in wedding renewable energy and direct air capture projects, and Boston Consulting Group’s recent large CDR purchase from an array of producers. Helpful links: Where's the VCM Going, and What Does it Mean for CDR?Solar and DACCS: A Virtuous Circle Ahead?Boston Consulting Group Steps Up
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Episode #3: Policy
This episode of CRN is focused on contemporaneous CDR policy topics. It include discussion of the key aspects of two recently released reports: the U.S. Fast Track Committee on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal’s National Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Research Strategy, and the Bezo Earth Fund 2050 CDR Roadmap. The panel also discusses the latest activities of the London Convention/Protocol in the context of marine carbon removal approaches.Helpful links: Can I Get a Strategy?: The National Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Research StrategyPriming the CDR Pump: The Bezos Earth Fund 2050 CDR RoadmapLondon Calling: The Latest Actions of the LC/LP in the Context of Carbon Removal
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Episode #2: Business
In this episode, Radhika Moolgavkar, Adina Mangubat and Susan Su discuss Carbon Direct's 2024 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market report; what a new era of Donald Trump means for CDR; and the World Bank's announcement of insurance coverage for private investors in the carbon market. Helpful links:Carbon Direct's 2024 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market reportHow Will Trump Victory Impact Carbon Management?COP29: World Bank Announces Insurance Mechanism for Carbon Markets
Carbon Removal Newsroom is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to discussion and analysis of current developments in the emerging carbon dioxide removal sector.One episode each month focuses on policy issues, while the other focuses on business aspects. The format is a host and two regular guests for each episode.
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