In this third webinar of a six-part series, hear from experts about the health and safety concerns with Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR). Panelists will cover 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 ownership, governance, and benefits.
This webinar will explore:
- An overview of health and safety concerns with Carbon Dioxide Removal
- Lessons California can learn from other states
- How we can prevent repeating harms caused by earlier industrial development
- Public health and safety concerns with transportation and storage
As the world navigates the necessary transition away from polluting fuels toward clean energy, most climate scientists acknowledge that we must also remove climate pollution that has already been dumped into the atmosphere.
The call for CDR grows stronger as new analyses find that the global community is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement targets for limiting carbon pollution in the atmosphere and keeping global average temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. CDR is integrated into California’s plan to meet its 2030 and 2045 climate goals — the 2022 Scoping Plan from the Air Resources Board has a target of 7 million metric tons of CDR by 2030, and 75 million metric tons of CDR by 2045.
This six-part webinar series on carbon dioxide removal will explore the science, strategies, and policies of CDR. We will facilitate co-learning between stakeholders, address knowledge gaps, and emphasize the importance of engaging, protecting, and benefiting local communities with any proposed CDR project.
This monthly webinar series is co-hosted by California Environmental Voters, The Climate Center, and Project 2030.
