​​To Join: Carbon Removal and Climate Change Communities

• AirMiners: Online Slack community for people interested in carbon removal. Participants range from students, young professionals, professionals looking to pivot into climate, and folks using their retirement to focus on climate. Carbon Removal for all ages!\

• OpenAir Collective: 100% volunteer-led, global network accelerating carbon
  removal advancement and evolution through member initiated
  missions. The OpenAir Collective also hosts a Carbon Removal Challenges for students every year!

• Work on Climate: Online Slack community focused on helping people find their community and their place in the climate movement.

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To Play: Interactive Learning and Games

• Road to 10 Gigatons Game: Use the sliders to develop a CDR portfolio that reaches 10 Gt, while responding to the prompts to avoid the unforeseen consequences of scaling any one approach too large! Take it to another level by playing the next round determining the optimal distribution between carbon storage and carbon utilization.

• Carbon Removal Academy: Go deep on any of the CDR approaches covered in the Legion 44 film, or all of them! Build out your CDR knowledge through multimedia learning modules.

• Climate Change Academy: Check out the complementary installment to the Carbon Removal Academy, the Climate Change Academy, focused on Climate Change Science and its impacts.

• EnROADS Climate Simulator: Online simulator that provides policymakers, educators, businesses, the media, and the public with the ability to test and explore cross-sector climate solutions. See if you can develop a scenario to meet our climate goals!

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To Watch: Videos and Video Podcasts focused on Carbon Removal

• This is CDR: OpenAir is excited to present THIS IS CDR, a weekly online event series that will explore the ever-widening range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions currently being researched, developed, and deployed, and contextualize them for policy proposals under development for New York, and other states and localities.

• Carbon Removal: How does direct air capture technology work?: Overview of how the Carbon Engineering direct air capture technology works.

• How did Earth End Up with Too Much Carbon Dioxide?: Why do we have Too Much Carbon Dioxide and what can we do about it? Learn about CO2, the greenhouse effect, and more with this animated climate lesson by Planet Nutshell.

• Solutions for Capturing and Storing CO2?: How do we remove carbon dioxide from our planet’s atmosphere? What innovations are being explored? And why is it essential that we develop these solutions?

• What You Need to Know About Carbon Removals | Gabrielle Walker: What do woolly pigs have to do with climate change? They're part of a vital, ingenious and evolving strategy to take carbon out of the sky and store it safely -- in trees, soils, the ocean, buildings, rocks and deep underground. Every carbon removal approach takes some combination of natural resources, human ingenuity and technology, says climate thinker Gabrielle Walker. If we get the mix right, we can clean up the environmental mess we've made, reverse the processes behind climate change and give nature a chance to heal. "What goes up must now come down," she says.​

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To Listen: Podcasts focused on Carbon Removal

• Carbon Removal Newsroom: Podcast dedicated to discussion and analysis of current developments in the emerging CDR sector. One episode each month focuses on policy issues, while the other focuses on business aspects.

• The Carbon Removal Show: Combining hours of research, in-depth interviews with the world's leading experts, and engaging storytelling, The Carbon Removal Show explores the latest developments in carbon removal technology and policy in an easy to digest and entertaining podcast format.

• Agoro Carbon Alliance: Tune in to discover the latest developments and insights in the world of ag carbon.

• Developing Carbon Stories: Developing Carbon Stories is a podcast about project developers creating the most innovative and impactful carbon projects in the world.

• Carbon Conversations: A podcast by Biochar.Life. They engage with experts pioneering innovative  environmental solutions and with business leaders championing sustainability in their sectors. From the intricacies of biochar and renewable energy to the broader scopes of smart agriculture, they aim to shed light on the multifaceted approaches to addressing our planet's pressing challenges.

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To Read: Scientific and News Articles featuring Carbon Removal and Climate Change

• Cleaning Up After Ourselves: The Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal: The latest science shows that, to stop global warming, we must reach “net zero” emissions by 2050. This means that any carbon dioxide (CO2) humans are still releasing into the atmosphere in 2050 would need to be balanced out by taking CO2 from the atmosphere and locking it away. The process of removing CO2 from the atmosphere is called carbon dioxide removal (CDR). This article will explain why CDR is needed and will introduce some methods of removing CO2, including the strengths and weaknesses of those methods. There are many actions we can take. Many bring lots of other benefits, while some have drawbacks too. But overall, Carbon Dioxide Removal has a big role to play in successfully tackling climate change.

• Routes to a Carbon-Free World: Humans need to cut CO2 emissions rapidly to limit global warming and prevent dangerous climate change. Policies adopted so far in countries worldwide are not enough. The good news is that there are many things we can do. First, we can save energy by using the most energy-efficient technologies and by changing our lifestyles. Second, we can use CO2-free energy sources, such as solar, wind, or hydropower. Third, we can invest in technologies that can remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Finally, we can regrow forests all over the planet. Scientists imagine alternative future “scenarios” including different combinations of technology, energy, and lifestyle solutions. We know it is possible, but we need to act now to reduce CO2 emissions, even if it means making hard choices.

• What Can We Do About the Climate Crisis?: Understanding how our planet’s climate is changing because of human actions is super important if we want to keep living here. A changing climate means hotter weather, droughts, wildfires, heavy rains, storms, and floods. To fix things, we need to figure out which human activities are making the climate act this way and how we can change those activities. Everyone has a part to play—politicians, companies, engineers, and citizens. Small things like changing how we travel or use energy can help a lot. When the younger people who will inherit the planet come together and demand action on climate change, they can have a big impact. It helps when young people combine these demands with personal action, to show others that they, and lots of other people, care about this issue: by eating less red meat, using transportation wisely, pushing for changes in how businesses operate, and voting for leaders who care about the environment.

• Earth’s Interconnected Climate: Understanding Our Changing World: Have you ever thought about what causes the weather conditions that you experience where you live? Maybe you are thinking, “Sure, when there are storm clouds overhead it rains or snows, and when the sun shines strongly in the summer, we have hot weather”. This is true, but the “big” story is more complicated: the conditions you experience in your area can actually be caused by weather and climate events that occur thousands of kilometers away. These long-distance effects are called teleconnections, and they are a natural part of Earth’s climate system. In this article, we provide examples of teleconnections and describe how scientists study them using powerful computer programs. We also explain how climate change might affect these invisible forces that stretch across the Earth, and how resulting changes in teleconnections could cause extreme weather events, like powerful rainstorms or droughts, in certain areas. The more scientists understand about teleconnections, the better we can protect areas that are vulnerable to the dangerous effects of climate change.

• Exploring the Climate Puzzle: A Surprising Twist in Fighting Climate Change: Sometimes, when scientists try to help people, they can end up with a surprise ending in which things do not work out as expected. Their “help” might even accidentally make the situation worse for some people. We wanted to know if this could be true for a strategy to slow down climate change: charging countries a fee when they cut down forests to create farmland. We used computers to predict what might happen if countries were charged different fees, to keep things fair. Specifically, countries with less money would only have to pay low (or no) fees, while rich countries would pay higher fees. However, our computer model showed that this plan could have unexpected negative consequences for water availability in some places that pay low fees, like certain regions in Africa. This tells us that, as we fight climate change, we must keep our eyes open for unintended consequences that could result from our attempts to help the planet.

• Why We Must Think About Climate Change When Planning How to Use Our Seas: Many activities take place at sea. For example, goods are transported by ships, people enjoy time by the beach, piers and buildings are constructed on the coastline, and fishermen fish. Human activities change the sea’s environment and can harm ocean animals and plants. To find a good balance between using and protecting the sea, many countries have begun planning their ocean space—a process called marine spatial planning. Planners use tools developed by researchers to understand how various human activities will affect the sea in the future. When we added climate change into a software tool for marine spatial planning in Sweden, we found that climate change alone might be as harmful to the sea as all other human activities taken together! Climate change is strongly affecting the sea and should, therefore, be included in marine spatial planning.