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Captain Drawdown’s daily logbook on every CDR story, paper, and expert voice — so you don’t have to read them all. The critique, in the critic’s own words “One buyer at 93% of demand is a market failure, not a market. Microsoft’s 80% cut proves it. Public procurement across methods, like reverse auctions with delivery contracts, would fund learning curves.” That…
Carbon Herald just published Russia Introduces Insurance Mechanism For Carbon Registry To Safeguard CCUS Projects . Carbon Herald reports that Russia has formally adopted operating procedures for carbon unit reservation accounts within its national carbon registry. The mechanism functions as a buffer or insurance layer designed to safeguard carbon capture, utilization, and storage projects…
Captain Drawdown’s daily logbook on every CDR story, paper, and expert voice — so you don’t have to read them all. Why this matters now Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is being sold as one of the most measurable, durable removal pathways in the CDR toolkit. Buyers pay a premium precisely because grinding basalt onto soil is supposed to leave a traceable inorganic carbon signal. A newly…
This chart tracks Enhanced Weathering researchers over time on a diverging axis. Above the line are researchers who published a Enhanced Weathering-relevant paper that year (active); below the line are dormant researchers, split into those who published the previous year and those who published only earlier. New entrants join at the base of the active band each year as a teal block. Enhanced…
Heatmap News just published This Soda Asks: Would You Drink a Greenhouse Gas Emission? . Heatmap News reviews Misan Lychee, a lychee-flavored soda that claims to be carbonated with ‘some’ CO2 obtained through direct air capture. The product is made by AirMyne, a Bay Area DAC startup, and sells for around $16 per six-pack. The piece notes that DAC-sourced CO2 is far more expensive than…
The day the CDR conversation got honest about tradeoffs Today’s four stories share a single thread: the field is done pretending that every ton of removal is equally worth buying, equally cheap to deliver, or equally welcome to the incumbents. Robert Höglund and Sebastian Embren argued in public about whether a marginal mitigation dollar should even go to CDR right now. Three new enhanced…
Take on a podcast episode from Reversing Climate Change , originally published Fri, 07 Au. Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/episodes/411-Why-I-love-Poppy-Russell-of-Counteract-VCs-CDR-analysis-e3n3erb TL;DR Counteract’s Poppy Russell walks through her fund’s thesis: diversify by pathway, geography, business model — favor “catalytic” IP…
Take on a podcast episode from The CDR Policy Scoop , originally published Sun, 09 Au. Listen: https://shows.acast.com/the-cdr-policy-scoop/episodes/is-enhanced-rock-weathering-ready-for-scale-with-dirk-paessl TL;DR Solid-phase and aqueous-phase MRV on the same plot can disagree by orders of magnitude — tons vs kilos of CDR. Not a rounding error. Carbon Drawdown Initiative’s 300-litre…
Carbon Herald just published ExxonMobil Challenges EU Carbon Storage Mandates In International Dispute . Carbon Herald reports that ExxonMobil has initiated an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) proceeding targeting the European Commission over EU rules that impose mandatory carbon storage obligations on oil and gas producers. The mandate, tied to the bloc’s Net Zero Industry Act,…
Captain Drawdown’s daily logbook on every CDR story, paper, and expert voice — so you don’t have to read them all. Where should the next corporate mitigation dollar go? Into a tonne of carbon removal priced by an open market, or into a coal-mine methane vent that could be plugged tomorrow at a profit? Two European advocates writing this month give directly opposite answers, and the…
Captain Drawdown’s daily logbook on every CDR story, paper, and expert voice — so you don’t have to read them all. On November 12, Tim Jesper Suhrhoff posted a chart that ought to change how enhanced weathering buyers read the literature. His finding: peer-reviewed terrestrial enhanced weathering papers are doubling every 2.8 years. Preprints are doubling every 1.3 years.…
This chart is a stacked bar count of every company in the CDR Directory, grouped along the x-axis by removal pathway (direct air capture, enhanced weathering, biochar, ocean alkalinity, and so on), with each bar segmented by business focus: pure-play producers, brokers and marketplaces, and firms where CDR is a side business bolted onto a different core model. The total height tells you which…
A Doiron is a Senior Ocean CDR researcher. With 17 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. Baishya is a Senior Soil Carbon researcher at International Foundation for Integrated Care in GB. With 15 publications and an h-index of 6, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. Cortesini M. Rigo de Righi is an Early-career Soil Carbon researcher at University of Padua in IT. With 2 publications and an h-index of 1, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. Huang is a Senior General CDR researcher at Sichuan University in CN. With 19 publications and an h-index of 6, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. K. M. Abdul Quader is a Senior General CDR researcher. With 19 publications and an h-index of 6, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. K. Verma is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in IN. With 12 publications and an h-index of 3, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. L. Perry is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at University of New Hampshire in US. With 17 publications and an h-index of 7, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. M. Y. W. Alahakoon is a Mid-career Biochar researcher at Hirosaki University in JP. With 12 publications and an h-index of 6, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. Sankara Reddy is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Sardar Patel University in IN. With 8 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. T. Bartel is a Senior Soil Carbon researcher at BUND Naturschutz in DE. With 15 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A. Walter is a Senior BECCS researcher at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in BR. With 20 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A.K. Amjad is a Mid-career Biochar researcher at Government College University, Faisalabad in PK. With 5 publications and an h-index of 2, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A.M. Kamal is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Quaid-i-Azam University in PK. With 22 publications and an h-index of 6, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A.N. Gitau is a Senior Soil Carbon researcher at University of Nairobi in KE. With 22 publications and an h-index of 6, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A.P.D.A. Jayasekara is a Senior Biochar researcher at National Institute of Fundamental Studies in LK. With 8 publications and an h-index of 4, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A.R.G. Mason is an Early-career Soil Carbon researcher at The University of Adelaide in AU. With 7 publications and an h-index of 4, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A.S. Duden is a Mid-career BECCS researcher at Utrecht University in NL. With 17 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
A.S.M. Mohiuddin is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Sylhet Agricultural University in BD. With 25 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Aanisa Manzoor Shah is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir in IN. With 18 publications and an h-index of 6, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Aaron Bizimana is an Early-career General CDR researcher at Tongji University in CN. With 7 publications and an h-index of 3, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Aaron N. Koop is a Mid-career Enhanced Weathering researcher at University of Kansas in US. With 6 publications and an h-index of 3, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Aasif Ali Gatoo is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Department of Forestry in MW. With 33 publications and an h-index of 6, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Aastha Dubey is an Early-career Soil Carbon researcher at Galgotias University in IN. With 14 publications and an h-index of 3, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Aayush Mathur is a Mid-career Biochar researcher at Central University of Haryana in IN. With 6 publications and an h-index of 3, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abagael N. Pruitt is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at University of Notre Dame in US. With 17 publications and an h-index of 3, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abayomi Fasina is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Federal University Oye Ekiti in NG. With 24 publications and an h-index of 7, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abba Paltahe is a Mid-career Biochar researcher at University of Maroua in CM. With 13 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abbas AbdulRafiu is a Mid-career General CDR researcher at University of Sussex in GB. With 9 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abby P. Shaum is a Mid-career Ocean CDR researcher at California Institute of Technology in US. With 33 publications and an h-index of 8, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abby Wallwork is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Lancaster University in GB. With 9 publications and an h-index of 4, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abdallah Ahmed Elsherbiny is a Mid-career Biochar researcher at Shanghai University in CN. With 17 publications and an h-index of 7, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abdelaziz Touzani is a Mid-career Biochar researcher at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in MA. With 18 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abdeldjallil Mansouri is a Mid-career Biochar researcher at Université de Saida Dr.Moulay Tahar in DZ. With 3 publications and an h-index of 3, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abdelghani Yaacoubi is a Senior Biochar researcher at Cadi Ayyad University in MA. With 8 publications and an h-index of 5, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abdellatif Selmi is a Mid-career Biochar researcher at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University in SA. With 14 publications and an h-index of 7, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abdelmagid Ali Elmobarak is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Soil Science Society of America in US. With 6 publications and an h-index of 4, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abdoul-Salam Koroney is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher. With 15 publications and an h-index of 3, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.
Abdul Baess Keyhani is a Mid-career Soil Carbon researcher at Huazhong Agricultural University in CN. With 11 publications and an h-index of 4, they are among the top researchers in carbon dioxide removal.