Carbon Drawdown

Nature-based Solutions in the Carbon Dioxide Removal  Portfolio

CDR Pavilion, United Nations climate conference, COP30 in Belém, Brazil

This event — part of the annual United Nations climate change conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil — will explore the benefits of nature-based solutions as a critical part of the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) portfolio. California has established nation-leading targets for scaling nature-based climate solutions, as defined in AB 1757 (C. Garcia and R. Rivas, … Read more

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We’re at the UN climate conference in Brazil

I’m thrilled that The Climate Center is attending the United Nations annual climate conference once again. This year’s 30th “Conference of the Parties,” or COP30, brings together governmental representatives from almost every country in the world, along with tens of thousands from civil society, to advance climate action. Chief Program Officer Barry Vesser and Legislative … Read more

Categories Carbon Drawdown Clean Energy Fossil Fuels
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Tell Governor Newsom to Stand Up for Climate Action at COP30

Governor Newsom at UN Climate Week in 2023, where he committed to sign SB 253 and 261. Photo: Office of the California Governor.

This year’s United Nations climate conference, COP30 in Belém, Brazil, is bringing together world leaders to share how they’re tackling climate change back home. With an anti-science, pro-oil president, the world is counting on California to step up on climate. California leaders, and especially Governor Newsom, must defend California’s climate progress against attacks from the … Read more

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Tell California leaders to listen to voters and invest in nature-based climate solutions

Update as of 9/16/25: The California legislature allocated the climate bond funds! Close to 1,000 members of The Climate Center community took action to ensure that Prop 4 funds would be allocated. Thank you for your advocacy. In the 2024 election, California voters approved a historic $10 billion climate bond, Prop 4, by a 60-40 … Read more

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Carbon Dioxide Removal Policy Levers to Ensure Climate and Community Benefits

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As the sixth and final installment in our Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) webinar series, this webinar focused on policy levers that can help incentivize responsible CDR deployment to meet California’s net-zero goals. We examined how to secure high-quality CDR projects while safeguarding communities and the environment. Experts discussed important considerations for policymakers to ensure accountability … Read more

Creating Accountability for Carbon Removal Through Responsible Measurement

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Accurately measuring carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is crucial to responsibly reaching net-negative emissions. Even though there are currently no standardized ways of calculating carbon dioxide removals, governments and private companies have been making voluntary purchases of CDR project credits and using a range of methods for measuring them.  As the call for CDR grows louder … Read more

Carbon Dioxide Removal and Communities: Benefits, Negotiations, Oversight, and Enforcement

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State legislators and regulators must find ways to adequately protect communities from Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) project impacts and ensure that communities derive direct benefits from local projects. While the Biden administration often imposed strong local engagement and community benefits requirements on federally-funded clean energy projects, we can’t count on the new administration to enforce … Read more

Carbon Dioxide Removal: Considerations for Responsible Deployment on Land and Ocean

Side Event Room 8 in the Baku Stadium at COP 29 in Azerbaijan

The Climate Center, World Ocean Council, and ICOS-ERIC are partnering for an Official Side Event at COP 29 on responsible carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Reaching net zero and net negative requires deploying new and scaling current CDR strategies while establishing safeguards for communities and ecosystems. We heard from experts from around the world on the … Read more

Carbon Dioxide Removal and Communities: Learning From the Past, Planning for the Future

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In this third webinar of a six-part series, we heard from experts about the health and safety concerns with Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR). Panelists covered the landscape of national and California-specific issues, impacts to air quality, and risks associated with transportation and storage. This webinar will be followed by a subsequent webinar focused on community … Read more

Air, Land, Rock, Water: An Overview of Carbon Dioxide Removal Pathways

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The world is navigating the necessary transition away from polluting fuels toward clean energy, but many scientists believe we must also work to remove climate pollution that has already been dumped into the atmosphere. That’s known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The call for CDR is only growing stronger as new analyses find that we’re … Read more