What is carbon removal?

Carbon removal is the essential solution in the fight against climate change.

Rebalancing Earth’s atmosphere and reaching net zero requires ambitious action. To limit or reverse climate change, we need to reduce emissions by 80-90% and, at the same time, widely deploy carbon removal at a level of 10 billion tonnes annually by mid-century.‍ Carbon dioxide removal refers to various methods that draw carbon out of the atmosphere and store it safely. Moving these molecules of CO₂ into plants, trees, minerals, or underground actually counterbalances and results in a net negative emission.

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Dive Deeper into how it works

Carbon removal can be nature-based, geochemical, engineered - or somewhere in-between.

A number of natural processes take in and store carbon. In addition to these, technologies exist that replicate natural removal processes, or work in tandem with nature to speed them up. We work across these categories to tailor impact.

Nature-based

These methods are biological and typically sequester and store carbon in biomass – the organic carbon-rich material of living or recently living plants and organisms.

Engineered

These methods rely on technical processes to capture or absorb CO₂ and store it as rocks, minerals, products, or even gas.

Geochemical

This range of methods that leverage natural geological systems and chemistry to sequester and store carbon, often sped up by human intervention.

Hybrid

Many methods fall somewhere between biological, engineered and geochemical approaches, utilizing a combination of techniques to remove and store carbon.

CARBON REMOVAL METHODS

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Time & Permanence

To remove atmospheric CO2 and create a lasting impact, carbon must be securely stored in reservoirs to prevent re-emission. The longer CO₂ remains stored and the lower the risk of its release, the more durable and permanent the removal is considered.

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Co-benefits

To look beyond carbon tunnel vision, we evaluate the many social and environmental co-benefits that carbon removal projects generate.

Environment

Projects contribute to many benefits such as increased biodiversity, soil health, or food security.

Social

With project locations all over the world, they can generate diverse positive impacts such as job creation, capacity building, and increased welfare.

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Due diligence framework

Our process for analysing projects is unmatched.

We have  developed the world’s most stringent analysis process for carbon removal projects.

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