Carbon Farming – Drawdown
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CanadaClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Canadian Fossils Predict Long Future for Oil and Gas, Look to Carbon Capture to Cut Emissions
Canada’s biggest fossils aren’t considering a sudden pivot to renewable energy, but pipeline companies have no major expansion plans in the offing, judging by ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarWind
Shiny, New Innovations Won’t Move Fast Enough to Deliver Deep Carbon Reductions
Even the most promising new emissions reduction innovation would only have a limited impact on the climate crisis if it were introduced today, given ... -
CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Alberta Calls for $30-Billion Carbon Capture Subsidy in Upcoming Federal Budget
The Alberta government is pitching for a 10-year, C$30-billion federal budget commitment to subsidize large-scale carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCUS) projects, even as ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable Energy
Lots of Hype, Little Help in Corporate Embrace of Carbon Capture
As some of the world’s heaviest corporate emitters double down on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as their go-to path to net-zero, activists and experts ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHydrogenJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergyShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
New U.S. Scenarios Show State-by-State Benefits of Net-Zero Shift
A modelling study published earlier this month by three U.S. organizations breaks down the state-by-state benefits the country can expect from the drive to ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Critics Weigh Merits of Soil Sequestration-Based Carbon Storage
Soil scientists, carbon credit start-ups, and now U.S. President Joe Biden want to enlist American farmers to fight the climate crisis through soil sequestration. ... -
AsiaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
Land Titles Empower Indigenous Peoples while Promoting Forest Conservation
Forest conservation as a carbon reduction strategy has led to a trammelling of human rights for forest dwellers around the world, but it need ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
81% of ‘Removed’ Atmospheric Carbon is Reused to Extract More Fossil Fuel
The global operational capacity of carbon capture and storage (CCS) currently stands at 39 megatonnes (Mt) of CO2 per year, or roughly 0.1% of ... -
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Net-Zero Commitment Could Bring Australia $63 Billion in New Investment by 2025
A commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050 from Australia’s notoriously coal-friendly government would unlock A$63 billion in new investment over the next five years ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDrawdownEuropeFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureSoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Green Roofs Would Save 770 Megatons of Carbon by 2050
Green roofs rank #73 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. By the year 2050, an increase in green and cool roofs could save 0.77 ... -
Farmland Restoration Would Save 14.08 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Farmland Restoration places #23 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. Restoring 424 million acres of abandoned farmland to rich agricultural life by 2050 would, after a ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatDrawdownFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationSoil & Natural Sequestration
Indigenous Peoples’ Land Management Would Save 6.19 Megatons of Emissions, Sequester 849.4 Gigatons of Carbon, by 2050
Indigenous Peoples’ Land Management ranks #39 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It can reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 6.19 gigatons and sequester 849.37 gigatons of carbon ... -
Peatlands Restoration Would Save 21.57 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Peatlands restoration is ranked #13 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It can avoid 21.57 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. While data are too variable ... -
Tree Intercropping Would Save 17.2 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Tree Intercropping places #17 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. Intercropping on 571 million acres globally by 2050 would sequester 17.2 gigatons of carbon ... -
Supporting Women Smallholders Would Save 2.06 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Supporting women smallholders ranks #62 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It would reduce 2.06 gigatons of atmospheric carbon dioxide by 2050 and produce ...
