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The Carbon Removal Show is the world's leading in-depth podcast on carbon removal.
We combine hours of research and interviews with the world’s leading experts to explore the latest developments in carbon removal technology and policy in an easy to digest and engaging podcast format.
Our narrative driven, story-focused episodes are enjoyed by both experts in the field and climate-curious individuals wanting to learn more about this increasingly widespread topic. The problem of carbon emissions is clear - the solution, however, is not. Our succinct, level-headed and impartial approach to carbon removal gives our listeners the facts and the tools they need to make sense of, and take action on, how we as humanity can sustainably remove carbon from the atmosphere.
To find out more, head to https://thecarbonremovalshow.com/
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Introducing... Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey
While you’re waiting for more episodes of The Carbon Removal Show, we wanted to introduce you to another project that our very own Tom Previte has been busy on…
Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey
This is the story of a startup that wants to remove carbon from the atmosphere and help reshape our relationship with the planet. Ideally without burning to the ground in the process.
It was a good few years back when Tom stumbled across biochar. That was during the first season of The Carbon Removal Show. And it turns out that this biochar stuff… it's not just an ancient technology but also a cutting-edge solution for today’s climate problems.
Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey captures the highs and lows of a green startup - from sharp learning curves to unlikely breakthroughs. Listen in as Tom digs deep into the realities and complexities of setting up a carbon removal project, and gets to grips with the science, the money, and everything it takes to build an environmentally (and financially) sustainable business.
Because if we’re going to save the planet, we’re going to need a lot more businesses like this one.
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S3 #5 | How can companies contribute to industry scale?: Gigaton thinking - with MASH Makes
What happens when an individual company bakes industry scale up into their business philosophy? In this episode, Jakob Andersen shares the “gigaton thinking” mindset that drives his company, MASH Makes, in their approach to business and biochar.
MASH Makes started as a project at the Technological University of Denmark focusing on technology that could convert various waste streams (mainly residue biomass) into different energy products. In short, MASH Makes use automated machines that are able to produce bio oil, hydrogen and electricity from agricultural waste, with the main byproduct of this process being biochar – a soil amendment that actively absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere.
Big thanks to MASH Makes for supporting this episode.
To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.
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S3 #4 | The importance of fungibility in carbon markets - with Carbonaires
With scaling up in mind, this episode dives into an innovative concept that could help the industry take big steps forward. Tom and Emily are joined by Jonny Gilson from Carbonaires and Professor Niall Mac Dowell from Imperial College London to discuss Carbonaires’ ideas for the future of the voluntary carbon market.
Big thanks to Carbonaires for supporting this episode.
To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.
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S3 #3 | 2023: Year in review
2023 was a big year for carbon removal! With only 27 years until 2050, Tom and Emily look back on the last 12 months to reflect on the current stage of the industry’s growth commercially, socially and politically. With big thanks to the organisers, speakers and participants of Carbon Unbound Europe 2023 for welcoming us to the event and for all the inspiration.
Huge thanks to all our guests in this episode:
Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture
Oliver Katz, Founder and CEO of Unbound Summits
Michelle Li, Founder and Executive Director of Women and Climate
Gabrielle Walker, Co-Founder of CUR8 and Founder of Rethinking Removals
Bilha Ndirangu, CEO at Great Carbon Valley
Ted Christie-Miller, Director of Carbon Removal at BeZero Carbon
And our very own Producer Ben, making his on-mic debut for The Carbon Removal Show!
We also shout out a lot of other hard working CDR companies and organisations in this episode:
CDR.fyiCarbon Removals at COPMission ZeroHeirloomClimeworksRewind: biomass sinkingBrilliant Planet: macroalgaeEquatic: ocean direct carbon removalDeutscher Verband für negative EmissionenCO2RE Future Leaders Network: join the SlackWomen and Climate: join the Slack
To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.
And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.
Resources and further reading
Climeworks and Great Carbon Valley chart path to large-scale direct air capture and storage deployment in Kenya: https://climeworks.com/news/climeworks-and-great-carbon-valley-chart-path-to-large-scale-dac
Mission Zero turns on UK’s first direct air capture plant to enable jet fuel made from air: https://www.missionzero.tech/news/uk-first-direct-air-capture-plant
Suck carbon from the air? US facility launches novel climate solution: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/19/carbon-dioxide-direct-air-capture
On the durability of biochar carbon storage: https://biochar.systems/durability-statement/
Assessing biochar's permanence: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166516223002276?via%3Dihub
Frontier Makes Largest Carbon Removal Purchase From Lithos Carbon: https://carbonherald.com/frontier-makes-largest-carbon-removal-purchase-from-lithos-carbon/
Carbonfuture, Exomad Green, and Microsoft Sign One of the Largest Biochar Carbon Removal Deals To-Date: https://www.carbonfuture.com/project-showcase/carbonfuture-announces-innovative-offtake-collaboration-with-exomad-green-and-microsoft-for-large-scale-biochar-carbon-removal
COP28 — Mixed Results on Removals, Markets and Carbon Capture: https://evetamme.com/2023/12/14/cop28-on-carbon-removal-ccs-and-markets/
Why Carbon Removals Are Center Stage At COP28: https://www.forbes.com/sites/phildeluna/2023/12/07/why-carbon-removals-are-center-stage-at-cop28/?sh=26a7e1e82c68
Climeworks Direct Air Capture Summit 2023 Highlights: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://climeworkscom.cdn.prismic.io/climeworkscom/9493f4d4-676f-47cc-a1f8-8959bc84abee_DAC%2BSummit%2Bhighlights%2B2023%2B%25282%2529.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1704643167135658&usg=AOvVaw1O0rP7eNt04mSMiYQB3UKo
Paying for Quality: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2023: https://3298623.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3298623/SOVCM%202023/2023-EcoMarketplace_SOVCM-Nov28_FINALrev-1.pdf
The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report: https://www.stateofcdr.org/
Fossil-fuel industry embrace raises alarm bells over direct air capture: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/fossil-fuel-industry-embrace-raises-alarm-bells-over-direct-air-capture-2023-10-10/
Biden picks two DAC hubs for federal funding: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/cen-10127-buscon1 -
S3 #2 | Analogies for scale: what other technologies can teach us about carbon removal
Season 3 continues and the team remains focused on scaling up. The question today: has it been done before? The task ahead is huge and can sometimes feel insurmountable. In order to deliver what scientists say is needed, the carbon removal industry must go from the young seedling emerging market we know today to a great complex ecosystem - and time is against us. Has this level of growth ever been seen before?
In today’s episode, Tom and Emily go hunting for reassuring precedents and inspirational analogies. Every global industry that we now take for granted was once a young seedling too. How do those industries compare to CDR? What can we learn from their development? And will looking at their histories help us feel more prepared for the future?
In this episode, we listen back to brief clips from Sophie Purdom, co-founder of CTVC, and Dr Steve Smith, executive director of CO2RE. We first heard from them in season 1 episode 1 and season 2 episode 2 respectively.
To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.
And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.
Resources and further reading
Analogies and ecoraps for more carbon removal - https://medium.com/nori-carbon-removal/analogies-and-ecoraps-for-more-carbon-removal-3f4e8d92d1b4
Explaining the Exponential Growth of Renewable Energy - https://www.wri.org/insights/growth-renewable-energy-sector-explained
Developments in wind power - https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0602/
The Hole: How Ronnie and Maggie Saved the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2JzOlRff08&t=1s
Back from the brink: how the world rapidly sealed a deal to save the ozone layer - https://rapidtransition.org/stories/back-from-the-brink-how-the-world-rapidly-sealed-a-deal-to-save-the-ozone-layer/
Learning from Success: Lessons in Science and Diplomacy from the Montreal Protocol - https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2020/learning-success-lessons-in-science-and-diplomacy-montreal-protocol
Should carbon removal be treated as waste management? Lessons from the cultural history of waste - https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2020.0010#d1e755
Is the UK’s waste infrastructure ready for a circular economy - https://rrfw.org.uk/2018/01/08/is-the-uks-waste-infrastructure-ready-for-a-circular-economy/
Shifting the Direct Air Capture Paradigm - https://www.bcg.com/publications/2023/solving-direct-air-carbon-capture-challenge
How have COVID-19 vaccines been developed so fast - https://www.immunology.org/public-information/vaccine-resources/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine-infographics/speed-of-development
A Guide to Global COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts - https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/guide-global-covid-19-vaccine-efforts
How COVID‐19 vaccine supply chains emerged in the midst of a pandemic - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447169/
How did we develop a COVID-19 vaccine so quickly? - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-did-we-develop-a-covid-19-vaccine-so-quickly
Smart phones:
https://blog.textedly.com/smartphone-history-when-were-smartphones-invented
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2011/07/11/overview-of-smartphone-adoption/
https://www.pcmag.com/archive/smartphone-adoption-rate-fastest-in-tech-history-301990
https://www.govtech.com/products/how-smartphones-revolutionized-society-in-less-than-a-decade.html
https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/how-many-people-have-smartphones
https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-world
Streaming continues to overtake TV - https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2023/05/16/streaming-continues-to-overtake-tv/
The rise of social media - https://ourworldindata.org/rise-of-social-media -
S3 #1 | Getting serious about scale
We are back! Did you miss us?
Kicking off Season 3, Tom and Emily are exploring what it will take to grow the carbon removal industry to the scale we need. They speak to various actors in the carbon removal space, from project developers and policy experts to marketplaces and buyers. Their curiosity for the scaling problem took the team on a trip to Basel, Switzerland for a CDR conference hosted by Carbonfuture: Carbon Removal Basel.
The team uses this episode to highlight some key themes around trust and scaling up that will be explored throughout the season.
A huge thanks to our guests
Jan Minx, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC and co-author of The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report
Hannes Junginger, CEO and co-founder at Carbonfuture
Ben Brandt, CPO and co-founder at Ledgy
Adam Sipthorpe, Senior Portfolio Manager - CDRs at South Pole
Paolo Piffaretti, CEO and co-founder at Carbonx
Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture
Our guests for this episode were recorded in April 2023. Their input reflects the individuals' and organisations’ views at that time.
To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.
Thanks to Carbonfuture for hosting us at their inaugural Carbon Removal Basel even
And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.
Resources
State of CDR: https://www.stateofcdr.org/resources
Carbonfuture’s recap of Carbon Removal Basel: https://www.carbonfuture.com/magazine/recap-of-carbon-removal-basel-2023
Carbon Removal Basel retirement credits: https://platform.carbonfuture.earth/balancer/portfolios/view/main/50fa5b10-e4de-412c-8d75-0d1df060a63b