​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 are pleased to welcome Vycarb Founder and CEO Dr. Garrett Boudinot back to the program to discuss the company's innovative approach to decentralized carbon removal through real-time, autonomous, and direct measurement of CO2 in water.

https://www.vy-carb.com/

​About Garrett:

​Dr. Garrett Boudinot is the founder and CEO of Vycarb, an early-stage startup on a mission to empower the world with high-quality, high-impact carbon dioxide removal. Climate change has been the sole focus of Boudinot’s career, from carbon chemistry and ecosystem impacts to social adaptation and wildlife conservation. Boudinot earned his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, holds dual bachelor's degrees in humanities and environmental geosciences from the College of Charleston, and served as a research associate at Cornell University. Boudinot also serves on the New York State Climate Impacts Assessment and the ClimateMusic Project.

​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 are pleased to welcome Dr. Rob Bellamy of the University of Manchester to discuss his recent paper "Communicating Carbon Removal."

​About Rob:

​Dr. Rob Bellamy is Lecturer in Climate and Society in the Department of Geography at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on the social science of climate, nature, and technology, exploring how climate change and responses to it are perceived, evaluated, and governed. He has published widely on these issues in top interdisciplinary and disciplinary academic journals including Nature Energy, Global Environmental Change, and Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. He is currently Co-Investigator and Lead on Responsible Innovation for the UK’s national carbon dioxide removal directorate hub, CO2RE. He was awarded a Presidential Fellowship at the University of Manchester from 2018 – 2022, and ‘Best Researcher of the Year’ 2021 for the University’s Faculty of Humanities.

All the links you need to get to know and follow today’s guest Dr. Rob Bellamy of the University of Manchester!

https://twitter.com/DrRobBellamy

https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/rob.bellamy

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2023.1205388/full

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-source-materials/blob/main/Project%20Applications/2023%20Summer/%5BCarbonBlue%5D%20Frontier%20Carbon%20Removal%20Purchase%20Application.pdf

​About Dr. Deviri

​Dr. Dan Deviri is the co-founder and CEO of CarbonBlue. Dan holds three B.Sc. degrees, two in chemistry and physics from the Technion, one in molecular biology from The Open University of Israel, and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, all with the highest honors. Dan has a proven track record in research and problem-solving, has published multiple high-impact scientific papers, and won international research awards. Toward the end of his Ph.D., Dan decided to pivot from the academic path to use his scientific skills to positively impact the world by tackling climate change, which led Dan to cofound CarbonBlue with his friend Iddo Tsur at the beginning of 2022.

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 establishing a business unit focused on deploying full-scale BECCS to mitigate climate change and deliver carbon removal services to companies and states aiming for net-zero emissions. Before his present role Erik was the Head of Open District Heating at Stockholm Exergi, where he and his team introduced a unique business model for large scale heat recovery to Stockholm’s district heating network, reducing the city’s reliance on fossil fuels and giving corporations with excess energy an economic incentive to become part of the circular economy.

In parallel, Rylander also held the role of Head of Stockholm Data Parks at Stockholm Exergi, where he facilitated the attraction of data center investments to Stockholm and utilized their waste heat for the district heating system. This initiative gained international recognition for its contribution to sustainability and climate positivity. Earlier in his career, Rylander worked at Fortum Värme, where he held various managerial positions, including Manager of Customer Engineering and System Design, and Manager of Distribution District Heating and District Cooling. Erik completed his Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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/

About Eve:

Eve Tamme is a senior advisor on climate policy. Her expertise covers a broad range of policy tools and processes, including carbon markets, carbon removal, carbon capture and climate governance.

Working on climate policy since 2004, she has led the Climate Department in Estonian national administration, advised on climate policy in DG CLIMA in the European Commission, served as a diplomat at the Estonian Permanent Representation to the EU, and shaped international climate policy engagement at a global non-profit.

Today, Eve leads Climate Principles, a climate policy advisory. She works with private and public sector clients, providing strategic advice on European and international climate policy, focusing on carbon markets, carbon removal and carbon capture.

Eve is the Chair of the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP), serves on the Board of Directors at Puro.earth, and on the Advisory Board of Carbon Gap.

She holds a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from TalTech University.

In this episode we are pleased to welcome South Pole Global Director of Tech Removals, and NextGen Chairman Philip Moss to discuss South Pole's work on CDR and the NextGen CDR Facility, a joint venture of South Pole and Mitsubishi.

Session Links:

https://www.nextgencdr.com/

https://www.southpole.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipmoss/

https://twitter.com/ManaPhilip

https://twitter.com/southpoleglobal

Great interview with Philip and Carbon Business Council Exec. Dir. Ben Rubin https://www.carbonbusinesscouncil.org/news/southpole

The European policy landscape surrounding CDR continues to shift rapidly, with developments at both the EU and national levels. OpenAir is excited to welcome back Sebastian Manhart of Carbonfuture to discuss his updated analysis of:

The latest developments in European climate policy and their impact on CDR

Carbon removal targets and policies at the national level across Europe including a discussion of best practices and opportunities.

Developments and key open questions for the European Carbon Removal Certification Framework.

The future of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and what it means for CDR.

The role of Germany and insights into the EU´s first national CDR association, the DVNE.

Following the presentation, OpenAir's Toby Bryce will ask Sebastian a few prepared questions, followed by audience Q&A moderated by Megha Raghavan.

ABOUT SEBASTIAN:

- https://www.carbonfuture.earth/

- https://www.carbonfuture.earth/team/sebastian-manhart

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianmanhart

- https://twitter.com/sebmanhart

Sebastian Manhart is a climate advocate, leveraging his skills and experiences to support policy makers in making better decisions for our planet. He is the Senior Policy Advisor of Carbonfuture, the world´s leading platform for high-quality carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Sebastian is also the Chair of the Board of the DVNE, the German CDR Association, as well as a founding Director of the US Biochar Coalition, a trade association unifying the voice of the US biochar industry. Previously, Sebastian spent a decade as a tech entrepreneur, advised Angela Merkel´s Chancellery, and worked with governments globally through the World Bank. Sebastian is an economist with a BA from UCL and an MPhil from Cambridge University.

In this episode of This Is CDR OpenAir welcomes [C]Worthy Co-Founder and Executive Director Matthew Long to discuss the new organization's vital mission to build software that supports multi-scale oceanographic modeling and data integration for quantifying the efficacy and ecological impacts of marine CDR.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Matthew Long co-founded [C]Worthy in 2022 with Alicia Karspeck and David Ho. Prior to [C]Worthy, Matt was a Scientist in the Oceanography Section of the Climate & Global Dynamics Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research where he conducted research related to the carbon cycle, ocean biogeochemistry, and marine ecosystems in the context of climate variability and change. Matt holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Tufts University and a Ph.D. in oceanography from Stanford University.

SESSION LINKS

- https://cworthy.org/

- https://twitter.com/_CWorthy

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-long-a26016202/

This week we welcome CREW Carbon Founder and CEO Joachim Katchinoff and Processing Engineering Lead Kevin Vu to discuss how the company is moving carbon from the fast to slow cycle using enhanced weathering in engineered systems for permanent, low-cost, and measurable carbon dioxide removal. CREW has been selected as one of Frontier Climate's early carbon removal pre-purchase companies and has received grant support from the Carbon to Sea Initiative.

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Joachim Katchinoff co-founded CREW Carbon in 2022. Prior to CREW, Joachim worked for seven years as a geochemist investigating fundamental questions about the carbon cycle, weathering dynamics, and biogeochemical cycles. Joachim holds a Ph.D. from Yale University in Earth and Planetary Sciences (2022) and a Bachelor of Science in Geology from The College of William & Mary.

Kevin Vu is a process engineer specializing in water and wastewater treatment. He has years of experience in R&D engineering, pilot deployments, practical design of municipal and industrial treatment systems, and modeling of biological process units and sewage networks. Kevin holds a B.E. in Civil Engineering and a M.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Caltech, where he conducted applied research on electrochemical processes for decentralized water treatment funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

SESSION LINKS

- CREW Carbon Website: https://www.crewcarbon.com/

- Joachim's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-katchinoff-89838934/

- CREW Carbon's Frontier application – https://github.com/frontierclimate/carbon-removal-source-materials/blob/main/Project%20Applications/2022%20Fall/%5BCREW%5D%20Frontier%20Carbon%20Removal%20Purchase%20Application.pdf

Carbon To Sea grant w/ Ebb Carbon https://carbontosea.org/grantees/

In this episode of This Is CDR we welcome Octavia Carbon Founder and CEO Martin Freimüller and Product Lead Duncan Kariuki to discuss the company's plan for deploying direct air capture (DAC) in Kenya -- and why they believe Kenya is the best place in the world to scale DAC!

About Martin:

Martin Freimüller is the Founder & CEO of Octavia Carbon, where he leads on strategy, sales and fundraising. His background is in strategy consulting at Dalberg Global Development Advisors, where he also served as the firm’s global CDR and carbon markets expert. He holds a B.A. and M.A. degree in Management and Political Science from the University of Cambridge.

About Duncan:

Duncan Kariuki is the product lead at Octavia Carbon where he leads the engineering design of the DAC machines, and tailors the tech to its deployment in the Kenyan context. He has a background in machine element design and manufacturing from Isuzu East Africa and the Kenya Space Agency. He holds a BSc in mechanical engineering from the University of Nairobi.

Links:

- https://www.octaviacarbon.com/

- https://twitter.com/MartinFreimlle1

- https://twitter.com/OctaviaCarbon

- Octavia’s Puro listing – https://puro.earth/accelerate/project-hummingbird-100272

- James Mwangi TED Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzGu9bP07i0