2 results for tag: OpenAir CDR
OpenAir CDR on Enhanced Rock Weathering: Scaling up climate solutions globally
Dirk Praessler, CEO of Carbon Drawdown Initiative
One of the biggest challenges we face today is climate change. Scientists have long-since warned of the inevitable effects of a warming planet, yet despite this urgency, today’s economy continues to run primarily on fossil fuels.
Decarbonization – the active capture and storage of CO2 from the atmosphere – is one possible solution. However, as Dirk Paessler, founder and CEO of Carbon Drawdown Initiative explained in a recent “Open Air This is CDR” episode, Decarbonization is “pointless without 90% emissions reduction.” We need to decarbonize the economy while simultaneously pulling ...
The Future Forest Company on OpenAir CDR: Natural approaches to CO2 removal
The Future Forest Company project in Brisbane Mains, Scotland
The Future Forest Company featured on OpenAir CDR
When it comes to national and international discussions of the climate crisis, so much of the focus has been on decarbonization methods: What can countries and corporations do to reduce track and reduce their carbon footprint? Experts agree that this is a necessary step in reducing future warming – and the inevitable consequences that come with a 2°C temperature increase – but this approach is inherently limited, circumventing the very real problems of the here and now. Decarbonization offers only half a solution; the other half ...
