Driven by community members, in 2020 Flagstaff declared a climate emergency and adopted an aggressive goal of carbon neutrality by 2030. We interview Flagstaff Climate Analyst Ramon DC Alatorre and learn how that goal led the city to identify carbon removal as a necessity and about their first "concrete" steps to implement a carbon removal program.

Resources

• Flagstaff Carbon Neutrality Plan website and the plan itself
• "Carbon Dioxide Removal" - Presentation to Flagstaff City Council - Ramon Alatorre, 5/11/21
• Flagstaff Climate Program - website
• Grist article: Why Boulder County and Flagstaff are enlisting cities to suck carbon out of the atmosphere
• OpenAir Carbon Removal Collective - website