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Why Carbon Removal?
Our main goal must be to get to zero emissions. But zero is not enough! To have a chance to reach the Paris Agreement goals it’s critical to also remove present and historical emissions. That’s why Carbon Removal is the only approved offsetting method according to Science Based Targets.
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Removal vs. traditional offsetting
With traditional offsetting you are trying to avoid dirty emissions that come from burning fossil fuels by replacing dirty energy with clean energy . Carbon Removal actually removes historical and present carbon emissions from the atmosphere.
Carbon removal is the process of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it away for decades, centuries or longer. This could slow, limit or even reverse climate change.
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How Carbon Removal works
We search the World for the best solutions out there!
All our selected projects remove CO2 from the atmosphere, that is the foundation of everything we do. But there are many methodologies out there, and at vastly different pricing, which is why we need to spend a lot of time to put together a well-balanced portfolio of solutions.
Our portfolio is put together to optimize the amount of CO2 per dollar spent, while also balancing other important factors such as i) storage location (biosphere / non-biosphere), ii) storage permanence (how many years can storage remain), iii) Method potential (how much can be stored on global scale), iv) Proofing (can the amount of CO2 stored be proven?) and v) Method quality (strong processes, team and risk management practices)
Soil Carbon Sequestration
The Methodology:
Soils naturally store carbon, but agricultural soils are running a big deficit due to intensive use. Because agricultural land is so expansive even small increases in soil carbon per hectare could be highly impactful. With new carbon negative farming methodologies, storing carbon in soil is relatively low cost, high impact carbon removal. When farmers adopt regenerative practices, they return carbon to their soils and keep it there for a long time.
Removement comment:
While this methodology hold some risks, especially in permanence, new practices show great potential and we believe this is one of the best ways currently to remove CO2 at a reasonable cost.
Enhanced Weathering
The Methodology:
More than 99.9% of CO2 on Earth is stored in rock. This occured over billions of years through a process known as the carbonate-silicate cycle. When rain falls on volcanic rocks and washes them into the ocean, it causes a reaction over long time-scales that removes CO2 from the atmosphere, fixes it into rock. As that rock erodes and trickles down into waterways that eventually trickle into the ocean, it becomes permanently fixed in limestone at the bottom of the ocean
Removement comment:
This technology is still under development and costs are relatively high, but since the long-term carbon storage potential is large, we want to support its further development
Direct Air Capture (DAC)
The Methodology:
Direct air capture is the process of removing carbon dioxide directly from the air, and then storing it either underground, in long-lived products or as a fuel. It is relatively easy to measure and account for the climate benefits of direct air capture, and its potential scale of deployment is enormous. But the technology remains costly and energy-intensive. The technology therefore needs to be powered by low-or zero-carbon energy sources to result in net carbon removal
Removement comment:
DAC technologies hold great promise, but it is currently still a new technology. The price needs to come down for this solution to make a difference on a large scale, our contribution helps to drive down costs long term!
Biochar
The Methodology:
Biochar is a charcoal-like substance made by burning organic material in a controlled process called pyrolysis. During pyrolysis organic materials, such as wood chips, leaf litteror plants, are burned with very little oxygen. Therefore, as the materials burn, they release little to nocontaminating fumes. Out comes biochar, a stable form of carbon that will not escape back into the atmosphere. Application of biochar into soil provides multiple benefits like increase in crop yield, nutrient and water use efficiency and several environmental benefits. High carbon content and easilyavailable feedstock make biochar a highly sustainable and fast option for carbon sequestration.
Removement comment:
Biochar production and mixing in soil is one the best options for atmospheric carbon sequestration, locking away carbon for a long time while also providing additional benefits to the soils in which it is mixed. The downside of this method is still pricing, but production costs continue to go down as demand for biochar increases.
Biological sequestration
The Methodology:
Biological carbon sequestration is the storage of atmospheric carbon in vegetation, grasslands, woody products, and oceans. By encouraging the growth of plants, particularly larger plants like trees, biological sequestration removes CO2 from the atmosphere. Thisincludes reforestation, but also enhanced use of fast-growing perennial plants that are then turned into useful materials, e.g. building materials such as bamboo or wood or other carbon negative materials such as bioplastics.
Removement comment:
Reforestation is important, and needs to be done on a global scale. But interms of capturing carbon from the atmosphere, this is generally a slow process. By utilizing fast-growing crops that are then turned into useful materials, the process of removing carbon is faster, and carbon negative materials may prove to be key in the future, where every produced material ultimately needs to be sustainable.
Other Methods
There are many other methodologies for carbon removal that we have yet not included in our portfolio, either because we believe there are inherent risks or inefficiencies in the methodology or because we have not yet found the right projects. These methodologies include e.g.,
Seawater carbon capture
Geothermal CCS
Bio-energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
All our carbon removal suppliers go through a detailed process to confirm that their services are truly carbon-negative and that they follow common standards in carbon removal, such as additionality. In assessing this, we analyze the entire lifecycle and require scientific quantification of the removed CO2 and its permanence in storage.
To be sure of the quality of the solution, we also require that each supplier present an independent verification from a 3rd party auditor that the process is indeed net carbon negative as laid out in the application, that the amount of carbon stored is accurately calculated and that the solution shows acceptable permanence with reasonable certainty.
Removement was founded by us, Cozette, Anders, Linus and Micael. We started our company together because we hoped we would be able to do something in the fight against climate change. We thought we would do it by bringing together cool Carbon Removal solutions, with more people that care about what's happening to our environment. An area that has the tools to save our habitat but has been overlooked by people and businesses.
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Earth Day
A Non Earth Day, Earth Day Article… The Removement Way
Although earth day was about a week ago, our love for the planet should not just be limited to one day. To keep your climate love going, we wanted to bring you a non-earth day, earth day article.
A Brief History of Earth Day and Why it Matters:
Another year around the sun means another celebration of Global Earth Day. As we commemorate 52 years of this hallmark day, the question persists; what are the origins of Earth Day and why all the fuss?
Well, originally Earth Day was established in 1970 by US Senator Gaylor Nelson as a day to make protecting the environment a national priority. The first-ever Earth Day aimed at two things:
1) To engage people who didn’t see themselves as environmentalists
2) To deepen the commitment of people who already recognize that climate change is a problem.
Great! So Earth Day got a bunch of people engaged in environmental issues. But how did it become the global phenomena it is today? (Surprise surprise, it was a multi stakeholder approach).
Collective Climate Action:
Since that day, 52 years ago, an organization called Earthday.org dedicated itself to activating the earth day movement globally. Around the year, the organization collaborates with businesses, governments and citizens to diversify, educate and spread this movement globally.
Every year, Earthday.org provides an overarching theme, where it partners with We Don't Have Time to host the annual Exponential Climate Action Summit that brings together thought leaders to push the environmental agenda.
By tackling topics ranging from Climate Literacy, Conservation and Restoration, Regenerative Agriculture and sustainable fashion, EarthDay.org has turned this landmark occasion into a movement for global climate action and benchmarking.
/Cozette April 2022
Welcome qbox
qbox levererar kvalitet till både kunder och miljö.
qbox is not only a company with competent and wonderful QA consultants, no, it is also a bunch of environmentally conscious people who have taken environmental work to the next level. They have radically reduced their emissions in recent years and today emit less than 1 tonne per consultant and year.
But they're not content with that! Together with the consultants, qbox has chosen to invest money to capture and store carbon dioxide in high-impact projects, corresponding to 150% of the company's emissions, for no less than SEK 4,500 / tonne.
Why did you choose to invest in high impact Carbon Removals?
- We want to sequester more carbon dioxide than we ourselves emit and at the same time contribute to a positive technical development in the areas we support. Permanence and the long-term perspective is important to us, says Gustav Lindberg, co-founder of qbox.
#JointheRemovement
/Cozette January 2022
Welcome Hansdotter
The Swedish Olympic champion captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Everyone has probably heard of Frida Hansdotter, Swedish Olympic gold medalist and
world cup slalom winner. Now she has launched her own brand, Hansdotter
Sportswear, with a focus on durable, wear-resistant, stylish and comfortable training clothes!
From the beginning, the focus has been on sustainability, all the way from materials and production to
collection and delivery.
"For us at Hansdotter Sportwear, sustainability is the foundation of everything we do - from material selection
for production, transport, packaging and collection optimization. But whatever we do
do, we will have an impact on the environment and contribute to carbon dioxide emissions in
the atmosphere. We were looking for a way to work in a broader perspective of reducing
our impact on the environment and got in touch with Removement. It turned out that the
Removement was exactly what we were looking for. Our cooperation with the company gives us
the opportunity to take an extra step in our responsibility to work sustainably and ensure a
long-term sustainable future", says Kristel Schepers, co-founder of Hansdotter
BUT they want to do more than that and have therefore decided to capture and store carbon dioxide
corresponding to 1% of sales turnover. Welcome to the Removement, we are proud to
have you on board!!
#JointheRemovement
/Cozette October 2021
Welcome Cool Company
Hur Coolt? Cool Company har Joined the Removement!
Cool Company has already begun extensive sustainability work and is constantly working to
reduce their carbon footprint. The company's perspective is that clean up and storage of carbon dioxide
already released, is the most logical action when it comes to sustainability work, together
with preventive measures for the future.
"We are working on a number of measures to reduce our climate footprint, and have chosen to in addition
supplement our emission reduction with decommissioning and carbon storage to be able to reach all the way to the finish line.
Now we hope that we will share the place as Sweden's most sustainable freelance company with more", says Matilda
Konkell, sustainability manager at Cool Company.
To go all the way and become climate neutral (and in the long run climate positive), the company also has
have chosen to capture and store 150% of the carbon dioxide that they cannot reduce today. This is done through different
verified methods of carbon capture.
What can you say, cool? Yes, just like that!
Are we proud to collaborate with Cool Company? Hell yeah!
/Cozette October 2021
Welcome Cairy
Another company that wants to do good, we say welcome to Cairy!
They already help people with addiction problems to support each other and be strong together, now they also pull their weight when it comes to mother earth. Cairy removes the number of tonnes of carbon dioxide they are responsible for sending up in the atmosphere.
Thank you Cairy we say at Removement
/Mike March 2021
Voices from sustainability Sweden
With Frida Franzen
In our blog series "Voices from sustainability Sweden" you will hear key people in sustainability talk about how they view different concepts such as removal and climate benefits but also compensation, climate neutrality, climate positivity, net zero pledges and more.
We expect everything from cheerful tributes to hard critique and think it will be very exciting! Follow us here or on LinkedIn to read the posts! Do you or someone you know want to be part of our blog series? Get in touch with us!
In this "episode" we get the privilege to see things from Frida Hanzen's perspective!
Frida Franzén works as an investigator and researcher in sustainability at Tyréns AB, the department for social and economic sustainability. Frida is a PhD environmental scientist and has both in her research and in her work as an investigator placed special focus on connections between humans and the environment. Through her background as an interdisciplinary environmental scientist, she has a good overview of all sustainability dimensions and has a clearsystem thinking, where justice issues are an obvious part of global sustainability challenges. Frida has participated in most international research projects, as well as national investigations in various subject areas related to sustainability.
Today, Frida is mainly involved in fields that deal with bio-based circular economy, blue growth, food supply, sustainability assessments and sparsely populated areas. She lives with her family in the Stockholm archipelago, where she is passionate about local development.
What is the way out of the climate crisis?
Yes, if I knew the answer to that one. But I believe that meaningfulness, humility and, of course, powerful changes in our way of using resources are central. We must do what we can to not fall into the feeling of powerlessness and mistrust in the style of "why should I change my behavior if no one else does?". Humans has the potential to impoverish and destroy, but we also have an outstanding potential in building, restoring, improving, and being helped. When we really takeit to heart and understand what a force it is, I think we can have the energy and the will to do something: big and small.
In practice, I believe it is a combination of changing priorities in our lifestyles, binding international agreements, powerful measures to reduce resource extraction and increase circular flows, manage ecosystems that are important carbon sinks better and build new nature, changes in our economic system to internalize environmental costs, and technological development. But again: here mental barriers must be broken and actions often require unpretentiousness, generosity and humility. In that case, that mentality must either be rewarded in some way or be meaningful to the person who stands for it.
What are climate benefits for you?
It is a tricky term used in so many different ways. But simply put, I think it is an action, measure or phenomenon that increases the existing level or ability of a system / country / other entity to capture carbon from the atmosphere: through carbon dioxide storage or through nature-based measures. But the definition is not entirely simple. To put it bluntly, there is no real climate benefit if we continue to burn fossil fuels. Only in a comparison with not implementing the measure. One could also say that, for example, refraining from extracting fossil fuels can do climate benefits, but this is not a real net benefit. That is, coal does not disappear from the atmosphere, but we do not create further problems by releasing fossil coal. Similarly, it would be said that the preservation of important carbon sinks is an environmental benefit, but only in comparison with a plan that means that the carbon sink is not preserved.
What do you think you should do with the emissions you do not have the opportunity to cut directly?
The emissions that for some reason currently cannot be avoided need to be compensated in an appropriate way, for example by building nature or restoring /raising the qualities in existing systems, storage of biochar or through technological solutions that separate carbon dioxide and store it in the subsoil. If the emissions have a fossil source, it is all the more important that the coal is bound with a longtime horizon. In a dream world, these emissions would only be caused by activities that support socially important functions such as care needs and food supply. But I think there are many different definitions of exactly what are socially important functions.
What role models are out there in sustainability today?
For my part, I am inspired by people who make real changes in their lives, who show courage and question and, in this way, can influence others to make better or different choices. Children and young people who question adults and our way of life, farmers who show the way with new ways of thinking and cultivating, people who run projects to recreate savannah where desertification has gone a long way, elite athletes who normalize vegan diets and so on.
What is the most important thing happening in the climate right now?
It is very difficult to have an overview of it. But I believe and hope that we begin to connect the climate issue to a greater extent with other important societal issues such as biodiversity, the economic system including the growth norm, and aspects of justice. The climate issue cannot be seen as an individual issue, it could lead to wrong and dangerous decisions. It is also important that we change in some way as a result of the pandemic we are going through. I do not think most of us have done as much of a mental adjustment, as practical. But that's at least a beginning! It is also important that the United States joins the Paris
Agreement, brings with it a larger part of the population and shows that it can change things fairly.
What should we look for in the future?
Courage! Courage to question how we do things and how we think, for example regarding economic growth, the concept of GDP and the consumption norm, preferably from significant decision-makers and other prominent figures in society, companies, or states. Courage to dare to try something else. Determination to actually do and not just talk. It can be about individuals, municipalities, companies or states. We will also keep an eye out for and highlight synergies! It can be about clear examples or stories about how a change (in whatever scale it is) can also go hand in hand with quality of life and abetter society.
What future methods do you believe in?
"Building nature": In addition to becoming better at managing and protecting ecosystems that are important carbon sinks today (forests, oceans), we must normalize and become better at building ecosystems or raising the quality and functions of an existing green structure. Ecosystems themselves are best at mitigating the effects of human lifestyle. But we are so far behind and our land use is so intensive that we need to actively build up some of the systems we have removed or greatly reduced. In the concept of "community building", the construction of environments where we humans and many other species thrive must also be a matter of course!
"Changing economic systems and incentives". As long as the concept of GDP is so strongly linked to production and resource extraction, and such GDP growth is the norm, I think it will be difficult to achieve a sustainable future and achieve climate goals and other global goals. The Stern report and the recently published Dasgupta report clearly show that our economic system does not meet economic sustainability. An economy must stay within the planetary boundaries in order to live up to the concept of "sustainable" (over time).
"Reducing energy needs and energy demand" may not be a method, but a must where most of us can contribute. We also need to switch to a bio-based economy,but here it is important to distinguish what different methods are about, and above all what the origin of biomass is. We cannot switch to a bio-based system without cutting parts of our energy needs. It would require us to continue to clearforests that are important habitats and carbon sinks. In that case, it would be counterproductive in every way. On the other hand, there is biological residual material that can be used efficiently, as well as biomass that can be grown or harvested without creating impoverishment.
How do you view carbon offsetting versus carbon removal?
Here I understand "offsetting" as compensation for an emission that has already occurred, and "removal" as a method of making this compensation. Carbon removal could also be used without a certain emission having already occurred, and that is where we must go if we are to have real "climate benefit" and achieveclimate goals. I think it is important to understand that we need to change our habits and our lifestyle and develop technology to reduce emissions, while at the same time we must actively help bind carbon. We should therefore not use offsetting for an emission we could instead avoid by simply ignoring the act that creates the emission. Reducing our footprint will not help us bring climate changebelow 1.5 or 2 degrees, to get there we must also create better conditions for
existing carbon sinks and create new sinks. To get back to the first question, I think we must understand our potential to build and do good, it is both more powerful and meaningful than just reducing our footprint.
/Frida Franzen Mars 2021
Ever been to Paris?
Well what I really mean is have you ever actually read the Paris agreement?
I lured you in, sorry, not sorry. Well, I like to keep it honest and honestly, neither have I, read the Paris agreement that is. But (there is really always a but somewhere) I have read several summaries and I thought I’d try to write some of them down so that they make some sense. So what is the Paris agreement? The official EU site says that it is meant to be a bridge when countries move from the old world (high emissions) to the new world (low or no emissions) It was adopted in 2015 and is the first-ever universal and legally binding global climate change agreement. So a big deal that is!
It is broken down into 6 key elements which are: Reducing emissions, Transparency and global stocktake, Adaption, Loss & Damage, Roles of cities, regions & local authorities, and Support. These key elements tell the different nations what the goals are and how to get there. With the prime long-term goal being to keep the global temperature well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The Paris agreement also talks of ways to strengthen the society to deal with the impacts of climate change and how we can best support the adaption to developing countries.
You should read up on what it all means for us citizens, it was actually much more fun than I thought!
/Cozette February 2021
Voices from sustainability Sweden
With Erik Huss
In our blog series "Voices from sustainability Sweden" you will hear key people in sustainability talk about how they view different concepts such as removal and climate benefits but also compensation, climate neutrality, climate positivity, net zero pledges and more.
We expect everything from cheerful tributes to hard critique and think it will be very exciting! Follow us here or on LinkedIn to read the posts! Do you or someone you know want to be part of our blog series? Get in touch with us!
In this "episode" we get the privilege to see things from Erik Huss' perspective!
Erik Huss is a science journalist and postgraduate geographer with a focus on glaciology and climate development. Since the early 1990s, Erik has been in Lapland's mountain world for many years, drilling ice cores in the endless Antarctic and living in an Arab village on the edge of the Sahara to study sand dunes. He has worked with the Nobel Prizes as Head of media for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, has been a science editor within Earth System Science and is trained in military leadership. Erik is a dedicated skier and climber, and prefers to go up into the mountains only by muscle power. For almost five years, Erik has been running his company Husstainability, whose idea is to help businesses with sustainable business development. Read more at husstainability.se
What is the most important thing happening in climate right now?
Given our old debts of thousands of billions of tonnes of fossil carbon dioxide emissions, it is the realization of the extent to which emissions are reduced by shutting down large parts of the economy, because of the corona pandemic. In 2020, emissions decreased by about 7%, we would need to reduce by at least 7% every year in the future to have a chance to halve emissions by 2030 and keep below 1.5 degrees warming. This insight is probably an alarm clock for many.
After all, the United States' re-entry into the Paris Agreement is a clear signal to world leaders that the Biden-Harris administration is serious about its high climate ambitions.
Great Greta Thunberg has also opened a box that is now difficult to ignore. In science, the ten most important insights have been summarized by the research network Future Earth in the report 10 new insights in climate science 2020.
What should a company have as a short-term / long-term plan to achieve zero emissions?
I would say that all companies in all industry sectors are already working on the climate issue: either actively or passively, as everything we do affects nature, ecosystems and the climate. Whether we work with goods or services, physically or digitally. In the short term, all companies first need to identify their climate and environmental impact. This "diagnosis" gives a picture of whether the companies run a wise business or if you put a lot of pressure on nature when you make money.
Step two is to train the management, and preferably all employees, in how the planet's system works. This knowledge is unfortunately low in most companies. With this knowledge, as well as the analysis, you can make the right decisions in working with your business model and quickly reducing your sources of emissions.
In addition to this, one can invest in climate solutions such as protection of primeval forests, tree planting (so-called “forest restoration”) and construction of renewable energy such as solar and wind power. These investments are made in the slightly longer term.
What should be done with the emissions that can't be cut directly?
Because fossil carbon dioxide emissions remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years, it is absolutely most important to eliminate these emissions as soon as possible. These investments are the most important you can do as a company, to justify your existence at all and show that you have the knowledge and take responsibility.
Then you can invest in climate solutions outside your own company. The most effective is the protection of natural forests with high biodiversity, as this absorbs twice as much carbon dioxide as the same area planted with trees of only one species. However, these investments cannot be used to neutralize you fossil emissions as these are two different carbon cycles, one geological cycle that takes millions of years, and one green cycle that takes years to decades. Then forest restoration is needed through the planting of trees on a large scale, but these investments have limited capacity to sequester our historical, current and future fossil emissions.
How do you view traditional carbon offsetting versus carbon removal?
The concept of "carbon offsetting", or climate compensation, is problematic as it gives the impression that you can compensate for your fossil emissions, which is physically impossible due to the different carbon cycles, see the answer above. Carbon removal, or permanent carbon sinks, is an interesting solution. It can be used to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and pump the acid gas into alkaline bedrock. After just a couple of months, stable minerals such as calcite are created, which does not leak carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere in a foreseeable future. You can also take the carbon dioxide and produce new material, so-called carbon capture and usage (CCU). This is being experimented with in a couple of places in the world, including Australia.
What role models are there in sustainability today?
The companies that have adopted nature's rules of the game are beginning to understand how we should all really do business - on nature's terms. But this requires a high level of knowledge about how nature works. The best company in Sweden from this aspect is in my opinion the outdoor company Houdini Sportswear. They have adapted all processes to the nine planetary boundaries, which have been developed by, among others, the Swedish researcher Johan Rockström. They work to become completely emission-free and use 100% recycled materials. Then you get close to "near zero emissions", which should be the goal for all companies. Houdini Sportswear also have a deep knowledge of how the wilderness works, which is in line with a sustainable business.
What should we look for in the future?
Companies that work closer to science and develop methods and processes that are inspired by nature. The planet has been producing efficient processes for billions of years. Why not learn from nature? Recreating materials and forms with nature as a model is called "bio mimicry". One company that works according to these premises is, among other things, the Täby-based innovative company OrganoClick. They recreate what happens on the top of the leaf to create waterproof materials.
We all have to pay attention to the growing group of highly educated young people who will refuse to take a job at a company that does not take full responsibility for ecosystems and the climate. The businesses that have not sharpened their expertise in these areas will sooner or later disappear. Already today there is talk of stranded assets, i.e. investments in e.g. fossil-dependent activities that will not increase in value, only decrease.
As a private person, which we all are, you should review your investments in capital, pension and more. Only our investments in Sweden emit as much as all the sectors of the whole country combined. If we all swap funds and securities, all fossil-independent businesses will have to shut down or to make a fast adaptation. Money talks!
Any concluding words?
Yes, in these trying times, it is important to use the virus crisis to find new solutions and look ahead! See nature as a superpower that can help us out of many of the worries we have created. During the Åre Sustainability Summit, I had several conversations with a Native American from the Lakota Nation in South Dakota. His name was Tiokasin Ghosthorse. I told him that "We humans must re-connect with nature". Then Tiokasin replied: "No, you are wrong. You cannot re-connect with something that you already are". We ARE the nature. We've just forgotten about it for a while. Let us show respect for Mother Earth, then the solutions will come by themselves.
Anything else you want to add?
The present may seem dark, but the future will be bright - if we want it! The best way to predict the future is to create it!
/Erik Huss February 2021
How to reduce your plastic waste
We would like to start you off on your plastic free journey by giving you some tips!
A lot of people are thinking more and more about the impact plastic is having on our environment and wild animal population.
Today there are so many great alternatives to plastic. But don’t throw useful things away. If you have plastic at home, use it for as long as possible and then recycle it.
Carry reusable shopping bags. Both for the environment and your wallet. In Sweden for example a plastic bag at the grocery store almost costs the equivalent of an American dollar. Cotton is a very environmentally demanding material so go with bamboo or the plastic one you already have at home over and over again.
Carry a travel mug or water bottle at all times for coffee and other drinks while out in the world. If you happen to be out and about without your reusable mug and is still craving some coffee, say no to the plastic lid.
Don’t put your vegetables and fruits in plastic bags. Put them in your basket and then directly in your shopping bag.
Switch to a sustainable tooth brush. The options today are awesome! We would like to see a sustainable electrical one so if anyone is making one we would be happy to try it :) -
Start using shampoo bars. Because they don’t come in plastic bottles and also there’s no need to ship water around.
These are some small changes you can make on your journey to become plastic free! And remember, always go for products and packages that use recycled plastic or sustainable materials.
Good Luck
/Cozette February 2021
Voices from sustainability Sweden
With Robert Höglund
In our blog series "Voices from sustainability Sweden" you will hear key people in sustainability talk about how they view different concepts such as removal and climate benefits but also compensation, climate neutrality, climate positivity, net zero pledge and more.
We expect everything from cheerful tributes to hard critique and think it will be very exciting! Follow us here or on Linked In to read the posts! Do you or someone you know want to be part of our blog series? Get in touch with us!
Our next guest is none other than Robert Höglund!
Robert is the author of the report Removing carbon now, he is a member of the Science based target initiatives advisory expert group on net zero targets and is the initiator of the Climate Target Initiative network. Robert has worked with communication and policy in the non-profit sector for the past decade, most recently as head of the communications and policy team at Oxfam Sweden. The views expressed in this text are his own.
Start paying for climate benefits
It is of course obvious that everyone must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions sharply, but this will not be enough. Even those who reduce their emissions continue to emit and for every tonne, the future problem worsens and creates negative consequences today. After all, both companies and individuals have a responsibility for the damage the greenhouse gases we emit cause. One way to take responsibility for this is to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it permanently. If you want to be able to call yourself climate neutral, have net-zero emissions or the like, it is also important that the carbon dioxide removal you pay for is not something that would have happened anyway, and that the uptake of CO2 takes place now, not far into the future.
Permanent methods (storage for thousands of years) can be direct air capture, enhanced rock weathering and biochar. Other methods such as tree planting and storage of carbon in soil through regenerative agriculture are non-permanent but still needed, however, it is doubtful if they can be used to claim climate neutrality or net-zero emissions. Many companies and individuals have bought climate compensation through projects that claim to reduce someone else's emissions. That is not a credible base for claiming climate neutrality. Most of the projects that are funded are such that would most likely have taken place anyway. After the Paris Agreement, the logic of claiming someone else's emission reductions against your own emissions does not hold up, as everyone's emissions must go down to near zero at the middle of the century.
Another method for taking your climate responsibility is to drop the requirements to call yourself climate-neutral or similar and instead invest in climate solutions with a sum for every tonne you still emit. The sum should be based on either what it costs to permanently remove and store a ton, or on the damage caused by the emissions. The money should be invested to create as much climate benefit as possible. It could be paying for carbon dioxide removal, funding good reforestation projects involving the people living in the area, supporting renewable energy projects that definitely would not have gotten off without your investment, or funding research into new carbon dioxide removal technologies. This is the model chosen by the New Climate Institute. They pay 100 euros per tonne they emit into external climate benefit projects while trying to reduce their emissions. The fixed price per tonne means that there will not be a race to the bottom for as cheap emission credits as possible, but instead a focus on quality. Another aspect to consider is that the projects you invest in should be safe for people and the environment, and ideally provide direct benefits for people in poverty.
Companies that choose this model should publicly report how much they pay per tonne they emit. Another company that has chosen this path is the Boston consulting group, which has promised to pay at least $ 80 per tonne they will emit in 2030. In WWF and BCG's Blueprint for corporate action on climate and nature, this model is also recommended. Two other companies that have made major climate investments in new carbon dioxide removal technologies without linking claims of neutrality are the American companies Stripe and Shopify. This type of investments in carbon dioxide removal area needed today for us to stand a chance to remove as much carbon dioxide as is needed towards the middle of the century. New technologies must be able to be developed, improved and scaled up and there is a great need for investments, therefore we need more people to pay for their emissions. Let 2021 be the year when you start paying for climate impact!
The number of removers is growing, we now welcome WOFI!
We are happy that more and more companies want to make a difference for the climate by removing carbon dioxide from the air! WOFI has chosen to remove more tonnes than they release to the atmosphere, and are also committed to remove historical emissions!
Thanks WOFI for contributing to a brighter future!
/Cozette January 2021
Voices from sustainability Sweden
With Mattias Goldmann
In our blog series "Voices from sustainability Sweden" you will hear key people in sustainability talk about how they view different concepts such as removal and climate benefits but also compensation, climate neutrality, climate positivity, net zero pledge and more.
We expect everything from cheerful tributes to hard critique and think it will be very exciting! Follow us here on LI / FB to read the posts! Do you, or someone you know, want to be part of our blog series? Get in touch with us!
First out is none other than Mattias Goldmann!
He has previously been named Most Powerful in Sustainability Sweden. France went a step further and dubbed him for his work on the climate. In addition to being Sweco's head of sustainability, he has also written the book "Klimatsynda" (2020) described as "a positive thinking model and a climate appeal, just for everyone who wants to start feeling hope and desire in the face of the huge, common challenge of reversing development and saving the planet."
We asked Mattias Goldmann how he views CO2 removal, and the importance of capturing and storing carbon dioxide that we have already released.
Cheating. Buy yourself free. Letter of indulgence. There is no stopping how many negative things have been said about climate compensation. But it must be over now. The climate-affecting emissions need to be reduced more and faster than any of us can handle ourselves.
The whole world must at least halve its climate impact within a decade, and in our part of the world we must be well below zero. Raise your hand if you think the family, organization, municipality, company or country can fix it on their own. No. Thus, part of the reduction needs to take place outside our own operations; Compensation is a tool that helps us when we do not reach all the way ourselves.
Because we have released huge amounts of carbon dioxide for a long time and it is broken down so slowly, it is time to physically remove it from the atmosphere. Capture it and transform it into something else that does not threaten our common future. In this way, the climate panel IPCC's models show, we can meet the Paris Agreement's climate goals. Now there are such projects that all of us who want to be part of the solution should include in our climate portfolio; Direct Air Capture, biochar, BECCS and more.
I myself will compensate my emissions with a mix of Direct Air Capture and third-party verified projects that meet the UN's CDM and the environmental movement Gold Standard. Of course, I include all the climate impact I have given rise to; the one who is content with managing his air travel has taken a step in the right direction but has missed that the
atmosphere makes no difference where the carbon dioxide comes from. Although I work hard to reduce my climate impact, there are a few tons left. Because I want a good safety margin and get along with projects I can be proud of, it hurts my wallet to get along - and that's the intention! "Put a price on carbon" has been chanted by both environmental movements and economists for decades, with the logic that we of course try to reduce and avoid costs. But after the recent vast fires, violent storms, extreme droughts and brutal torrential rains, we all know what the insurmountable cost is. Not meeting the climate challenge.
/Mattias Goldmann January 2021
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/Cozette January 2021
"A Life on Our Planet"
Takeaways from David Attenborough's new movie
First of all, it's still a little "spark" left in the old man. At 94 years "young" he is still just as passionate and clearsighted. There is almost something "Nelson Mandela: ish" about his way of behaving and that he de facto still fights for something, which with his background, must feel almost hopeless. A man who has seen our planet unexploited, when he began to travel the world 70 years or so ago, to today's total, excuse the expression, "clusterfuck". 😬
The interesting aspect, which is often lost in today's reporting, is that it is not for the sake of the earth that we need to better ourselves, at well, pretty much everything that effects our planets carbon dioxide balance. Everything from the devastation of our rainforests (who did not shed a tear when the poor orangutan sat and wondered what happened to his whole world, only stumps remains) to the release of all sorts of toxins that destroy both atmosphere, forests and sea.
As I said, it is not for the planet itself that we need to change, it is for all species on this planet's sake. It is not the earth that will perish if we do nothing, it is humanity. The planet will recover and do very well in X number of years. Just look at Chernobyl, where nature and wildlife have slowly begun to return after the nuclear accident in the 80's.
The most hopeful thing I took with me from the documentary was, among other things, the example of Costa Rica. It was heading towards disaster in the 80s when only 25% of the country's rainforest remained. Then the government came in and regulated the deforestation and simsalabim, today the jungle is almost completely restored. And this in just about 30 years!
And in the places on earth where fishing bans have been introduced in certain zones, it is seen that the fish return and the stock becomes so abundant that the fish no longer "fit" and swim into zones where fishermen are legally allowed to catch them. There are many examples, but it is necessary that these initiatives begin to be carried out on a larger scale, collectively and coordinated in significantly more places. But, it's possible, that's my takeaway from Mr. Attenborough's documentary.
/Micael December 2020
Let’s talk fashion
I’m sure you’ve heard that the fashion industry is a big threat to our environment.
We Forum stated that the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of our global emissions. It also polluts our eco system by pouring out dangerous chemicals in nature. On top of that, almost 85% of all clothes manufactured ends up in a landfill. And to make matters worse, the manufacturing of clothes have doubled in the last 20 years.
You can read more about it here.
It’s pretty horrific to say the least.
But bear with me, there is some light at the end of this dark tunnel too, and it is spelled sustainable fashion! So what is sustainable fashion one might think? To put it simply it is fashion (i.e clothes shoes etc.) that makes a minimal impact on the environment. Lucky for us, this is now a huge thing in many countries. It includes fashion companies that rent out clothes, clothes swapping, second hand, both physical and online, repairing what you already have and also having a green manufacturing cycle that uses less water and chemicals! Reducing is of course always step one. But next time you want to up your closet, first look at your sustainable options and start making a difference today!
/Cozette October 2020
Truly transparent Solar technology
Solar power is the fastest growing energy technology in the world.
The cost of generating solar electricity has reached lows that the International Energy Agency (IEA), did not expect to come until 30 years from now. (Much what we are trying to do with Carbon Removal.) This has opened up space for new innovations within solar technology. A really bad (gl)ass (pun intended) company has made solar cells both useful and beautiful by making them transparent.
Ubiquitous Energy has created an award winning glass that is 10% efficient while managing to be 90% transparent. Behind it lies some ground breaking tech that lets through light that is visible to the human eye, but absorbs infrared and ultraviolet rays and converts them into energy. Yep, this is real and we are absolutely star struck!
/Cozette October 2020
Supply and demand of CO2 removal
We not only need to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere. We also need to bring back down
So, we’ve learned that we not only need to avoid and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere. We also need to bring back down – remove – a significant share of historical emissions to lower the already too high concentrations of greenhouse gases. How do we know this? For instance,
IPCC noted in a 2015 summary report that most scenarios that stay below 2°C of temperature increase involve “substantial net negative emissions by 2100”
How much removal will be needed? There is no one answer to this, but as far as we have been able to summarize, removal of somewhere between 6-15 billion tonnes of CO2 will be needed on a yearly basis before 2050.
There is only one problem – or really two; There is very little supply of carbon removal today and there is maybe even less demand.
Supply -> There is a variety of solutions and technologies on how to remove carbon from the atmosphere and many start-ups are working on solutions. The types of solutions available include e.g., moving carbon from the sky to soil, capturing and injecting CO2 into materials like concrete, capturing CO2 direct from the sky with giant fans, and many more. There is really no loss for ideas out there and new promising methods surface every year. But what is desperately missing is funding. Although many know this needs to be done, these companies often lack funding to scale into their potential size, where they really make a difference.
Demand -> In order for this to happen, demand needs to grow for these services – the service of removing CO2 and storing it safely. One part of this is education – people need to learn more about this and the need to remove CO2. Another part is availability – today it is not easy to access and contribute to carbon removal solutions. Which solutions exist out there? Which give the best ‘bang for the buck’? Which are today small and expensive, but have the potential to scale into the largest size in the next decade?
There is a need to educate about this, and to point people and companies and their funds towards the most promising solutions.
So why does Removement exist? We are here to help maximize the size and build both supply and demand of carbon removal. Our hope is that together, we can change the landscape for Carbon Removal!
/Anders October 2020
What is the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect is basically the process of gases in the Earth's atmosphere trapping the Sun's heat.
This process makes the planet warmer than it would be without an atmosphere and the more greenhouse gases the more it heats up. The greenhouse effect in itself is necessary for us to be able to live on our beloved planet. If we have too little gas=too cold, and too much gas=to warm. So, the thing that is going on now, and has been for a while, is the challenge with too much CO2 in the atmosphere, causing heat-up, in turn causing all the climate issues we have such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, worsening droughts, increasing tornadoes etc. These and other natural disasters just keep on building, and will keep on building if we don’t do something about it. What can we do about global warming?
/Micael September 2020
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We’re happy you found us and our absolute first blog post!
As you can imagine, we take our environmental issues for real and we feel that there are alot of great people out there doing the important work of delivering news and updates about the bad things we’re doing against the most awesome place in the universe, our earth. So we want to deliver a ray of sunshine, a slither of hope.
We’ll be here to give you updates about the good things people are doing to better our nature. The cool inventions, the progress in the fight against climate change and of course, the awesome people that push forward and continue to inspire change.
/Cozette August 2020
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