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🌊 Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) is moving forward in the 🇺🇸 U.S. and 🇪🇺 E.U., making an important contribution to the blue economy. 📨 The Carbon Business Council recently submitted comments for the European Commission’s Call for Evidence regarding the European Oceans Pact about the role of mCDR. 📨 We also recently submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds about mCDR. 📂 Our coalition published an Issue Brief, developed with a working group of CO2BC member companies and ecosystem partners, highlighting the significant economic opportunity that marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) represents. 👉🏼 Full details and resources can be found here: 👓 Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: Issue Brief - https://lnkd.in/ecz-nVNu 📣 Public Responses - https://lnkd.in/eKUwMFAs #CarbonRemoval #EconomicOpportunity #mCDR

Join us for the next episode of This Is CDR as we welcome Alexis Dunand, Associate Policy Lead at CarbonGap, to discuss their newly updated Carbon Removal Policy Tracker – a powerful tool mapping the latest policy developments shaping carbon removal across Europe. CarbonGap is leading the charge in bridging the gap between carbon removal innovation and policy, ensuring that high-quality CDR solutions receive the support they need to scale. Their Policy Tracker highlights where progress is being made, where gaps remain, and what’s needed for the EU to build a robust CDR strategy. In this session, we’ll cover: - How the Carbon Removal Policy Tracker works and what it reveals about Europe’s CDR landscape - The biggest policy gaps and opportunities for scaling durable carbon removal - How policymakers, advocates, and industry leaders can use this tool to drive action Don’t miss this conversation on the evolving policy landscape for CDR in Europe and what it means for the future of carbon removal. About our Guest Alexis Dunand is Associate Policy Lead at Carbon Gap, where he focuses on expanding the Policy Tracker’s coverage. He joined Carbon Gap to contribute to the fight against climate change, being convinced that carbon dioxide removal constitutes a key, yet missing and often misunderstood, element of climate policy. Prior to joining Carbon Gap, Alexis was acting as a civil servant at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He previously served as a research consultant at Carbonfuture, focusing on EU and US CDR policy. Before that, he was part of the leadership team of illuminem, heading the content creation section. He started his CDR journey during his MSc in Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University & Research, having written his MSc Thesis on Swiss CDR policy. He holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Geneva. Now based in Brussels, he is a member of the Global Shapers Community.

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Join us for a conversation with Duncan Kariuki, Co-founder & CPO, and Martin Freimüller, Co-founder & CEO of Octavia Carbon, Africa’s first and only Direct Air Capture (DAC) company, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Octavia Carbon is making history by building Project Hummingbird, the first commercial DAC facility in the Global South, located in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. The company is scaling cutting-edge carbon removal technology while forging a community-first approach to deployment, ensuring that local stakeholders play a key role in shaping the future of DAC in the region. In this session, our guests will share:🔹 The latest updates on Project Hummingbird – milestones, challenges, and what’s ahead🔹 How Octavia Carbon is scaling DAC in Kenya with $5M in recent seed funding🔹 Their novel approach to community engagement and responsible climate action in the Global South Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from the pioneers of DAC in Africa and learn how carbon removal innovation is taking root in new regions.

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📺🍿🪨🚜🌧️🌊 Great video of Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture's water-shed scale enhanced weathering field trial in Southside VA, featuring star turns from the farmer and landowner Adam Wilbourne, as well as YCNCC and Noah Planavsky Lab researcher Ella Milliken. 🙏 again to New Scientist's James Dinneen for the visit!👏👏👏 https://lnkd.in/eS58iJaw

Today, Cascade Climate is pleased to announce the release of “Farming with Rocks: Policy Priorities for Enhanced Rock Weathering”. The purpose of this report is to introduce policy stakeholders—particularly those in the U.S. and EU—to ERW, and to highlight opportunities to further support this promising carbon removal and agricultural land management practice through both new and existing policy levers. In the report, we identify three key policy priorities to help realize ERW’s carbon and agronomic potential: 1) Invest in dedicated ERW research and development on carbon quantification, agronomic impacts, and environmental risks and co-benefits.  2) Provide financial assistance to address barriers to scale and support farmer adoption.  3) Increase confidence of prospective carbon removal buyers and investors to enter the market through high-rigor standards and clear regulatory frameworks. We hope this report can act as a valuable resource and starting point for ERW policy discussions. While our near-term focus at Cascade will be on translating these recommendations into action in the U.S. and EU, we welcome opportunities to engage other jurisdictions interested in exploring ERW policy opportunities. Reach out to [email protected] if you’re interested in chatting further! https://lnkd.in/gjdJvCgY

Join us on Tuesday, February 25th at 12pm for the latest installment of This is CDR, when we will reconnect with Duncan Kariuki and Martin Freimüller, Co-founders of Nairobi-based Octavia Carbon, Africa’s first homegrown Direct Air Capture (DAC) company. Duncan and Martin will share exciting updates from Project Hummingbird, Octavia's first commercial DAC plant, currently under construction in the the Great Rift Valley. Register here - https://lu.ma/ucdatrgd

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