Reversing Climate Change S2E41: Climeworks & European carbon removal—w/ Christoph Beuttler, CDR Manager at Climeworks
For years now, we have debated the potential moral hazard of carbon removal, the fear being that we will abandon emissions reductions for the quick fix of carbon capture. But the science is clear: we simply can’t achieve our climate goals with mitigation alone. So, how do we design policy that works toward net zero using a binding emissions reduction pathway AND a strategy for scaling up carbon removal?
Christoph Beuttler is the CDR Manager at Climeworks, the global leader in direct air capture technology. He also serves as the Deputy CEO of The Risk Dialogue Foundation and Founding Member of the Board for the Negative Emissions Platform. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Christoph joins Ross to discuss Climeworks’ modular approach to direct air capture, describing how they use solid sorbents to capture carbon dioxide and how that CO2 is either stored permanently or used to replace fossil inputs.
Christoph shares his understanding of carbon removal regulations in Europe, explaining how EU businesses interact with policy and why companies are driving voluntary carbon removal markets. Listen in for insight around the future of the carbon removal sector as a whole and learn how you can help Climeworks realize its audacious goal to achieve gigaton scale in the next two decades!
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Resources
Will Direct Air Capture Be Centralized or Distributed? on Carbon Removal Newsroom
DOE Funding Carbon Removal Projects on Carbon Removal Newsroom
Klaus Lackner’s Moisture Swing Sorbent
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
45Q Credit for Carbon Oxide Sequestration
‘Europe’s Climate Goal: Revolution’ in Politico