This is CDR

Join us for a conversation with award-winning producer-director Leila Conners about her latest feature documentary Legion 44, which chronicles dozens of visionary innovators worldwide advancing groundbreaking carbon removal technologies. From the vulnerable islands of Tuvalu to the Hajar mountains in Oman, the film showcases human ingenuity and collaboration in the face of our unfolding climate em...

This Is CDR is pleased to welcome Dr. Brendan Hermalyn, Founder and CEO of Thalo Labs, to share the NYC-based CDR startup's innovative direct air capture technology for urban environments. Thalo Labs is pioneering scalable DAC systems designed to remove CO₂ and other pollutants from indoor spaces and city air, turning captured carbon into valuable products while generating revenue through carbon c...

This week, This Is CDR is excited to welcome Helen Lundebye, Co-Founder of CDRjobs, a comprehensive platform launched earlier this year dedicated to careers in carbon dioxide removal (CDR). It offers an extensive job board featuring hundreds of active listings from more than 685 companies, catering to both seasoned professionals and newcomers in the CDR sector. Beyond job postings, CDRjobs provide...

This week on This is CDR, we're joined by the organizing team behind the Carbon Removal Challenge: Matt Parker, Sue Dorward, and Duncan McDowall. The OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge provides students from colleges and universities around the world an opportunity to design and build new carbon removal solutions and build connections that will bring the next generation of talented engineers, thinke...

This Is CDR welcomes Dr. Luke Shors, President of Capture6, a pioneering Direct Air Capture company headquartered in California and New Zealand. Capture6 is at the forefront of DAC innovation, offering a unique, water-positive direct air capture (DAC) technology that not only removes CO₂ from the atmosphere but also enhances freshwater availability. By integrating their systems with existing water...

​OpenAir is excited to present This Is CDR, an online event series that explores the wide range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and discusses them in the context of policies OpenAir seeks to form and advance at every level of government in the U.S., as well as in national and subnational jurisdictions globally. ​This week we are excite...

​This Is CDR is back! ​OpenAir is excited to present This Is CDR, an online event series that explores the wide range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and discusses them in the context of policies OpenAir seeks to formulate and advance at every level of government in the U.S., as well as in national and subnational jurisdictions globall...

In this episode This Is CDR is pleased to welcome Deep Sky Chief Carbon Scientist and Head of Engineering Dr. Phil De Luna to discuss how the company is building large-scale infrastructure in Canada to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at an unprecedented rate. Deep Sky: https://www.deepskyclimate.com/ ​​About Dr. Phil De Luna: ​​Dr. Phil De Luna is renowned scientist and carbontech innova...

In this episode we are pleased to welcome Graphyte's CEO Barclay Rogers and CTO Dr. Hannah Murnen to discuss how the company's Carbon Casting process offers carbon dioxide removal that is permanent, affordable, and immediately scalable. Graphyte: https://www.graphyte.com/ ​About Barclay: ​Barclay Rogers is a seasoned executive with extensive carbon experience, including leading business developmen...

This week we are pleased to welcome Dr. David Hughes of Penn State University to present his work with PlantVillage and discuss how we can advance biochar carbon removal to gigatonne scale. ​PlantVillage: https://plantvillage.psu.edu/ About David: ​David Hughes is the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Global Food Security at Penn State University and Director of USAID Innovation Lab o...

In this episode This Is CDR is pleased to welcome Teresa Hartmann and Ted Christie-Miller from BeZero Carbon to present and discuss the company's work as a carbon ratings agency, and how independent, risk-based, project-level ratings can help build the market trust necessary to scale high-quality CDR. ​About Teresa: ​Teresa Hartmann is the Chief Ratings Officer at BeZero Carbon. Teresa has extensi...

In this Episode we welcome Holocene Co-Founder and CEO Anca Timofte to present and discuss the company's novel low-temperature DAC process which leverages organic chemistry for scalable and affordable CDR. Holocene: https://theholocene.co ​ABOUT ANCA: ​Anca Timofte serves as Holocene’s CEO, having started Holocene from her Stanford GSB dorm room after 8 years of experience designing & developing D...

In this Episode This Is CDR welcomes Robert Höglund back to the program to present and discuss CDR.fyi's recently released 2023 Year in Review and other key CDR market developments. CDR.fyi: https://www.cdr.fyi/ ​About Robert: ​Robert Höglund is an advisor in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and climate impact. He manages the charitable Milkywire Climate Transformation Fund, co-founded the CDR market...

​This week Toby and Megha welcome Dan Maxbauer and Sean McCauley from Alkali Earth to present and discuss the company's novel process which delivers high-quality, permanent, and verifiable CDR through optimized application of alkaline industrial minerals in gravel roads. Alkali Earth: https://www.alkali.earth/ ​About Dan: ​Dan Maxbauer is Alkali Earth's Co-Founder and Science Lead. Dan is an Assi...

In this episode Toby and Megha welcome Rory Brown and Jasper Wong from Airhive to present and discuss the company's novel DAC process which employs fluidisation to dramatically accelerate the mineralization of atmospheric CO2. Airhive: https://airhive.earth/ ​About Rory: ​Rory Brown is Co-Founder and CEO of Airhive. Rory is an experienced manager and strategist who has delivered over £200M in over...

This week we are pleased to welcome Alex Gagnon and Julian Sachs from Banyu Carbon to present and discuss the company's novel photochemical CDR process to capture carbon dioxide from seawater. https://www.banyucarbon.com/ ​About Alex: ​Dr. Alex Gagnon (PhD Chemistry, Caltech; BS, UC-Berkeley) is an expert in marine carbon who was recognized with a National Science Foundation CAREER award. He has...

In this episode of This Is CDR week we are pleased to welcome Rudy Kahsar and Gloria See to present and discuss RMI's November 2023 Applied Innovation Roadmap (AIR) for CDR that a provides comprehensive, objective, and action-oriented perspective on how to best advance the technical readiness of 32 carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches this decade. Roadmap Link https://rmi.org/insight/the-applie...

In this episode Toby and Megha welcome Dr. Antonius Gagern and Irene Polyni from Carbon to Sea, the leading initiative to evaluate whether ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) can safely remove and store billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide. https://carbontosea.org/ ​About Antonius: ​Dr. Antonius Gagern is the Executive Director at the Carbon to Sea, a non-profit initiative to systematically evaluat...

https://www.rewind.earth/ https://openaircollective.com/ This week This Is CDR welcomes Rewind Co-Founders Ram Amar and Professor Dror Angel who will discuss the company's approach to CDR via terrestrial biomass sinking in anoxic zones of the Black Sea. ​About Ram: ​Ram Amar is the CEO of Rewind.earth. Ram's background is in physics, computer science and entrepreneurship. Since selling his previo...

This week we are pleased to welcome Dai Ellis and Dr. Jennifer Mills from the founding team of Cascade Climate, a newly launched field-building organization for open-system climate interventions, starting with enhanced weathering (EW). Cascade Climate: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cascade-climate/ ​About Dai: ​Dai Ellis is an entrepreneur with experience founding and scaling high-performing n...

​OpenAir is excited to present This Is CDR, an online event series that explores the wide range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and discusses them in the context of CDR policies OpenAir seeks to formulate and advance at every level of government in the U.S., as well as in national and subnational jurisdictions globally. ​This week we...

​OpenAir is excited to present This Is CDR, an online event series that explores the wide range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and discusses them in the context of CDR policies OpenAir seeks to formulate and advance at every level of government in the U.S., as well as in national and subnational jurisdictions globally. ​This week we...

In this installment of This Is CDR we are pleased to welcome CarbonBlue Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Dan Deviri to present the company's approach to direct ocean removal of carbon dioxide via marine calcium looping. Session Links: - https://carbonblue.cc/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandeviri/ - CarbonBlue's successful Summer 2023 Frontier Application– https://github.com/frontierclimate/carbon-removal...

Stockholm Exergi's Head of CDR Erik Rylander joins This Is CDR to discuss how BECCS can sustainably scale in Europe and beyond. LINKS: https://www.stockholmexergi.se/en/ https://twitter.com/SthlmExergi https://x.com/Beccs_Stockholm https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-rylander-8763257b/ About Erik: Erik Rylander is Head of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) at Stockholm Exergi, where his is responsible for...

In this episode Megha and Toby welcome climate policy expert and Climate Principles Founder and Managing Director Eve Tamme to discuss the ongoing deliberations on carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, and their critical implications for the future of CDR. Links: - Climate Principles: https://climateprinciples.com/ - Eve Tamme's LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evetamme/...