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CARBON REMOVAL WEEKLY SUMMARY (15 DECEMBER - 21 DECEMBER 2025)-WEEK#51

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. This Week’s Top CDR Highlights
2. Commercial News
3. Research Papers
4. Web Posts
5. Reports
6. Upcoming Events
7. Job Opportunities
8. Podcasts
9. YouTube Videos
10. Deadlines
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THIS WEEK’S TOP CDR HIGHLIGHTS

BECCS Job Cuts: UK-based power generator Drax Group started a consultation to cut up to 100 jobs, mainly in its US-based carbon removal arm, Elimini, due to high inflation and capital costs impacting large projects like Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS).

Commercial News: Frontier has signed a $44.2M offtake deal with NULIFE GreenTech to remove 122,000 tonnes of CO₂ from 2026-2030. NULIFE uses hydrothermal liquefaction to turn biowaste into bio-oil and biochar for permanent underground storage in salt caverns.

Survey: CDR.fyi and OPIS, a Dow Jones Company have launched the 2025 Durable CDR Pricing Survey to gather buyer and supplier views on pricing expectations, value drivers, and market barriers in the evolving durable carbon dioxide removal sector, aiming to deepen transparency and support market growth.

Forest Credit Audit: Verra has rejected four forest carbon projects in China, voiding ~4.42M credits after auditors couldn’t confirm government approval documents. The voluntary carbon market body is now reviewing 45 more projects, pausing new credit issuance until legitimacy is verified.

New CDR Resource: Everest Carbon released a new software using Monte Carlo simulations to model uncertainties in enhanced rock weathering, improving measurement and credit quality for ERW carbon removal projects.

Call for Proposals: Sweden’s Energy Agency has launched a $1 billion (SEK 10 billion) funding round for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage to support companies developing technologies that capture and store CO₂ from bioenergy sources under its climate strategy, aiming to expand negative emissions deployment. Deadline: 13 August 2026.

Call for Experts: Environment and Climate Change Canada is developing a new Bioenergy with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Geological Storage protocol under its federal Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System, inviting experts to apply by Jan 23, 2026 to help shape the effort.

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COMMERCIAL NEWS

Uganda is set to launch first-ever industrial biochar CDR & biochar-based fertilizer production project worth $12 million (KARK)
Limenet raised $8.2M to scale its CDR tech and build its first production site in Sicily (Repubblica)
Black Bull Biochar secured £4M seed funding, and is moving HQ to Manchester to expand sustainable ag and carbon removal in Europe (The Business Desk)
Paebbl won a €4M EIC grant to turn concrete into a carbon sink (LinkedIn)
Sweden’s Energy Agency launched a $1B BECCS funding round for CO₂ capture from bioenergy (deadline Aug 13, 2026) (Energimyndigheten)
Frontier signed a $44.2M offtake deal with NULIFE to remove 122,000 tCO₂ via bio-oil and biochar storage from 2026-2030 (Frontier)
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines partnered with Isometric on carbon removal (Isometric)
Artichoke Trust partnered with CUR8 to neutralize emissions from The Gallery S5 via high-integrity CDR projects (LinkedIn)
Carbonfuture closed a Strategic A2 round with SIX Swiss Exchange to scale its digital carbon removal marketplace (Ueber Morgen)
InPlanet secured agreement to deliver 28,500 enhanced rock weathering credits to Microsoft in Brazil (InPlanet)
Deep Sky & W8banaki Nation signed a structuring framework for carbon removal projects in Québec (DeepSky Climate)
Puro.earth certified its 100th carbon removal facility (LinkedIn)
Altitude partnered with Alcom for 360,000+ mt CDRs from biochar in the Philippines & India (Altitude Carbon)
Volkswagen ClimatePartner invested in 60 ha UK peatland restoration project, aiming to cut 12,000 tCO₂e over 100 years (IUCN)
44.01 began injecting 20 tCO₂/day at its UAE scaled-up carbon mineralization site (44.01)
Verra rejected 4 Chinese forest carbon projects (~4.42M credits) and paused new issuances for 45 more projects (Verra)
GFZ Helmholtz Centre launched “RESET” project to study enhanced silicate weathering for land-based CO₂ removal (GFZ)
Isometric issued Pacific Biochar’s first 3,042 verified carbon removal credits (Isometric)
Everest Carbon launched software using Monte Carlo simulations to improve ERW project credit quality (Everest Carbon)
Deep Sky completed Quebec’s first geological injection of captured carbon using Skyrenu’s DAC pilot (Newswire)
Gevo’s North Dakota capture facility earned an “A” rating from BeZero Carbon (Finance Yahoo)
Pinwheel partnered with Agreena to scale regenerative agriculture carbon removal (I Grow News)
Planet Savers & Australian Carbon Vault signed MoU to pilot DAC with onshore CO₂ storage in South Australia (LinkedIn)
Hamburg research centre is testing the DACMA-100 direct air capture system (NDR)
Equitable Earth released a Baseline Setting Module for its M002 forest conservation methodology (EnEarth)

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RESEARCH PAPERS

Blue carbon sequestration and storage potential has increased in seagrass sediments from Northern Morocco
Authors: Nezha Mejjad, Abdelmourhit Laissaoui, Azzouz Benkdad, Fouad Taous, Mohammed El Bouch, Anas Otmani & Moncef Benmansour
Synopsis: This study quantifies carbon storage and sequestration in Moroccan blue carbon ecosystems using nuclear techniques. Over ~60 years, carbon stocks ranged from 1.35–11.07 Mg Corg ha−1 at Merja Kahla and 3.55–54.48 and 3.57–104.58 Mg Corg ha−1 in two Merja Zerga cores. Highest accumulation occurred in the top 5 cm, reaching 14.60–53.08 g OC m−2 yr−1, indicating rising recent sequestration and supporting blue carbon inclusion in climate policy.
Nickel extraction from olivine using waste acid from an electrochemical marine CO2 removal process
Authors: Alexander J. Robinson, Dan Thien Nguyenb, Brady Andersonc, et al.
Synopsis: This study evaluates extracting nickel from olivine (0.27 wt% Ni) using waste acid and base streams from a bipolar membrane electrodialysis system designed for marine CO₂ removal. The waste acid leached Ni 37% more effectively than commercial HCl at room temperature, retaining 65% of Ni and 84% of Mg after purification. Nickel was recovered as a FeNi alloy (Fe:Ni molar ratio 1.37:1), with results indicating net economic benefits that increase with higher recovery rates, Ni prices, and CO₂ credit valuation.
Afforestation-Related Fertilisation Quickly Turns Barren Cutaway Peatland Into a Carbon Dioxide Sink
Authors: Alexander J. V. Buzacott, Kari Laasasenaho, Risto Lauhanen, Kari Minkkinen, Paavo Ojanen, et al.
Synopsis: This study evaluates afforestation as an after-use option for cutaway peatlands by measuring multi-year greenhouse gas, energy, and carbon fluxes in a Finnish peatland planted with Scots pine. Results show rapid revegetation, rising leaf area, increased albedo, and a shift from a CO2 source to a net carbon sink within three years. Afforestation halted long-term carbon losses typical of abandoned peatlands and delivered net CO2-equivalent climate benefits.
Potential advantages for combining DACCS with amine post-combustion capture plants – CoDACCS - and ways to make new plants CoDACCS-ready
Authors: Lucas Joel, Jon Gibbins, Mathieu Lucquiaud
Synopsis: This paper explores the role of integrated Direct Air Capture with CCS (DACCS) in delivering net-zero and net-negative emissions, focusing on CoDACCS, where DACCS is combined with conventional point-source CCS. By sharing CO2 transport and storage, utilities, process equipment, and cooling systems, CoDACCS can significantly reduce capital and operating costs, enabling DACCS deployment even in higher-cost regions. The study outlines integration pathways and stresses the urgency of designing new CCS infrastructure to be “CoDACCS-ready” at early stages.
Regulating the Unthinkable: Climate Interventions as a Test Case for Risk Governance - Preprint
Authors: Alberto Alemanno, Masahiro Sugiyama
Synopsis: This article examines governance challenges for climate interventions like Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) and CDR, focusing on institutional legitimacy, international legal fragmentation, risk analysis, precautionary principles, market governance, and intellectual property. It highlights tensions in risk comparison, partial institutional coverage, and private-sector acceleration, positioning climate intervention governance as a test case for risk regulation and collective self-governance under radical uncertainty.
Ecological regime shifts weaken sedimentary carbon sequestration in shallow Lake liangzi
Authors: Jinglin Hou, Qi Lin, Jiasheng Zhang, Shixin Huang, et al.
Synopsis: This study reconstructs two centuries of organic carbon (OC) dynamics in Lake Liangzi, China, revealing that eutrophication-driven ecological shifts—from macrophyte-algae coexistence to phytoplankton dominance—increase labile carbon but reduce sedimentary carbon burial due to enhanced microbial mineralization and weakened mineral protection. These changes weaken long-term carbon sequestration and may elevate greenhouse gas emissions, highlighting the need for nutrient management, hydrological restoration, and ecosystem-based strategies to sustain lake carbon sinks.
Asymmetric bubble-mediated gas transfer enhances global ocean CO2 uptake
Authors: Yuanxu Dong, Mingxi Yang, Thomas G. Bell, Christa A. Marandino & David K. Woolf
Synopsis: This study highlights the underestimation of oceanic CO2 uptake due to asymmetric bubble-mediated gas exchange. By developing an asymmetric flux equation based on field measurements, the authors show that global ocean CO2 absorption increased by 0.3–0.4 Pg C yr⁻¹ (~15% from 1991–2020) compared to conventional methods, suggesting oceans may sequester more CO2 than previously thought and emphasizing the need for updated flux calculations in climate models.
Challenges of CO2 removal from the atmosphere by capturing, storage, and utilization for avoiding extreme climate change
Authors: Amin A. El-Meligi & Bassem S. Nabawy
Synopsis: This review examines CDR strategies for climate mitigation, including land-based approaches like afforestation, reforestation, carbon farming, direct air capture, and bioenergy with CO2 storage. It highlights CO2’s chemical stability (band gap ~9 eV) and heat-trapping effects via vibrational modes, and details subsurface storage techniques such as mineralization, coal bed methane, gas hydrates, basalt, and shale injection, relying on natural trapping mechanisms including residual, stratigraphic, dissolution, and mineralogical trapping for effective long-term sequestration.
Advances in the Structural Design of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Direct Air Capture of CO2
Authors: Wei Wei, Ziyang Wang, Chao Xu, Zhiyi Li, Hongliang Bai, Zhijun Liu
Synopsis: This review highlights covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as promising materials for direct air capture (DAC) of CO2, emphasizing their tunable structures, high stability, and selective adsorption capabilities. It covers the evolution from 2D to 3D COFs, functionalization strategies with amines, ionic groups, and metal centers, and computational design approaches (GCMC, DFT, ML). The review assesses DAC performance, scalability, and energy efficiency, offering guidance for advancing COF-based DAC toward practical carbon removal applications.
Process modelling and analysis of ikaite production for atmospheric CO2 removal through ocean alkalinity enhancement
Authors: Xuesong Lu, Rachel Millar, Pranav Toutam, Aidong Yang, et al.
Synopsis: This study evaluates ikaite (CaCO₃·6H₂O) production as a method for atmospheric CO2 removal via ocean alkalinity enhancement. Using a three-step process, calcite dissolution under elevated CO2 pressure, CO2 degassing, and crystallization, the authors develop and validate a mathematical model, examining key parameters like CO2 pressure, calcite loading, seed addition, and particle size. Under optimal conditions, steady-state ikaite production reached 1.64 kg/m³ from 0.83 kg/m³ calcite, demonstrating technical feasibility for climate mitigation applications.
The scalability and carbon removal potential of ocean alkalinity enhancement - Preprint
Authors: Connor Mack, Ryan Hanna, Daniela Dias, David Victor
Synopsis: This study assesses the scalability of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) as a CDR strategy, estimating a global potential of 0.64–2.7 Gt CO2 yr⁻¹ by 2100. Most growth occurs late-century, but early investment and policy support are critical to enable mid-century scaling. The analysis highlights tensions between concentrating deployment in a few high-cost, motivated countries versus pursuing broader global deployment to maximize early scaling and long-term climate impact.
Design of active sites for amine-functionalized direct air capture materials using integrated high-throughput calculations and machine learning
Authors: Megan C. Davis, Wilton J. M. Kort-Kamp, Ivana Matanovic, Piotr Zelenay & Edward F. Holby
Synopsis: This study advances DAC materials by combining machine learning and high-throughput atomistic modeling to identify novel CO2-binding sites. Screening over 1.6 million candidates, the authors discover ~2,500 nitrogen-based sites with superior binding enthalpies and assess their experimental feasibility. The resulting database and ML framework enable targeted design of functionalized amine sorbents, offering scalable, cost-effective solutions for carbon capture and supporting global climate mitigation goals.
Developing reactive CO₂ removal materials from thermally activated lizardite and marble waste: A pathway toward sustainable climate mitigation - Preprint
Authors: Arshad Ali, Mohamed El-Ghali, Sobhi Nasir, Mohamed Moustafa
Synopsis: This study develops a reactive CDR material by combining lizardite-rich natural feedstock with industrial marble waste, producing forsterite and lime via thermal treatment. Carbonation tests show complete lime-to-calcite conversion and significant forsterite weathering, achieving ~21% CaCO₃ and ~6% MgCO₃ sequestration in 30 days. The material supports eco-efficient CO₂ capture, ocean alkalinity enhancement, soil amendment, and industrial applications, highlighting potential for large-scale deployment alongside sustainable CO₂ capture infrastructure.
Legal guardrails on States’ dependence on carbon dioxide removal to meet climate targets
Authors: Rajamani, LMore; White, EMore; Rogelj, J; Prütz, R; Wetzer, T; Wood, M; Stuart-Smith
Synopsis: This paper examines the international legal framework governing States’ use of CDR in climate targets, emphasizing the due diligence obligations highlighted in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. It identifies standards and guardrails to limit reliance on future CDR as a substitute for near-term emissions reductions, promoting pathways aligned with the Paris Agreement 1.5 °C goal. The study underscores the need for deep emissions cuts combined with transparent, feasible, and coherent CDR strategies.
Discussion of Techno-Economic Challenges in Carbon Sequestration
Authors: Zhihua Wang, James J. Sheng
Synopsis: This article examines challenges in geological CO2 storage for climate mitigation, focusing on saline aquifers and oil/gas reservoirs. Limitations include pressure buildup in closed aquifers, large-scale reservoir characterization, monitoring, CO2-water separation, produced water management, and leakage risks in wells. CO2-enhanced oil recovery may offset storage benefits. Current projects achieve only 6–30% of planned capacity, highlighting the need for fundamental research on safe, economically feasible CO2 storage strategies.
Characteristics and environmental benefits of CO2 mineralization using a recyclable chelating agent in concrete manufacturing
Authors: Jiajie Wang, Ryo Miyama, Vani Novita Alviani, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, et al.
Synopsis: This study demonstrates recyclable chelating agent-assisted CO2 mineralization for concrete manufacturing waste. Using GLDA and sludge cake, Ca extraction remained stable over 10 cycles, producing 156 g CO2 mineralized per kg sludge and reducing residue by 25%. Life-cycle assessment shows a 16.1% decrease in global warming potential and 1.2–10% reductions in other impacts, highlighting a scalable approach that combines waste minimization with permanent CO2 storage in the concrete industry.
A Possible Path Toward Profitable Carbon Removal: A Techno-Economic Analysis on Combined Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and Waste Concrete Upcycling
Authors: Shijian Jin, Anna Lee Tonkovich, Cristian Rodriguez Martinez, et al.
Synopsis: This study integrates electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement (E-OAE) with recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) treatment using the hydrochloric acid byproduct. Processing 1,000 t/day RCA enables E-OAE to sequester 27,000 t CO2 annually. Techno-economic analysis shows $26.8 M capital cost, $13 M revenue, $7.8 M operating cost, $5.2 M net return, a 5-year payback, and $194/t CO2 removed. The approach couples effective carbon removal with circular construction waste management.
Lithium isotopes reveal enhanced weathering fluxes in North America during the Paleocene−Eocene Thermal Maximum Open Access
Authors: Rocio Jaimes-Gutierrez; Lucas Vimpere; David J. Wilson; et al.
Synopsis: This study examines silicate weathering during the Paleocene−Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) using δ7Li and εNd isotopes in Gulf of Mexico sediments. Results show a buffered negative δ7Li excursion during the PETM and a stronger excursion during recovery, reflecting rapid clay formation and erosion. These findings indicate enhanced continental weathering fluxes contributed to efficient CO2 drawdown, highlighting silicate weathering’s role in regulating climate.
Organic carbon sequestration is insensitive to variability in surface productivity in the Subantarctic Zone: implications for enhancing the biological carbon pump for climate mitigation
Authors: Cathryn Ann Wynn-Edwards, Xiang Yang, Scott D Nodder, Elizabeth H. Shadwick
Synopsis: Multi-year sediment trap records from two iron-limited Subantarctic sites reveal that particulate organic carbon (POC) flux to depth is weakly linked to surface net primary production, with silicifying phytoplankton influencing flux at one site but not the other. Results suggest limited potential for productivity-enhancement strategies, like iron fertilization, to increase deep-ocean carbon sequestration and highlight the importance of distinguishing surface export from carbon retained at depth.
Minireview on Direct Air Capture via Solid Sorbents: Recent Advances and Future Prospect
Authors: Yuqing Qiu, Tianhao Li, Guanchu Lu, Huaiguang Li, Wenguang Tu, Zhigang Zou
Synopsis: This review examines solid–sorbent DAC technologies, focusing on porous organic frameworks, amine-functionalized, alkali-based, and moisture-swing adsorbents. It analyzes adsorption mechanisms, performance, and engineering challenges, highlighting how innovations in materials and system design are driving DAC from lab-scale research toward industrial deployment, offering a promising route to cost-effective negative emissions and global carbon neutrality.
Fig. 9
Overview of biogeochemical processes and feedback mechanisms within the Earth system (Source)

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WEB POSTS

Preview 2026: Germany urged to fight harder to protect EU emissions trading ambition – researcher (Clean Energy Wire)
The Darjeeling Revival Project (Alt Carbon)
CDR In 2025: The Shifts And Strides That Redefined The Sector (The Carbon Herald)
Carbonfuture Announces Landmark 2025 Progress in Building a Scalable, High-Integrity Durable CDR Market (Carbonfuture)
Carbon markets need to stop confusing reductions with removals (Impact Alpha)
Decarbonizing Concrete: What the Contractor Can Do (For Construction Pros)
Carbon-negative innovation: the power of hemp fibers (Lampoon)
Is the world betting too much on carbon removal technologies? (Mongabay)
Developing the negative emissions markets: key UK policy initiatives on GGR (Dentons)
Carbon Removal Via Direct Air Capture: High Integrity, Challenging Delivery (MSCI)
What’s in a Just Transition: Colorado Communities on Coal, Carbon Removal, and Climate Change (Data for Progress)
How whales, vodka and volcanic ice blocks could soon solve the carbon crisis (Science Focus)
INTERVIEW: “We shall get there” – Kenyan carbon removal developer targets $100/t (Carbon Pulse)
The Nori Archive (Inevitable & Obvious)
A Vision for Scaling Carbon Removal (Noah McQueen)
DAC projects rank high on integrity but face substantial delivery risk, say analysts (Carbon Pulse)
DAC Is Struggling in America, But It’s Big in Japan (Heatmap)
Big Tech-backed coalition supports biowaste carbon removal firm (Reuters)
The hard politics of climate overshoot (Financial Times)
Lifetime Carbon Balance of Enhanced Rock Weathering Explained, Part 3 (Carbon Drawdown Initiative)
New CEO Paul Bloom And An A Rating Signal Next Phase For Gevo (Carbon Herald)
How investments in research, development, and deployment can scale carbon removal (Carbon180)
Momentum builds for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (Carbon180)
Year in Review: 2025 Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Milestones (CWorthy)
Can Data Centers Become Carbon Removal Hubs? Massachusetts Might Show How (Kleinman Center for Energy Policy)
Why the EU “Buyers’ Club” for carbon farming and engineered carbon dioxide removals CDR is structurally flawed and cannot work (LinkedIn)
Agreena Doubles Corporate Clients As Regenerative Agriculture Gains Traction (Carbon Herald)
Carbon Streaming Announces Amendment to Azuero Reforestation Carbon Removal Stream (Yahoo! Finance)
CDR.fyi & OPIS launched the 2025 Durable CDR Pricing Survey to boost market transparency (Cdr.fyi)
Why Yama Carbon’s approach to DAC focuses on industrial discipline, not lab breakthroughs (Green Simplifying)
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change (MIT Technology Review)
5 Key Trends Powering the Biochar Industry Toward a US$2.1 Billion Carbon-Removal and Regenerative-Ag Market by 2032 (LinkedIn)

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REPORTS

Learning from Buyers – Unlocking Private Purchases of EU CDR (Ecologic)
Pathways to Carbon Sink Cities: Implementation Guide (2025) (City CDR Initiative)
More Than Carbon – The Co-benefits and Value Proposition of Engineered Carbon Removal (C2ES)
Assessing the 2030 Technical Potential and Costs of Energy-From-Waste with Carbon Capture and Storage (WECCS) in Saudi Arabia (KAPSARC)
Alignment of international standards for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) using Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) (CO2RE)

UPCOMING EVENTS

2026

(NEW) Conversations on Ocean Carbon: Regional Perspectives on mCDR along the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia by California Ocean Science Trust | 14 January 2026 | Online
Does Every Ton Matter: Decarbonizing Oil & Gas by Sebastian Manhart | 20 January 2026 | Online
Carbon Unbound West Coast | 22 & 23 January 2026 | Vancouver
Biochar in UK Agriculture: Insights from Farmers and Scientists by The Biochar Demonstrator | 27 January 2026 | Online
(NEW) OSCAR’s Creation, Purpose, and Challenges in Carbon Removal by Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal | 29 January 2026 | Online
(NEW) The 2026 Carbon Market Buyer’s Guide [Asia-Pacific Session] by South Pole | 03 February 2026 | Online
(NEW) Introducing the Vancouver Declaration by Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal | 09 February 2026 | Online
(NEW) Circle of CDR – The next era for Direct Air Capture: Learnings from pioneers in the space by Phlair | 12 February 2026 | Ismaning, Bayern
Building a Billion-Tonne Blueprint by Carbon Removal Canada | 05 March 2026 | Ottawa, ON
2026 Annual Convening by Carbon to Sea Initiative | 28-30 April 2026 | Halifax, Nova Scotia
10 International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter | 25-29 May 2026 | Brazil
CDR26–CDRANet’s 2026 conference on the future of carbon dioxide removal | 20-21 October 2026 | Vancouver

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Senior Full Stack Engineer at Klimate | Copenhagen Metropolitan Area

“Klimate is in a business to reverse climate change by removing as much CO2 from the atmosphere as possible, as permanently as possible.”

Junior Materials Processing Technician R&D at Arca | Vancouver, British Columbia

“At Arca, we pull carbon dioxide from the air and store it permanently as rock. To do this at scale, we partner with the minerals industry to implement our technology at mine sites, using their rock waste as our feedstock.”

Site Manager at Mote, Inc | Los Angeles, CA

“Mote is developing a first-of-a-kind technology for woody waste biomass that removes CO2 from the air and produces clean hydrogen to help the world meet climate goals, improve air quality, and reduce wildfires.”

Manager of Nature-Based Strategies at California Air Resources Board | Sacramento, CA

“This work supports California’s fight against climate change, implementation of the 2022 AB 32 Scoping Plan, and implementation of AB 1757 (2022, Garcia). The 2022 AB 32 Scoping Plan and multiple independent scientific and technical analyses are clear that for California to get to carbon neutrality, the State needs to deploy all tools available to both reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to capture and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) from both engineered and nature-based solutions are part of this toolkit, and we expect increasing deployment of nature-based strategies to support carbon removal over the coming decades.”

Social Scientist at Carbon Direct | United States - Remote

“Carbon Direct’s mission is to reduce, remove, and utilize their emissions with carbon science.”

Infield & Sampling Associate | Campo & Amostragem | Centro Oeste at InPlanet | Brazil (Hybrid)

“InPlanet works with regenerative agriculture to remove carbon from the atmosphere, for a liveable planet.”

Finance Analyst at Supercritical | Remote

“Supercritical’s mission is to scale carbon removal to gigatonne capacity before it’s too late.”

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PODCASTS

Adaptation vs Geoengineering - Gambill | Reviewer 2 does geoengineering

“@geoengineering1 interviews Paul Gambill to discuss the intricate dynamics between adaptation and geoengineering. Drawing on his experience as the former founder of Nori, the first carbon removal marketplace, Paul reflects on why scaling durable carbon removal has proven so difficult and what those barriers suggest for stabilizing the climate in an era of overshoot.
The conversation then turns to the growing relevance of geoengineering approaches, including solar radiation management (SRM) and other large-scale interventions, and the conditions under which they might move from taboo to serious consideration. The episode explores a spectrum of techniques that blur the line between adaptation and planetary engineering, from ocean iron fertilization and ice-sheet stabilization to localized cooling strategies. Throughout, Paul stresses the need for public awareness, strategic policy development, philanthropic investment, and credible long-term governance to ensure that any future climate interventions are deliberate, legitimate, and responsibly managed.
Articles referenced in the episode:
What’s the Difference Between Adaptation and Geoengineering?
A Climate Goal for the Overshoot Era
What It Takes to Make Cooling Interventions Thinkable
Paul Gamble’s current project:
https://pitch.com/v/light-the-beacons-pitch-deck-hchvkq

Plan Sea Podcast Ep. 4: Researchers Dr. Leila Kittu, Dr. Giulia Faucher, and Dr. Charly Moras discuss Ocean Alk-Align’s global research of OAE safety | Carbon to Sea Initiative

“In this episode of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns sit down with researchers Dr. Leila Kittu, Dr. Giulia Faucher, and Dr. Charly Moras to discuss the latest updates from the Ocean Alk-Align consortium’s exploration of ocean alkalinity enhancement’s (OAE) environmental safety and efficiency. Representing expertise from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research and the University of Hamburg, Leila, Giulia, and Charly join Anna and Wil to share valuable insights on what’s needed for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) and environmental safety assessments.”

What Do CDR Buyers Really Think? - with Robert Höglund, Lamé Verre, Chris Minter and Adina Braha-Honciuc | The CDR Policy Scoop

What Do CDR Buyers Really Think? - with Robert Höglund, Lamé Verre, Chris Minter and Adina Braha-Honciuc

The CDR Policy Scoop

46:59

“Everyone agrees that carbon removal needs more buyers - but what will actually make that happen?
At Carbon Unbound Europe (21–22 October), co-hosts Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart took the conversation offline and recorded a special set of in-person interviews exploring how buyers see the evolving CDR policy and market landscape.
What’s working? Where are the challenges? And what do today’s buyers really want from policymakers?
Tune in for candid insights and fresh perspectives from the people shaping demand for carbon removal.”

When Bad Companies Buy Good Carbon Removal | Reversing Climate Change

378: When Bad Companies Buy Good Carbon Removal

Reversing Climate Change

37:52

“Is the voluntary carbon market a club for saints? Or is it a hospital for sinners? Are we meant to understand all and then to forgive all? How much time are we meant to devote to idealistic abstinence-esque policies for change, and how much of our professional lives should go to harm reduction?
Today’s show deals with some of the biggest questions in carbon removal and carbon markets, and does it in just the kind of literary-philosophical ways that make this shows its own... whatever it is that it is.”

Public Perceptions Deep Dive - Part 3: Telling Better CDR Stories | The Carbon Removal Show

S4 #7 | Public Perceptions Deep Dive - Part 3: Telling Better CDR Stories

The Carbon Removal Show

1:02:55

“In this final episode of our public perceptions mini-series, Tom and Emily ask a deceptively simple question: what would a better conversation about carbon removal actually look like? One that can hold urgency without hype, complexity without alienation, and honesty without infighting.”

CDR’s Defining Policy Moments of 2025 | The CDR Policy Scoop

CDR’s Defining Policy Moments of 2025

The CDR Policy Scoop

27:17

“2025 was a year of real progress for carbon removal, but also one that exposed the limits of existing frameworks.
In this end-of-year retrospective, Eve Tamme and Sebastian Manhart look back at the policy moments that most shaped carbon removal over the past twelve months. Each brings their own highs and lows to the table, reflecting different lenses on EU, international, and national developments.
From the EU’s 2040 target and CRCF progress, to setbacks around voluntary initiatives, green claims, and US climate policy. The episode unpacks what moved the field forward, what disappointed, and what lessons should carry into 2026.
A clear-eyed assessment of a mixed but ultimately forward-moving year for CDR policy and why the foundations laid in 2025 will matter well beyond it.”

Mast Reforestation and the carbon-credit glow-up | Everybody in the Pool

E115: Mast Reforestation and the carbon-credit glow-up

Everybody in the Pool

30:38

“This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re talking about one of the biggest blockers to real climate action: amazing solutions that never scale because no one pays for them. My guest is Grant Canary, founder and CEO of Mast Reforestation, a company rebuilding forests after catastrophic wildfires — and reinventing carbon credits so that reforestation can actually fund itself.
Mast takes the most expensive part of post-fire recovery — dealing with hundreds of dead, unstable, methane-emitting trees — and turns it into a high-integrity carbon removal credit. The fire-killed biomass gets buried in engineered clay “vaults” that lock away carbon for centuries, and the revenue pays for restoring forests with native seed, nursery-grown seedlings, and good old human labor. It’s the super-sexy carbon accounting we desperately need.”

Increasing soil carbon through changes to trash management | Cane Matters

Increasing soil carbon through changes to trash management

Cane Matters

14:21

“In this episode, SRA Translation Research Manager Dr Barry Salter discusses new long-term soil health trials that are examining practice changes to trash management, to increase soil carbon.
The project is assessing farming systems and residue management practices through monitoring of soils over time, assessment of sugarcane productivity and economic analysis of practice changes, to understand potential longer-term outcomes across a wide range of environments.
Soil health remains a significant issue affecting industry productivity and resilience. Is this significant organic matter (trash) being underutilised?”

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Lime: CDR’s Unsung Hero | CarbonBlue

“In this friendly fireside chat, CarbonBlue CEO Dr. Dan Deviri and Frontier Science Lead Dr. Frauke Kracke discuss the technological, industrial, and climate potential of a sustainably produced, low-carbon lime.”

Introducing the Iroko Restoration Project - Cameroon | Terraformation

“Gain an inside look at how Terraformation and Iroko Analytics are partnering to restore 14,000 hectares of Cameroon’s Congo Basin rainforest through data-driven science and community-led restoration.”

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal 101 | Ocean Visions

“Offered in advance of the Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) in Canada Forum in December 2025, this webinar from Ocean Visions provides an overview of mCDR — what it is, why it matters, and where the field stands today. It is a primer on mCDR science, technology, policy and an introduction to key actors in Canada, designed to help participants prepare for deeper engagement at the Forum.”

Green Talks Episode 1 : Daniel Sierra and Diego Justiniano - Bolivia Biochar Site Visit | Exomad Green

“In this first episode, we’re joined by Daniel Sierra, Chief Compliance Officer at puro.earth, one of the world’s leading CDR registries, alongside Diego Justiniano, CEO of Exomad Green. During the conversation, Daniel shares insights from his on-site visit to Exomad Green’s facilities, highlighting the benefits of biochar, the robustness of our processes, and the quality standards behind high-integrity carbon removals.
Together, they discuss the evolution of CDR, the importance of credibility and quality in carbon markets, and Exomad Green’s journey toward becoming one of the leaders in the CDR industry.”

It’s Go Time | Tito - AirMiners

ecoLocked’s Carbon-to-Concrete Platform: Your gateway to the construction industry | ecoLocked GmbH

“The construction industry is about to transform - and biochar producers who act now will lead the change.
Global pressure to decarbonize means concrete manufacturers are searching for sustainable solutions. Biochar is the missing piece - and demand will most likely increase drastically.
Today, many producers focus on agriculture – the right fit for certain biochar types. But as more producers work with feedstocks suitable for construction, this market offers something unique: predictable demand and long-term supply relationships.
This is where ecoLocked steps in. With our Carbon-to-Concrete Platform, developed over years, we are opening doors together with partners from the biochar industry for large-scale, stable, and diverse concrete applications in construction.”

Nori Archive | Paul Gambill

“Recordings from Reversapalooza, a summit held in Seattle in April 2018 that brought together scientists, farmers, entrepreneurs, and policy experts to build the early carbon removal industry.
Reversapalooza was organized by Nori, a carbon removal marketplace that operated from 2017-2024. These sessions cover the state of carbon markets, carbon removal methodologies (soil, direct air capture, agroforestry, mine tailings), verification challenges, and early blockchain applications for carbon accounting.
Speakers include Klaus Lackner (Arizona State University), Rattan Lal (Ohio State University), Keith Paustian (Colorado State University), David Montgomery (University of Washington), and many others.
This is archival footage from the early days of the carbon removal industry.”

Post COP30 Briefing Inside the CDR30 Coalition | Negative Emissions Platform

Peter Fiekowsky Climate Restoration Presentation | Foundation for Climate Restoration

Reflections on social science research in GGR: perennial biomass crops | CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub

“In this video, Professor Julie Ingram reflects on the barriers to and enablers of upscaling perennial biomass crops for greenhouse gas removal (GGR). Professor Ingram is based at the Countryside and Communities Research Institute at the University of Gloucestershire. She leads social science research for the Perennial Biomass Crops for Greenhouse Gas Removal (PBC4GGR) project, which is part of the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators (GGR-D) programme.”

Chris Wiberg: Inside the World of Biochar Testing | Biochar Today

“In this episode of The Biochar Show, host John Webster speaks with Chris Wiberg from Timber Products Inspection about the importance of biochar testing standards and the development of the American National Standard for biochar analysis. They discuss the challenges faced by the industry, the need for consistent testing methodologies, and the impact of these standards on the biochar market. Chris shares insights from his extensive experience in laboratory testing and the future directions for biochar research and development.”

Christian Holzleitner - The EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) and the EU ETS | Livemedia

Weekly Carbon Removal Updates from 15 December - 21 December 2025 | Carbon Removal Updates Bulletin

DEADLINES

Absolute Carbon Standard v2.0 is open for public consultation | Deadline 26 December 2025
Rainbow opened 30-day public consultation on updated carbon crediting rules | Feedback due 28 December 2025
Cercarbono opened consultation on a blue-carbon methodology for coastal ecosystems | Deadline 28 December 2025
Carbon to Sea, MEOPAR & Planetary Technologies launched ocean alkalinity research program in Halifax | Proposals due January 9, 2026
ClimeFi opened dual-track RFP for Adyen’s 1% Fund | Applications close 13 January 2026
The Carbontech Development Initiative opened its fourth call for next-gen CDR and C2V proposals | Deadline: 14 January 2026
ACRA’s 2026 Sub-Saharan CDR cohort opened applications | Deadline: 14 January 2026
EGU Session: Understanding fluid-rock interactions of ultramafic rocks for CO2 mineralization, natural H2 resources and critical element mobility | Abstract submission deadline: 15 January 2026
Singapore’s MTI launched an RFP for high-quality carbon credits, including removal | Closing 16 January, 2026
Carbon to Sea & Prince Albert II Foundation call for proposals on ocean alkalinity enhancement, funding two $300K projects | Applications close 16 January 2026
OpenAir launched 4th global Carbon Removal Challenge for university students, finalists to present at Carbon Unbound 2026 | Registration closes 20 January 2026
The 4th Negative CO₂ Emissions Conference opened abstract submissions | Deadline: 30 January 202
(NEW) Environment & Climate Change Canada seeks experts for a new Bioenergy CCS protocol | Apply by 23 January 2026
CarbonCure opened scholarship for undergrad students in Concrete Industry Management | Deadline 31 January 2026
(NEW) CEEZER launched its 2026 Carbon Coalition to help early-stage carbon projects reach market, guiding developers on credits, buyers, and MRV | Applications Deadline: 06 February 2026
Swiss Federal Council opened consultation on climate rules to scale CDR for net-zero by 2040, alongside steep emission cuts. Certified credits will be bought by the federal environment office | Consultation runs to 12 February 2026
CIEIF announced another round of three grants with award amounts of $75,000 each | The deadline for applications is March 15, 2026.
(NEW) Call for Proposals: Sweden’s Energy Agency launched a $1B BECCS funding round for CO₂ capture from bioenergy | Deadline: 13 August 2026

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