Setting the course for novel marine carbon removal in Europe
Event description:
Marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) could become an important part of the EU’s carbon removal strategy. But most methods are still at an early stage, and key questions remain on how well they work, how to monitor them, their environmental and social risks, and how far they can scale.
The European Commission is now considering whether to bring approaches such as Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) and Direct Ocean Carbon Capture and Storage (DOCCS) into the EU’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Regulation (CRCF). At the event, Carbon Gap will present a new roadmap for the responsible development and certification of OAE and DOCCS in Europe.
Europe faces two risks. If it rushes ahead, it builds on science that is still developing. If it waits, it stalls the research and field tests these methods need. The morning brings together policymakers, scientists, project developers, and civil society to explore how Europe can strike that balance.
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– How do we test marine carbon removal responsibly, at a scale that tells us something useful?
– What would robust monitoring and verification for ocean-based removals actually look like?
– How should the EU decide when a method is ready for certification under the CRCF?
These are the questions that PML’s Professor Helen Findlay will be bringing to “Setting the course for novel marine carbon removal in Europe”, organised by Carbon Gap. Professor Findlay, who is a Biological Oceanographer at PML, and a leading expert in the consequences of carbon emissions – from global warming to ocean acidification – will be speaking on behalf of the SeaCURE project – a carbon capture project that could pave the way for large-scale removal of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere using the ocean – and also to the current status of knowledge and needs in mCDR.
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