Imagine trying to clean up a flooded basement while the faucet is still running; that's like our current climate situation. This work figures out if we can actually 'mop up' the excess CO2 from the air using different tools without causing new problems. It's like a stress test for the planet to see which cleaning methods actually work and which might accidentally break something else.
Companies investing in carbon removal lack reliable data on whether these methods actually work at scale or if they cause secondary environmental disasters. This creates massive financial risk for net-zero portfolios.
A suite of global temperature stabilization scenarios and improved climate projection models that explicitly represent carbon removal portfolios.
If you are a carbon offset provider dealing with uncertainty over the long-term validity of your credits — this project developed a suite of temperature stabilization scenarios that quantify the actual effectiveness of different carbon removal methods. This allows for more accurate risk pricing of carbon credits.
If you are a climate risk insurer dealing with unpredictable extreme weather events — this project developed improved climate projections that explicitly represent carbon removal portfolios. This helps in predicting the reversibility of environmental changes and adjusting premiums accordingly.
If you are a land management firm dealing with the transition to net-negative emissions — this project developed an assessment of the environmental risks and co-benefits of carbon removal. This ensures that land-based carbon sinks do not negatively impact biodiversity or ecosystem services.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or cost for the models is mentioned, as the results will be made freely available via existing climate services.
The project specifically evaluates the feasibility and effectiveness of deploying a portfolio of carbon removal methods at a large scale in the coming decades.
Based on available project data, the results are intended to be made freely available via existing climate services, suggesting an open-access approach rather than restrictive licensing.
The project provides key criteria for developing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of carbon removal deployments, which is essential for regulatory verification.
The project runs from 2022-09-01 to 2026-08-31, meaning the final validated results and scenarios will be available by late 2026.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward research and academia, consisting of 18 partners from 11 countries. With 7 universities and 11 research organizations, and 0 industrial partners (though 2 are SMEs), the project is primarily a scientific endeavor focused on modeling and data rather than commercial product development.
Contact the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
Contact us to get early access to the carbon removal effectiveness criteria.
