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We combine hours of research and interviews with the world’s leading experts to explore the latest developments in carbon removal technology and policy in an easy to digest and engaging podcast format.

Our narrative driven, story-focused episodes are enjoyed by both experts in the field and climate-curious individuals wanting to learn more about this increasingly widespread topic. The problem of carbon emissions is clear - the solution, however, is not. Our succinct, level-headed and impartial approach to carbon removal gives our listeners the facts and the tools they need to make sense of, and take action on, how we as humanity can sustainably remove carbon from the atmosphere.

To find out more, head to https://thecarbonremovalshow.com/

]]> The Carbon Removal Show 2025 Carbon Suckers Media Carbon Suckers Media false Carbon Suckers Media info@thecarbonremovalshow.com en http://www.thecarbonremovalshow.com In the first part of our buyers deep dive, Tom and Emily start with a deceptively simple question: why is anyone buying carbon removal at all? In a market with no universal mandate, high prices, and a dash of reputational risk, the real surprise is not that buying is hard. It’s that any company manages to do it in the first place.

In this episode:

💸 Why Buying CDR Can Look Completely Irrational: From a CFO’s perspective, carbon removal can look expensive, risky, hard to explain, and suspiciously like something that arrived in their inbox before the budget meeting. So what gets a purchase over the line?

🌱 Belief, Conviction, and Backing the Market Early: For some buyers, the motivation starts with a simple premise: carbon removal will be necessary, so the industry needs support now. 

🏢 From Climate Values to Corporate Strategy: Conviction matters, but no market scales on vibes alone. We explore how CDR gets translated from ‘the planet needs this’ into something that can survive contact with a spreadsheet and at least one sceptical colleague from finance.

⏳ Buying Early as a Competitive Advantage: What if carbon removal is not just a climate gesture, but a strategic hedge? We unpack the argument that early buyers are not simply purchasing tonnes for today, but locking in future relationships, terms, and access to supply before the market tightens.

⚖️ Responsibility, Risk, and the Long-Term Licence to Operate: As climate regulation evolves, investors pay closer attention, and supply chain pressures grow, will carbon removal start to look less like a nice-to-have and more like part of how some businesses are preparing for the future?

🔀 Putting It All Together: No one wakes up one morning, points at a carbon removal contract, and says: yes, this alone will save the quarter. This episode traces the messy mix of motives that gets a purchase over the line.

👥 Featuring

Guest insights from:

Hosts: Tom Previte and Emily Swaddle

Producer: Ben Weaver-Hincks

]]> S4 #8 | CDR Buyers Deep Dive - Part 1: Why The £$€¥ is Anyone Buying This? S4 #8 | CDR Buyers Deep Dive - Part 1: Why The £$€¥ is Anyone Buying This? 00:40:24 830c5984-9cf5-4a93-b0d9-4bca9b6343eb Carbon Suckers Media 8 4 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s4-8-cdr-buyers-deep-dive-part-1-why-the-is-anyone-buying-this Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:03:14 +0000 In this final episode of our public perceptions mini-series, Tom and Emily ask a deceptively simple question: what would a better conversation about carbon removal actually look like? One that can hold urgency without hype, complexity without alienation, and honesty without infighting.

In this episode:

🧠 Why Stories Matter More Than Stats: Carbon removal isn’t short on data, but data alone doesn’t move people. We explore why stories linger longer than numbers, and how storytelling can humanise CDR without dumbing it down.

🌍 Who Is “The Public”, Really?: We remember that audiences are plural, contextual, and deeply shaped by geography, culture, and lived experience. One message will never fit all.

⚖️ When Internal Debates Spill Outside: Healthy disagreement is essential, but public mud-slinging over durability, methods, and perfection can confuse buyers, journalists, and newcomers. Where’s the line between rigour and self-sabotage?

😅 Humour, Humanity, and Letting the Mask Slip: We hear the case that humour, vulnerability, and emotional honesty are under-used tools in climate communication. From memes to podcasts, cultural work is not a nice-to-have, it’s infrastructure.

🎨 Imagining Futures: We consider how the arts can open up new ways of engaging with carbon removal.

🔀 Simplicity vs Complexity: How do we communicate urgency and necessity while staying honest about uncertainty and evolution? The challenge isn’t choosing one, but knowing which to lead with, and when.

🏢 From Climate Concept to Business Reality: What does this all mean for conversations with businesses? We consider how narratives must shift when speaking to buyers, CFOs, and decision-makers, without losing trust.


👥 Featuring

Guest insights from:

Shilpika Gautam (Opna)

Ross Kenyon (Reversing Climate Change)

Selina Wagner

Leila Toplic (Carbonfuture)


Hosts: Tom Previte and Emily Swaddle

Producer: Ben Weaver-Hincks

]]> S4 #7 | Public Perceptions Deep Dive - Part 3: Telling Better CDR Stories S4 #7 | Public Perceptions Deep Dive - Part 3: Telling Better CDR Stories 01:02:55 9d0215ce-daa9-45c3-8ce8-e9b526e885f4 7 4 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s4-7-public-perceptions-deep-dive-part-3-telling-better-cdr-stories Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:44:59 +0000 In this second instalment of our miniseries on public perceptions of carbon removal, Tom and Emily dig into the roots of scepticism: where the hostility comes from, which fears are justified, and where misinformation takes hold. This episode explores why trust is hard-won - and so critical to get right.

In this episode:

🧠 Fearing the New: From 19th-century electricity panics to GMOs and vaccines, we explore why novel technologies attract suspicion - and why CDR is no exception.

🌿 Nature, Identity, and Emotional Attachments: Public discomfort with “engineered” climate solutions isn’t irrational - it’s rooted in deep cultural and ecological values. We explore how biodiversity, land use, farming livelihoods, and spiritual relationships to place shape perceptions far more than technical risk assessments.

🏭 The Long Fossil Fuel Shadow: Why do so many people see carbon removal as Big Oil’s loophole? The team unpacks the long legacy of CCS, the role of energy majors in early DAC investments, and the powerful idea that “polluters should pay” - even though implementation is still murky.

📉 Moral Hazard, Greenwashing… or Misunderstanding?: Does buying or investing in CDR slow actual emissions cuts? The team pick apart the numbers, the caveats, and the narratives that refuse to die.

🌊 St Ives - When CDR Hits the Shoreline: We learn about a project that spiralled amid distrust and poor communication, and that illustrates why transparency and timing matter more than any technical spec sheet.

💬 The Myths We Tell Ourselves: Gigaton fantasies, $100-per-tonne illusions, and over-confidence that the “best technology” will eventually win. Which internal industry narratives are warping expectations, eroding credibility, and setting up the industry for disappointment?


Learn More

🔗 Explore the St Ives community campaign - Read resources, statements and updates from the local activists who opposed the marine alkalinity trial in Cornwall.

🔬 Dive into the CO₂RE research on the St Ives case - A detailed review of what happened, why public trust broke down, and what the trial reveals about the social dimensions of marine CDR.


👥 Featuring

Guest insights from:


Hosts: Tom Previte and Emily Swaddle

Producer: Ben Weaver-Hincks

]]> S4 #6 | Public Perceptions Deep Dive - Part 2: Myths, Misconceptions and Communication Misfires S4 #6 | Public Perceptions Deep Dive - Part 2: Myths, Misconceptions and Communication Misfires 00:51:13 94cb546f-f699-4ec5-be1b-90502e7d11ef 6 4 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s4-6-public-perceptions-deep-dive-part-2-myths-misconceptions-and-communication-misfires Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:39:54 +0000 Tom and Emily kick off a brand-new three-part miniseries on how people understand (and misunderstand) carbon removal - and what that means for the future of the sector. From the words we choose to the baggage they carry, from early “sci-fi” scepticism to today’s governance debates, this episode unpacks why public perceptions aren’t a side issue: they’re central to whether CDR can scale at all.

In this episode:

🧠 Low Awareness, High Stakes: We look at why knowledge of CDR remains tiny - and yet how support rises sharply once people actually learn what it is.

📜 Early CDR Was… Science Fiction: Back in the noughties, carbon removal felt like aviation before the Wright brothers. But have we caught up?

🗣️ The Language Trap: “Ocean acidification”, “nature-based”, “engineered”: the words we choose shape the reactions we get. We hear why analogies can mislead, why metaphors can create false binaries, and why the “natural = good” instinct is more complicated than it looks.

🌏 When Context Changes Everything: From smallholders in Malaysia to farmers in Cornwall, public perceptions aren’t static - they’re contextual.

🏛️ Governance Isn’t Background Noise: We learn that CDR isn’t just hardware. Change the governance model, and you change the public response. People don’t just ask “what is CDR?”; they ask “who’s in charge?”

🔍 Before We Scale, We Need Trust: Early impressions matter. And in a landscape primed for misinformation and polarisation, how we communicate now will shape the governance, justice, and legitimacy of CDR for decades to come.

👥 Featuring

Guest insights from:

Dave Addison

Ingrid Sundvor (Carbon Balance Initiative)

Dr. Elspeth Spence (Cardiff University)

Dr. Rob Bellamy (University of Manchester)


Hosts: Tom Previte and Emily Swaddle

Producer: Ben Weaver-Hincks

]]> S4 #5 | Public Perceptions Deep Dive - Part 1: What Publics Really Think of CDR S4 #5 | Public Perceptions Deep Dive - Part 1: What Publics Really Think of CDR 00:57:50 de4c7636-d22d-474a-aa76-3d806103272b 5 4 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s4-5-public-perceptions-deep-dive-part-1-what-publics-really-think-of-cdr Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:21:06 +0000 In this final instalment of our three-part policy miniseries, Tom and Emily look to the future of carbon removal policy: who’s shaping it, what’s getting in the way, and what else can Emily see in her crystal ball?

In this episode:

🏗️ Building the Future Without a Manual: We meet a company navigating what it means to innovate when the rulebook hasn’t been written yet (and may be printed in two jurisdictions at once).

🎯 How CDR Is Getting Heard: Industry lobbying isn’t just for big corporates - our startup ecosystem can also get involved. But we learn than misperceptions around CDR (it’s not CCS!) are still widespread among policymakers.

💡 Voluntary Policy Is Still Policy: We explore the de facto power of the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which influences climate action across thousands of the world's biggest companies - despite being entirely voluntary. But will its guidance on removals give the sector the boost it needs?

🌍 Watch Out for the Global South: We all know that the future of CDR isn’t just in Europe and North America. But how can policy help build benefit-sharing frameworks, bring legal clarity, and drive investment confidence around the world?

🏙️ Think Global, Act Local: While attention is often on the big-hitters, are local initiatives quietly shaping the next wave of CDR? Bonus: you too can be a policy influencer without wearing a tie.

🧵 Now It’s Your Turn: After 15+ hours of interviews and more acronyms than we can legally fit on this page, we reflect on the biggest takeaways from this miniseries - complexity, possibility, and the role each of us has to play in shaping what comes next.

 

👥 Featuring:

Guest insights from


]]> S4 #4 | CDR Policy Deep Dive - Part 3: The Road Ahead S4 #4 | CDR Policy Deep Dive - Part 3: The Road Ahead 01:03:15 debe6d77-4869-4cae-9183-4158bef1d8c9 4 4 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s4-4-cdr-policy-deep-dive-part-3-the-road-ahead Mon, 26 May 2025 23:31:25 +0000 In the second of our three-part deep dive, we plunge into the murky, acronym-rich depths of carbon removal policy across the UN, the EU, the US and beyond - and we promise to come up for air, eventually.

In this episode:

🧠 Acronyms and Initialisms Aplenty: Consider yourselves warned. This episode contains more letters than a game of Scrabble. Don't worry, it'll be quacking... sorry, cracking.

🌐 The UN – Going Global: We finally (finally!) get to grips with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement - the big hope for creating a global, compliance-grade carbon market. So, does it deserve its place as the darling of the CDR community?

🧱 The EU – Slow and Steady Wins The Race: We dissect Europe’s tripartite climate framework, learn what the CRCF stands for, and ponder the possibility of removals entering the ETS by 2031 (yes, we said 2031… pace yourselves.)

💵 The US – Land of the Free… Tax Credits: While the EU leans into regulation, the US has chosen financial incentives to scale engineered CDR… for now. (Content advisory: information likely to be outdated within minutes.)

🌏 Zooming Out: Switzerland is quietly blazing a trail. Japan is scaling up a national carbon market. India is laying the foundations. There’s a lot going on out there, if you’re willing to look.

🧩 Policy vs Reality: We explore how the right policy for the right place might be the secret to scaling CDR globally - and why no single blueprint might work for everyone.

 

👥 Featuring:

Guest insights from


]]> S4 #3 | CDR Policy Deep Dive - Part 2: The Landscape Today S4 #3 | CDR Policy Deep Dive - Part 2: The Landscape Today 00:58:29 ab6fa278-c6ee-4226-a7f1-2993399383d8 3 4 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s4-3-cdr-policy-deep-dive-part-2-the-landscape-today Thu, 15 May 2025 01:21:11 +0000 Welcome to the first in a Carbon Removal Show three-part policy miniseries! We’re diving into the bureaucratic spaghetti of CDR policy - what it is, why we need it, and why pretending it doesn’t exist is no longer an option. It’ll be fun – we promise.

In this episode:

📜 Policy 101: What do we mean when we talk about carbon removal policy? Tom, Emily and their guests unpack the layers - from global frameworks to national targets, and the many policies themselves that can (hopefully) keep this show on the road.

🏛️ A Brief History of Climate Governance: We rewind all the way to the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement, to understand the context in which CDR policy is emerging. Turns out, carbon removal has technically been part of the discussion for some time - but it took a while to step out of the LULUCF shadows and into the limelight.

🛠️ The Goals of CDR Policy: Whether it’s support for scaling the industry or regulation for doing it right, we explore the many roles that policy can play in ensuring CDR does what it’s supposed to. Who should pay for it? How can we avoid unintended consequences? And is it too late to bribe policymakers with Emily’s banana bread?

🌍 It’s All Connected: We learn that CDR doesn’t happen in a vacuum – and that means CDR policy can’t either. It's entangled with everything from energy to land use to ocean governance. And yes, ocean-based CDR is complicated when 40% of the sea has no nation.

🍖 The Bony Meat Pie Metaphor™: How do NDCs, interim targets and policies work together to meet(/meat?) our climate goals? It’s all very clever, but not especially appetising.

🧪 Avoiding Déjà Vu: We ask what we can learn from previous climate and environmental policies – so we don’t spend the next decade reinventing the wheel, crashing it into a forest, and accidentally calling it carbon neutral.

 

👥 Featuring:

Guest insights from


]]> S4 #2 | CDR Policy Deep Dive - Part 1: From Kyoto to Carbon Removal S4 #2 | CDR Policy Deep Dive - Part 1: From Kyoto to Carbon Removal 01:01:27 4dfe7fb6-a581-4759-9339-0a62afddcde7 2 4 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s4-2-cdr-policy-deep-dive-part-1-from-kyoto-to-carbon-removal Mon, 05 May 2025 23:02:18 +0000 Welcome back to The Carbon Removal Show! We’re kicking off Season 4 with a view from the top - checking in on the state of the carbon removal industry here in the dizzying heights of 2025.

In this episode:

🌍 Where are we now? Durable CDR purchases hit 8 million tonnes in 2024 (a 78% bump from 2023), but 64% of that was Microsoft flexing. Deliveries? Still catching up – and most of it’s biochar.

📉 Caveats, ahoy: Sales are booming, but actual removals are still lagging. The buyer pool is basically a tech giant party.

🚨 Bubble watch: Are we living in a beautifully optimistic carbon bubble? Is it about to pop? Will Tom’s optimism hat survive the bubble bath? We explore industry hype vs. hard truths, including the risks of undelivered credits and startup casualties.

📊 The vibe check: Emily’s on an emotional rollercoaster. Tom is backing the CDR horse. Ben’s beard is greyer. Collectively, we’re cautiously hopeful.

🛠️ What needs to happen?: Scaling isn’t just tech - it’s finance, policy, public understanding, and clear comms. We need to get the message out of the bubble and into the next layer of the onion. (Just… not into Emily’s bubble bath. Please.)

🚗 A history lesson you didn’t know you needed: Did you know the best-selling car in 1897 was electric? We could’ve been 100 years ahead… but markets are messy.

👥 Featuring:

🔗 Links & Resources:

🎧 Featured Podcasts & Voices

]]> S4 #1 | Where are we in the CDR story and where are we going? S4 #1 | Where are we in the CDR story and where are we going? 00:41:04 51eab0d5-5942-47de-b5d8-49a40104cf27 1 4 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s4-1-where-are-we-in-the-cdr-story-and-where-are-we-going Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:24:50 +0000 We are hosting an event! 

Together with Coalition Member Supercritical and the FLN: GGR Future Leaders Network, we bring you…


The Carbon Removal Chat Room: Ask Us Anything

Supercritical HQ, London

6pm Wednesday 19th November


Sign up here: https://luma.com/0ii0lsis


We’ve created this event for newbies to CDR, first-timers and anyone who has carbon removal questions they want answered. We’ll be joined by Expert Guests from across the industry ready to share their knowledge and experience.


Bring your questions and your CDR-curious friends!

We'll bring the experts, the snacks, and the answers!


See you there!

]]> Event Announcement Event Announcement 00:01:20 20de2898-af41-4ab1-ab18-5eeff0725a08 4 bonus false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/event-announcement Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:09:02 +0000 What happens when an individual company bakes industry scale up into their business philosophy? In this episode, Jakob Andersen shares the “gigaton thinking” mindset that drives his company, MASH Makes, in their approach to business and biochar.

MASH Makes started as a project at the Technological University of Denmark focusing on technology that could convert various waste streams (mainly residue biomass) into different energy products. In short, MASH Makes use automated machines that are able to produce bio oil, hydrogen and electricity from agricultural waste, with the main byproduct of this process being biochar – a soil amendment that actively absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere.

Big thanks to MASH Makes for supporting this episode.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S3 #5 | How can companies contribute to industry scale?: Gigaton thinking - with MASH Makes S3 #5 | How can companies contribute to industry scale?: Gigaton thinking - with MASH Makes 00:39:55 c6761426-99c9-4a1f-bff9-f3bb42520d9b Cofruition 5 3 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s3-5-gigaton-thinking-with-mash-makes Tue, 30 Jan 2024 07:00:09 +0000 With scaling up in mind, this episode dives into an innovative concept that could help the industry take big steps forward. Tom and Emily are joined by Jonny Gilson from Carbonaires and Professor Niall Mac Dowell from Imperial College London to discuss Carbonaires’ ideas for the future of the voluntary carbon market. 

Big thanks to Carbonaires for supporting this episode.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S3 #4 | The importance of fungibility in carbon markets - with Carbonaires S3 #4 | The importance of fungibility in carbon markets - with Carbonaires 00:24:30 950fc217-f23f-4c33-a5ba-f0c5ae02378c Cofruition 4 3 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s3-4-the-importance-of-fungibility-in-carbon-markets-with-carbonaires Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:00:11 +0000 2023 was a big year for carbon removal! With only 27 years until 2050, Tom and Emily look back on the last 12 months to reflect on the current stage of the industry’s growth commercially, socially and politically. With big thanks to the organisers, speakers and participants of Carbon Unbound Europe 2023 for welcoming us to the event and for all the inspiration.

Huge thanks to all our guests in this episode:

Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture

Oliver Katz, Founder and CEO of Unbound Summits

Michelle Li, Founder and Executive Director of Women and Climate

Gabrielle Walker, Co-Founder of CUR8 and Founder of Rethinking Removals

Bilha Ndirangu, CEO at Great Carbon Valley

Ted Christie-Miller, Director of Carbon Removal at BeZero Carbon

And our very own Producer Ben, making his on-mic debut for The Carbon Removal Show!

We also shout out a lot of other hard working CDR companies and organisations in this episode:


To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.


Resources and further reading

Climeworks and Great Carbon Valley chart path to large-scale direct air capture and storage deployment in Kenya: https://climeworks.com/news/climeworks-and-great-carbon-valley-chart-path-to-large-scale-dac 

Mission Zero turns on UK’s first direct air capture plant to enable jet fuel made from air: https://www.missionzero.tech/news/uk-first-direct-air-capture-plant 

Suck carbon from the air? US facility launches novel climate solution: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/19/carbon-dioxide-direct-air-capture 

On the durability of biochar carbon storage: https://biochar.systems/durability-statement/

Assessing biochar's permanence: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166516223002276?via%3Dihub 

Frontier Makes Largest Carbon Removal Purchase From Lithos Carbon: https://carbonherald.com/frontier-makes-largest-carbon-removal-purchase-from-lithos-carbon/

Carbonfuture, Exomad Green, and Microsoft Sign One of the Largest Biochar Carbon Removal Deals To-Date: https://www.carbonfuture.com/project-showcase/carbonfuture-announces-innovative-offtake-collaboration-with-exomad-green-and-microsoft-for-large-scale-biochar-carbon-removal 

COP28 — Mixed Results on Removals, Markets and Carbon Capture: https://evetamme.com/2023/12/14/cop28-on-carbon-removal-ccs-and-markets/ 

Why Carbon Removals Are Center Stage At COP28: https://www.forbes.com/sites/phildeluna/2023/12/07/why-carbon-removals-are-center-stage-at-cop28/?sh=26a7e1e82c68 

Climeworks Direct Air Capture Summit 2023 Highlights: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://climeworkscom.cdn.prismic.io/climeworkscom/9493f4d4-676f-47cc-a1f8-8959bc84abee_DAC%2BSummit%2Bhighlights%2B2023%2B%25282%2529.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1704643167135658&usg=AOvVaw1O0rP7eNt04mSMiYQB3UKo

Paying for Quality: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2023: https://3298623.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3298623/SOVCM%202023/2023-EcoMarketplace_SOVCM-Nov28_FINALrev-1.pdf

The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report: https://www.stateofcdr.org/

Fossil-fuel industry embrace raises alarm bells over direct air capture: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/fossil-fuel-industry-embrace-raises-alarm-bells-over-direct-air-capture-2023-10-10/

Biden picks two DAC hubs for federal funding: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/cen-10127-buscon1

]]> S3 #3 | 2023: Year in review S3 #3 | 2023: Year in review 00:47:35 d1a92c20-a45a-40f3-a2aa-c4fbb7ffa274 Cofruition 3 3 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s3-3-2023-year-in-review Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:00:11 +0000 Season 3 continues and the team remains focused on scaling up. The question today: has it been done before? The task ahead is huge and can sometimes feel insurmountable. In order to deliver what scientists say is needed, the carbon removal industry must go from the young seedling emerging market we know today to a great complex ecosystem - and time is against us. Has this level of growth ever been seen before?

In today’s episode, Tom and Emily go hunting for reassuring precedents and inspirational analogies. Every global industry that we now take for granted was once a young seedling too. How do those industries compare to CDR? What can we learn from their development? And will looking at their histories help us feel more prepared for the future?

In this episode, we listen back to brief clips from Sophie Purdom, co-founder of CTVC, and Dr Steve Smith, executive director of CO2RE. We first heard from them in season 1 episode 1 and season 2 episode 2 respectively.


To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.


Resources and further reading

Analogies and ecoraps for more carbon removal - https://medium.com/nori-carbon-removal/analogies-and-ecoraps-for-more-carbon-removal-3f4e8d92d1b4

Explaining the Exponential Growth of Renewable Energy - https://www.wri.org/insights/growth-renewable-energy-sector-explained 

Developments in wind power - https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0602/ 

The Hole: How Ronnie and Maggie Saved the World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2JzOlRff08&t=1s

Back from the brink: how the world rapidly sealed a deal to save the ozone layer - https://rapidtransition.org/stories/back-from-the-brink-how-the-world-rapidly-sealed-a-deal-to-save-the-ozone-layer/ 

Learning from Success: Lessons in Science and Diplomacy from the Montreal Protocol - https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2020/learning-success-lessons-in-science-and-diplomacy-montreal-protocol 

Should carbon removal be treated as waste management? Lessons from the cultural history of waste - https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2020.0010#d1e755 

Is the UK’s waste infrastructure ready for a circular economy - https://rrfw.org.uk/2018/01/08/is-the-uks-waste-infrastructure-ready-for-a-circular-economy/ 

Shifting the Direct Air Capture Paradigm - https://www.bcg.com/publications/2023/solving-direct-air-carbon-capture-challenge

How have COVID-19 vaccines been developed so fast - https://www.immunology.org/public-information/vaccine-resources/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine-infographics/speed-of-development 

A Guide to Global COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts - https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/guide-global-covid-19-vaccine-efforts

How COVID‐19 vaccine supply chains emerged in the midst of a pandemic - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447169/

How did we develop a COVID-19 vaccine so quickly? - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-did-we-develop-a-covid-19-vaccine-so-quickly 

Smart phones:

https://blog.textedly.com/smartphone-history-when-were-smartphones-invented

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2011/07/11/overview-of-smartphone-adoption/

https://www.pcmag.com/archive/smartphone-adoption-rate-fastest-in-tech-history-301990

https://www.govtech.com/products/how-smartphones-revolutionized-society-in-less-than-a-decade.html

https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/how-many-people-have-smartphones

https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-world

Streaming continues to overtake TV - https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2023/05/16/streaming-continues-to-overtake-tv/

The rise of social media - https://ourworldindata.org/rise-of-social-media

]]> S3 #2 | Analogies for scale: what other technologies can teach us about carbon removal S3 #2 | Analogies for scale: what other technologies can teach us about carbon removal 00:45:27 a60584a0-ed53-432b-bb61-7dc686beb866 Cofruition 2 3 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s3-2-analogies-for-scale-what-other-technologies-can-teach-us-about-carbon-removal Tue, 19 Dec 2023 07:00:20 +0000 We are back! Did you miss us?

Kicking off Season 3, Tom and Emily are exploring what it will take to grow the carbon removal industry to the scale we need. They speak to various actors in the carbon removal space, from project developers and policy experts to marketplaces and buyers. Their curiosity for the scaling problem took the team on a trip to Basel, Switzerland for a CDR conference hosted by Carbonfuture: Carbon Removal Basel.

The team uses this episode to highlight some key themes around trust and scaling up that will be explored throughout the season.

A huge thanks to our guests

Jan Minx, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, MCC and co-author of The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report

Hannes Junginger, CEO and co-founder at Carbonfuture

Ben Brandt, CPO and co-founder at Ledgy

Adam Sipthorpe, Senior Portfolio Manager - CDRs at South Pole

Paolo Piffaretti, CEO and co-founder at Carbonx

Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture

Our guests for this episode were recorded in April 2023. Their input reflects the individuals' and organisations’ views at that time.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.

Thanks to Carbonfuture for hosting us at their inaugural Carbon Removal Basel even

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.


Resources

State of CDR: https://www.stateofcdr.org/resources

Carbonfuture’s recap of Carbon Removal Basel: https://www.carbonfuture.com/magazine/recap-of-carbon-removal-basel-2023 

Carbon Removal Basel retirement credits: https://platform.carbonfuture.earth/balancer/portfolios/view/main/50fa5b10-e4de-412c-8d75-0d1df060a63b

]]> S3 #1 | Getting serious about scale S3 #1 | Getting serious about scale 00:34:10 6fbc1ba0-2f3c-4335-bb47-35cf3d2883bf Cofruition 1 3 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s3-1-getting-serious-about-scale Tue, 12 Dec 2023 07:00:08 +0000 The world’s coastal areas are some of the most at risk places on earth when it comes to climate change, but could they potentially be some of the most valuable places for creating solutions too?

It’s time for part two in our mini-series on Oceans and... it's the Season two finale!

As we established in last week’s episode, oceans are now becoming a much bigger part of the climate conversation and are a huge site of interest for carbon removal innovation. In this episode Tom and Emily will be taking a deeper look at some of the most exciting coastal-based solutions that are popping up. 

They’ll be putting another biomass-based solution into focus – mangroves; they’ll be discussing The Blue Carbon Challenge, a program launched by Friends of Ocean Action to find viable solutions in blue carbon; and they’ll be looking at an interesting ocean-based take on rock weathering - an entirely different context to what we’ve looked at in previous episodes!

A note from our fact-checking corner: midway through this episode we discuss the relative rates of carbon sequestration of mangrove forests vs. the tropical forests you may be more familiar with. For the sake of clarity, we wanted to say here that mangroves store more carbon per year than the forests we mention on a per hectare basis. Forests still come out on top in absolute terms – not to take anything away from the magnificent role of mangroves

A huge thanks to our guests:  

Ronald Tardiff, Pillar Lead at Friends of Ocean Action

Kelly Erhart, President & Co-Founder at Vesta

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #10 | Ocean-based carbon removal part 2: What's happening along our coastlines? S2 #10 | Ocean-based carbon removal part 2: What's happening along our coastlines? 00:50:15 f92d55fc-85c3-4c6b-ac37-aee9517bcd91 Restored.cc 10 2 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s2-10-ocean-based-carbon-removal-part-2-what-can-our-coastlines-do Wed, 16 Nov 2022 07:00:10 +0000 The time has finally come to talk about ocean-based carbon removal!

In this episode (the first in our two-part mini-series on Oceans) Tom and Emily will be exploring the role that oceans can play in carbon removal.

They'll be focusing on the way kelp is being used as a biomass-based approach to carbon removal speaking to two companies who are using kelp as a carbon removal solution, in very different ways.

Many thanks to our guests in this week's episode:

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #9 | Ocean-based carbon removal part 1: What's so special about kelp? S2 #9 | Ocean-based carbon removal part 1: What's so special about kelp? 00:45:54 8fcae1f3-9fad-498c-ac34-92343245af94 Restored.cc 9 2 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s2-9-oceanic-carbon-removal-deep-dive-part-1-kelp Wed, 09 Nov 2022 07:00:08 +0000 It's not only big names like Microsoft who are addressing their impact on the climate crisis, there are lots of smaller organisations appearing on carbon removal buyer lists too!

This week's episode puts a spotlight on Aledade, a US healthcare services organisation with an interesting philosophy and strategy behind their carbon removal purchases.

We speak to Will Palmisano, Head of Aledade's climate committee, to learn more about their carbon removal mission, how they’re going about it and what their work can teach us about how companies of all sizes can get involved in carbon removal in a meaningful way.

Thanks to Aledade for sponsoring the episode and for sharing their story.

Please note that since the recording of this episode the stats quoted from CDR.fyi have been significantly superseded. Visit CDR.fyi for the most up to date statistics.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #8 | Aledade's carbon removal story: How can smaller companies do more in this space? S2 #8 | Aledade's carbon removal story: How can smaller companies do more in this space? 00:53:48 606e36a4-411a-47a9-9b82-179896b014b4 Restored.cc 8 2 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s2-8-aledades-carbon-removal-story-how-can-smaller-companies-do-more-in-this-space Wed, 28 Sep 2022 06:00:10 +0000 Now we've been through the process of buying our first carbon credits, we wondered how a larger, infinitely more complex operation might do the same.

We spoke to Elizabeth Willmott from Microsoft to get to the bottom of what it means to be a big time buyer of carbon credits.

We dive into the company's climate strategy, how to remove the emissions of one of the world's most significant companies, and what to do about historical emissions.

You can read more about Microsoft's Carbon Removal Program mentioned in the episode here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability/carbon-removal-program

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #7: How Microsoft offsets emissions S2 #7: How Microsoft offsets emissions 00:30:51 ca4189cd-da5d-421e-9154-f9cc289cdc58 Restored.cc 7 2 full false http://www.restored.cc Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:44:03 +0000 All the excitement of recording the previous two episodes in Iceland left us with one puzzling question. How would we practice what we preach and offset the carbon we emitted by flying there?

We set our researcher Henry on the case, and got in touch with the show's sponsors, Patch, in order to work out the best way forward.

Thanks to our guests:

  • Henry Irvine, Researcher on The Carbon Removal Show
  • Ariel Hayward, Sustainability Lead at Patch

Note: This is not a sponsored episode. While Patch sponsor the podcast, their inclusion on this episode is purely informative.

Find us on LinkedIn and Twitter @RestoredCC.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #6 | Offsetting: how to do it right S2 #6 | Offsetting: how to do it right 00:36:58 78f7c360-fbcf-4971-bead-cf4fd16df522 Restored.cc 6 2 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/offsetting-how-to-do-it-right Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:00:07 +0000 Following our trip to the climate conference at Iceland Innovation Week, we wanted to explore.

Today we're trying to get to the bottom of whether Iceland is a geological and political anomaly or a real glimpse into a potential brighter future for all of us.

Many thanks to our guests in this episode:

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #5 | Iceland: on the road S2 #5 | Iceland: on the road 00:55:34 de559d52-1e35-47e1-ad0a-36a148d179c1 Restored.cc 5 2 full false http://www.restored.cc Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:00:17 +0000 Tickets? Booked. Microphone? Packed. Passport..?

This week we're off to Reykjavik to take part in Iceland Innovation Week's climate conference Ok, bye.

The event's name refers to the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change, Ok-jökull and it was a chance for us to check in with some of the businesses and policymakers turning this isolated North Atlantic island into a world leader in carbon removal projects.

Thanks to this week's guests:

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #4 | Iceland: the world's carbon removal capital? S2 #4 | Iceland: the world's carbon removal capital? 00:42:23 01d19faf-86d9-47c7-a242-e841e19826e8 Restored.cc 4 2 full false http://www.restored.cc Wed, 24 Aug 2022 06:00:10 +0000 It's our final episode from the UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Event in London and our very own Tom Previte was asked to host another panel.

This one was called "Getting it right for people and the planet" and was the conference's public facing panel, giving non-experts and newcomers a chance to learn about and ask questions on greenhouse gas removal in the UK - a perfect fit for the podcast right?

Thanks to the panel guests:

  • Dr Nem Vaughan, Associate Professor in Climate Change at the University of East Anglia
  • Dr Rob Bellamy, Lecturer in Climate and Society at University of Manchester and Lead on Responsible Innovation at CO2RE Hub
  • Dr Amiera Sawas, Director of Programmes and Research at Climate Outreach

Thanks again to CO2RE for inviting us to take part in such an exciting event. You can find out more about the greenhouse gas removal hub at co2re.org.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #3 | Live in London: Getting removal right for people and planet S2 #3 | Live in London: Getting removal right for people and planet 01:00:19 8c816117-e792-4fbd-8fdb-abf4add20b56 Restored.cc 3 2 full false http://www.restored.cc Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:00:08 +0000 Today we’re at the UK Greenhouse Gas Removal Event, a gathering of researchers, policy makers and businesses, to discuss the state of carbon removal in the UK today.

CO2RE, the greenhouse gas removal hub led by Oxford University and the hosts of the event, were kind enough to ask us to host a pair of panels across the two day conference.

We caught up with friends old and new to bring you the latest expert insight on the current state of carbon removal in the country we call home.

Thanks to this episode's guests:

Thanks to CO2RE for inviting us along. You can find them at co2re.org.

You can find the full Green Shoots panel, excerpts of which are included in this episode, here.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 #2 | The state of UK carbon removal S2 #2 | The state of UK carbon removal 00:51:23 6b0ce762-b995-4624-91df-9a2b6ca3c20f Restored.cc 2 2 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/s2-2-the-state-of-uk-carbon-removal Wed, 10 Aug 2022 06:00:07 +0000 We're back! And we've been busy...

Today, Tom visits the Science Museum in London to take a look at Our Future Planet, the museum's carbon removal exhibition. As carbon communicators ourselves, we were keen to find out what the Science Museum were doing to educate their guests on our favourite topic of discussion.

Tom was taken through the exhibition by its curator, Rupert Cole. Rupert took us through the items on display, the way guests experience the exhibition, and the language they use to communicate carbon removal.

The exhibition is not without controversy. Our Future Planet is sponosored by Shell and Extinction Rebellion have accused the Science Museum of assisting in the oil giant's attempts to greenwash their reputation. The Science Museum has defended the sponsorship, saying that energy companies have a significant role to play in finding solutions to the climate crisis, and that the Science Museum retains editorial control over the exhibition.

You can read the full statements of both Extinction Rebellion and the Science Museum here. and the Science Museum's sustainability policy here.

Our thanks to Rupert and the Science Museum for showing us round. Our Future Planet runs until September 11th.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

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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 carbon removal space (spoiler - we really do need it and we really do need it now)
  • An array of stories from our guests of how they found their groove in the carbon removal space
  • Our top tips for how you can continue your carbon removal journey, whatever stage you're at

Thank you for tuning in to season 1 of The Carbon Removal Show - we hope you've enjoyed it as much as we've enjoyed making it! Please like, subscribe, and tell a friend (or several) about the show. Oh, and do get in touch with us on Twitter, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

We can't wait to join you again soon for season 2!

Many thanks to our excellent guests throughout this series. In this episode, we hear again from Aldyen Donnelly (of episode 3 fame), Harriet Rix (episode 2), Diego Saez-Gil (episode 2), Apoorv Sinha (episode 7) and Katherine Romanak (episode 5).

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To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #9 | What's next for carbon removal... and how can I help? S1 #9 | What's next for carbon removal... and how can I help? 00:41:28 b15dec36-13c8-453c-94c2-9d257132ed24 Restored.cc 9 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/9-whats-next-for-carbon-removal-and-how-can-i-help Wed, 15 Dec 2021 06:00:06 +0000 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 may feel uncomfortable, a sad reflection on where we find ourselves and a dangerous distraction from the hard task of decarbonisation. How can we balance these concerns with others' hard-headed optimism to grow an industry we're all on board with?

Let's not forget too that research suggests a poor general understanding of carbon removal across the board, alongside a whole host of preconceptions about an industry that's barely off its feet. What can we learn from this?

And, of course, no conversation is free from choices around the language we use. Lingo, jargon - call it what you like, this space is full of it! And how we choose to deploy it may have real impacts for how people understand and build expectations of carbon removal (or maybe we should say "rebalancing the carbon cycle"?)

Join Emily, Emily, Tom, Tom, Mike and all their mics to take a step back and check in on how we're thinking and feeling about everything we've learnt so far.

Many thanks to our excellent guests in this episode:

  • Mike Childs, Head of Science, Policy and Research at Friends of the Earth
  • Emily Cox, Research Associate in environmental policy and social psychology at Cardiff University
  • Tom Mansfield, Founder and Director at Pale Blue Perspective

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To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #8 | Perceptions: how do we think and talk about carbon? S1 #8 | Perceptions: how do we think and talk about carbon? 00:54:15 08382a53-8817-49b6-8c6e-7e253f1f30db Restored.cc 8 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/perceptions-how-do-we-think-and-talk-about-carbon-removal Wed, 08 Dec 2021 06:00:07 +0000 "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, we will likely need to be talking at the scale of billions. So how do we get there?

And how can a young carbon removal business progress from "one small step" to many giant leaps towards healing humankind's climate conundrum?

In this episode, join Emily and Tom as we ponder a new carbon removal business, and search for the support that could get it off the ground. Marcius from XPRIZE lets us in on how we can get our slice of Elon Musk's $100m pie; Patricia from the Carbon Removal Centre opens our eyes to a community raring to go; and Brennan from Patch gives us the key to unlock the potential of carbon marketplaces. Let the air mining rush begin...

Many thanks to our excellent guests in this episode:

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To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #7 | Fundraising and finance: how do we scale up carbon removal? S1 #7 | Fundraising and finance: how do we scale up carbon removal? 00:50:55 bebc669e-098c-4f21-b30c-3e02fd8ca88b Restored.cc 7 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/7-how-do-we-scale-up Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:00:10 +0000 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 this week's episode.

Carbon marketplaces offer one model: buy and sell carbon on the open market in the form of credits. It sounds straightforward enough, until you realise that no two tonnes of carbon removed from the atmosphere are the same. Plus, doesn't this kind of system just give greenwashing companies a licence to pollute?

Utilisation of carbon, rather than storage, is another potential revenue generator. Take your captured carbon, pop it in your product and sell on at a healthy margin. We focus on concrete here (for good reason), though the possibilities really are endless. But beyond the wow factor, does it bring the climate benefits we need?

Many thanks to our excellent guests in this episode:

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To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #6 | Utilisation and marketplaces: how to reimagine carbon S1 #6 | Utilisation and marketplaces: how to reimagine carbon 00:52:50 0832b038-6542-40fc-a84b-1df76734544a Restored.cc 6 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/6-reimagining-carbon Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:00:10 +0000 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 technological innovation that does a tree's job better than a tree. The latter offers one of our surest bets that once we've got the CO2 down, we can keep it down, out of the atmosphere for as good as forever.

Naturally, however, these unnatural solutions have catches, complications... even controversies. Are we engineering our ways out of one problem and into several others?

Many thanks to our excellent guests in this episode:

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To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #5 | DAC and storage: can we engineer our way out of this? S1 #5 | DAC and storage: can we engineer our way out of this? 00:46:20 2ed325af-efde-4210-b472-26597c84f836 Restored.cc 5 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/can-we-engineer-our-way-out-of-this Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:00:14 +0000 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 and enhancement, relying on forests and soils alone for the carbon removal we need may be too slow, too short, too unreliable.

This is where biochar and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) come in. While different, both offer to do more with biomass, for the sake of carbon removal and more.

Can these really achieve carbon neutrality, let alone removal? Is there enough biomass out there? Are these the scalable, permanent and reliable silver bullets we've been dreaming of?! In this episode, Tom and Emily teach each other a thing or two about how to get the best from your biomass, for carbon drawdown's sake.

Many thanks to our excellent guests in this episode:

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To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #4 | Biochar and BECCS: can we do more with plant power? S1 #4 | Biochar and BECCS: can we do more with plant power? 00:41:29 72563ea6-3c67-483f-ae21-cc6c156b5089 Restored.cc 4 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/4-can-we-do-more-with-plant-power Wed, 03 Nov 2021 06:00:13 +0000 "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...

Why? Because, when you dig a little deeper, soil is far more important for carbon storage than you might have imagined. The world's soils hold more carbon than the atmosphere and the world's forests combined - but what potential do they hold for helping our carbon removal cause?

In this episode, we delve into the silent crisis of our soils, and discover the regenerative agriculture movement ready to address it, with a mix of ancient wisdom and novel technologies.

This episode's guests

Many thanks to our excellent guests in this episode:

  • Aldyen Donnelly, co-founder and Director of Carbon Economics at Nori
  • Ben Flock, Head of Transition Finance at Climate Farmers


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Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #3 | Soil: carbon sink and saviour? S1 #3 | Soil: carbon sink and saviour? 00:42:41 d14e36ca-1198-4f02-b4d8-abef1161c747 3 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/3-soil-carbon-sink-and-saviour Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:00:11 +0000 "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 human activity certainly does not always display our gratitude for the value that trees bring us. With continued deforestation, raging wildfires and rising storm damage, our forests are facing a tough time.

So it's simple - plant more trees and protect the ones we have?

Well, sort of...

In this episode, Tom and Emily work through the complexities to understand the role that our forests may play in the carbon removal puzzle.

Many thanks to our excellent guests in this episode:

  • Gert-Jan Nabuurs (Leading author on IPCC Report 6 for Land Management & Professor of European Forest Resources at Wageningen University)
  • Diego Saez Gil (CEO of Pachama)
  • Harriet Rix (Tree Science and Research Projects Manager at the UK charity The Tree Council)

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To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #2 | Trees: should we just plant more? S1 #2 | Trees: should we just plant more? 00:39:53 a115baa3-93f7-4c59-a557-2e21d6002942 2 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/2-trees-should-we-just-plant-more Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:55:11 +0000 "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 parents: how do we heal the damage we've caused - and are still causing - in our planet's climate?

Step one - Plan A - has to be stopping our greenhouse gas emissions. But even if we managed to do that tomorrow (if only), we would still have an almighty mess to clean up.

And that's where carbon removal comes in.

When we started making this series, we didn't know much about carbon removal, so our first questions were naturally: why do we need it, and why now? In this first episode, hosts Emily and Tom explore the case for carbon removal.


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And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.


]]> S1 #1 | The case for carbon removal S1 #1 | The case for carbon removal 00:28:24 d093d67a-cdd3-4f1d-b456-4101c57ebea3 1 1 full false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/1-the-case-for-carbon-removal Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:35:21 +0000 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.

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To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading, sources from the episode, and our free newsletter head to: https://restored.cc/

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S1 #5.5 | A short break S1 #5.5 | A short break 00:02:08 e4a738cc-33b8-43b9-8b61-e3371023d1ad Restored.cc 1 bonus false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/5-5-a-short-break Wed, 17 Nov 2021 06:03:07 +0000 The Carbon Removal Show team are dusting off our mics, and we have some exciting news!

The biggest of welcomes and ‘thank you’s to our coalition partners: BeZero, Carbon Engineering, Carbonfuture, Carbon Gap, CarbonX, Klarna, MASH Makes, Milkywire, the Negative Emissions Platform, Opna, Patch, Pinwheel, Planboo, ReCarber, Standard Gas Technologies and Supercritical; and to our individual supporters: Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including how to support our mission, head to thecarbonremovalshow.com.

]]> Exciting news from The Carbon Removal Show Exciting news from The Carbon Removal Show 00:04:41 e8aa0b10-d2a1-4ecc-8ca3-90e0807bc67b bonus false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/exciting-news-from-the-carbon-removal-show Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:00:19 +0000 While you’re waiting for more episodes of The Carbon Removal Show, we wanted to introduce you to another project that our very own Tom Previte has been busy on…

Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey

This is the story of a startup that wants to remove carbon from the atmosphere and help reshape our relationship with the planet. Ideally without burning to the ground in the process.

It was a good few years back when Tom stumbled across biochar. That was during the first season of The Carbon Removal Show. And it turns out that this biochar stuff… it's not just an ancient technology but also a cutting-edge solution for today’s climate problems. 

Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey captures the highs and lows of a green startup - from sharp learning curves to unlikely breakthroughs. Listen in as Tom digs deep into the realities and complexities of setting up a carbon removal project, and gets to grips with the science, the money, and everything it takes to build an environmentally (and financially) sustainable business.

Because if we’re going to save the planet, we’re going to need a lot more businesses like this one.


Search for ‘Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey’ in your favourite podcast player, or click here for all the links.

]]> Introducing... Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey Introducing... Grounded: A Climate Startup Journey 00:02:32 01ca12e2-6645-4dd1-8f9f-375e5b0859e9 trailer false https://pod.co/the-carbon-removal-show/introducing-grounded-a-climate-startup-journey Tue, 07 May 2024 23:01:07 +0000 Having spent the previous six weeks on our travels, bringing you carbon conferencing from near and far, this week we're taking our traditional mid-season break.

With six episodes behind us and several more on the way, there's plenty to look forward to.

To learn more about The Carbon Removal Show, including further reading and all our sources, head to restored.cc.

Thanks to Patch for sponsoring the podcast.

And thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> S2 | #6.5: Taking a break S2 | #6.5: Taking a break 00:02:38 b9c08406-df77-407c-9943-b80e3575bf9e Restored.cc bonus false http://www.restored.cc Wed, 14 Sep 2022 06:00:11 +0000 Good news! The Carbon Removal Show will be coming back for another season this summer.

We want to make it as interesting, entertaining and educational as possible for all of you so we're asking you to let us know your thoughts about Season 1,

Head to restored.cc/feedback to let us know what you think!

Thanks to Cofruition for consulting on and producing the show.

]]> NEWS: What's next for The Carbon Removal Show? NEWS: What's next for The Carbon Removal Show? 00:02:49 75a3880d-c19c-4fb5-ae38-636445e038f9 Restored.cc bonus false http://www.restored.cc/feedback Thu, 24 Mar 2022 07:10:21 +0000 The facts are clear - the planet is heating up because of emissions humans are putting into the atmosphere.

Even if we are able to cut out all our carbon emissions as fast as possible, we would still need to remove carbon we've already put in the atmosphere to hit global temperature targets.

Join Emily Swaddle and Tom Previte as they explore the world of carbon removal. What is it? Why is it necessary? How does it work? And who is doing it?

Along the way they'll be speaking to the people who are working to make carbon removal a widespread reality.

Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts.

For more information on carbon removal, head to restored.cc.

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