Season 1

S1 #9 | What's next for carbon removal... and how can I help?
December 15, 2021x
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S1 #9 | What's next for carbon removal... and how can I help?

Now you've discovered what carbon removal is all about, what are you going to do next? In this finale, we have brought together a mix of carbon removal-related inspiration: An interactive game to help us all understand the road to gigaton-scale carbon removal A reflection on how COP26 left the carb...

S1 #8 | Perceptions: how do we think and talk about carbon?
December 08, 2021x
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S1 #8 | Perceptions: how do we think and talk about carbon?

What we do about climate change may be one of the biggest questions of our generation. Everyone should be able to have their say. This means we need to start having conversations in earnest to understand how we really think and feel about carbon removal. But these conversations about carbon removal...

S1 #7 | Fundraising and finance: how do we scale up carbon removal?
December 01, 2021x
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S1 #7 | Fundraising and finance: how do we scale up carbon removal?

"It's not going to take a few dozen, or a few hundred, or a couple thousand people working on this. We're going to need many more people working on this." (Marcius Extavour) These days, we talk about carbon removal at the scale of tonnes - hundreds...even thousands of them. Over the coming decades,...

S1 #6 | Utilisation and marketplaces: how to reimagine carbon
November 24, 2021x
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S1 #6 | Utilisation and marketplaces: how to reimagine carbon

For carbon removal to thrive under capitalism, we need thriving carbon removal businesses. And thriving carbon removal businesses need an income - but who's paying? Can a service like this, operating for the good of humanity, really work in a world that revolves around money? That's the crux of thi...

S1 #5.5 | A short break
November 17, 202100:02:081.96 MB

S1 #5.5 | A short break

We're taking a short mid-season break this week but don't worry, we'll be back next week. In this short bonus episode to tide you over, Tom and Emily discuss what we've learned so far and where we'll be going next. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including f...

S1 #5 | DAC and storage: can we engineer our way out of this?
November 10, 2021x
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S1 #5 | DAC and storage: can we engineer our way out of this?

Measurable, instant, continuous carbon capture and safe, reliable, permanent storage. Sound too good to be true? Actually, this is exactly what engineered solutions like DAC (Direct Air Capture) and geological sequestration claim to bring to our carbon removal toolkit. The former promises technolog...

S1 #4 | Biochar and BECCS: can we do more with plant power?
November 03, 2021x
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S1 #4 | Biochar and BECCS: can we do more with plant power?

At first, the idea of harvesting, harnessing, even burning our beloved biomass may seem counterintuitive, at least from a carbon removal perspective. Why not just leave biomass be? Well, as we've heard so far this season, the carbon cycle is out of kilter. Even with our best efforts of restoration ...

S1 #3 | Soil: carbon sink and saviour?
October 27, 2021x
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S1 #3 | Soil: carbon sink and saviour?

" We can sequester with regenerative agriculture between 5% of all emissions and 100% of all emissions. That's a big difference" Whenever we used to find ourselves around farmland, we never paid much attention to the soil beneath our feet. Making this episode will make us think twice next time... W...

S1 #2 | Trees: should we just plant more?
October 20, 2021x
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S1 #2 | Trees: should we just plant more?

"The jingle which everyone quotes is the right tree in the right place" (Harriet Rix) At first, the clear need for carbon removal begs the question - isn't that what trees do? And they do - amongst a whole host of other benefits that they bring to our lives (tree-huggers exist for good reason). Yet...

S1 #1 | The case for carbon removal
October 20, 2021x
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S1 #1 | The case for carbon removal

" The need is irrefutable. It's scientific fact. We need carbon removal" (Sophie Purdom) If you're reading this, you've probably considered a certain question at some point in your life. It's the same question that puzzles the mind of many others, from activists to artists, businesses to busy paren...