Getting positive about carbon negative. How do we get removals right?

  • October 14, 2021
  • Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2:30 pm
  • 4:00 pm
  • (GMT)
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Overview

Carbon removals raises lots of difficult questions. It’s tempting to turn away, but this session will look the issue squarely in the eye and ask: since we need removals to get to net zero, how can we do them right?

Science shows that – even with the most ambitious decarbonisation scenarios – we still need substantial carbon removals. But will a focus on removals encourage people to carry on polluting? Are natural removals too temporary and will they come at the expense of social justice and biodiversity? Can engineered solutions tackle the problems without creating new ones?

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Brainstorming design principles for the scale up of carbon removals

  • Gabrielle Walker, founder of Rethinking Removals
  • Alex Joss, lead for technology and innovation at the Climate Champions for COP26 
  • Lucas Joppa, head of climate at Microsoft
  • Christof Gebard, CEO of Climeworks
  • Carlijn Nouwen, co-founder of Climate Action Platform -Africa
  • Julio Friedmann, carbon removals guru at Columbia University
  • Eli Mitchell Larson, launch director of Carbon Removals Advocacy Europe

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This TED Breakthrough session is led by Valence Solutions, in partnership with the UNFCCC Climate Champions.

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