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05.14.25
We are launching a new platform for openly sharing research results on carbon dioxide removal.
04.23.25
We’ve expanded our database of offset data with searchable project types and details about who is using offset credits.
04.15.25
Isometric’s new protocol for wastewater alkalinity enhancement risks counting decarbonization as carbon dioxide removal. The rules could reshape how carbon removal is defined in other pathways, as well.
03.12.25
Forest offset projects are starting to measure their impact against real forests instead of unobserved, modeled counterfactuals. This change could improve the integrity of offsets, but data transparency remains a problem in the offsets industry. Third party observers need public project location data to evaluate if projects lead to real climate benefits.
02.25.25
We have published two pieces on the topic of what real-world activities should “count” as carbon removal. They reflect how our thinking on this topic has evolved over the last year and half of debate.
12.19.24
We updated the Compliance Users tool to include the latest available cap-and-trade program data about who used which offsets during the program’s fourth compliance period.
11.26.24
For the first time, a landowner is looking to re-enroll a forest that was part of a project terminated after a catastrophic fire. While this practice is legal, it has potentially negative consequences for California’s buffer pool.
10.21.24
Upcoming CDR methodologies from the IPCC will provide a blueprint for national reporting of CDR. Now is the time to share evidence.
07.17.24
The Shelly Fire in Northern California highlights two problems with the offsets market: carbon losses from wildfire and disclosure of project boundaries.
06.26.24
Two fires in southern New Mexico have damaged the Mescalero Apache offset project, a large forest project enrolled in California’s forest offset program.
04.30.24
A political threat to a massive offset project in Indonesia illustrates the risks of carbon offsetting.
04.05.24
New data released by the California Air Resources Board shows that California’s forest offset buffer pool has shrunk two quarters in a row.
04.01.24
We updated the Verification Framework tool to include more detail and a broader representation of biomass-based CDR pathways. We added two new pathways and updated three others.
02.07.24
Two years ago, we received a donation we didn’t ask for. Last month, we were asked to send it back.
01.08.24
We updated the Compliance Users tool to include the latest available cap-and-trade program data about who is using which offsets.
12.15.23
The open source Python library Kerchunk can speed up climate research.
12.12.23
We’ve relaxed the data pre-processing requirements that limit the flexibility of our mapping toolkit. Here’s how we did it.
11.29.23
New paperwork shows that carbon losses insured by California’s forest offset buffer pool are higher than previously estimated.
10.11.23
Lime is used to manage soil pH in many agricultural fields and can remove carbon from the atmosphere when it weathers. We are updating our CDR Verification Framework tool to emphasize that changes in lime use and weathering should be accounted for in enhanced weathering and biochar deployments.
10.02.23
Figuring out the location of an offset project shouldn't involve a scavenger hunt.
09.07.23
“Measurements in Geochemical Carbon Dioxide Removal” by Campbell et al. presents a timely synthesis of measurement techniques to support CDR decision-making with a strong technical foundation.
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09.05.23
Announcing the release of a new extreme heat dataset, and reflecting on why it’s important to do this kind of work in the open.
08.31.23
We added near real-time satellite data to our fire and offset project monitoring tool to highlight active and changing portions of fires.
08.02.23
New reporting indicates that the wildfire component of California's buffer pool is almost surely depleted.
04.10.23
We added new pathways (direct ocean removal, alkaline waste mineralization, and biochar), modified existing pathways, and upgraded the tool with improved versioning, additional documentation, and the ability to see how components are shared across pathways.
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03.29.23
Carbon losses from the Bootleg Fire are severe enough to cause the termination of a forest offset project in Oregon.
03.21.23
A new paper about declining habitat suitability for conifers in California's Sierra Nevada demonstrates the shaky scientific foundations of California's forest offsets program.
02.23.23
We updated the Compliance Users tool to include the latest available cap-and-trade program data about who is using which offsets.
02.10.23
We summarize a public letter from 35 organizations across the CDR ecosystem calling for a scientifically-grounded standards body for long-duration CDR that could review and harmonize emerging protocols.
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01.30.23
Highlighting scientific factors that can influence climate risk products.
01.20.23
Missed deadlines and paperwork discrepancies obscure the status of California’s forest carbon offset buffer pool.
12.20.22
We analyze different ways the Federal Insurance Office could identify the most climate-vulnerable states.
12.19.22
Updating our representation of Enhanced Weathering in the CDR Verification Framework in response to helpful feedback.
12.01.22
Offset projects hit by recent wildfires report larger carbon losses than we had projected.
09.20.22
Why we are archiving the CDR Database and shifting our attention to other priorities in the carbon removal ecosystem.
09.14.22
KlimaDAO sidesteps CarbonPlan’s criticisms of offset credit quality.
09.02.22
We describe our experiences building cloud-based data analysis pipelines for climate model downscaling, including specific challenges we faced and lessons we learned.
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08.19.22
We hosted a workshop with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Initiative on Climate Risk and Resilience Law (ICRRL) on physical climate risk and financial regulation.
08.08.22
We recently attended the 21st annual Scientific Computing with Python conference. Here we share highlights from the tutorials and presentations.
06.24.22
We summarize our comments to the SEC on the agency's proposed climate-risk disclosure rule. In our comments, we commend the rule's robust approach to carbon offsets and encourage the SEC to strengthen the proposed provisions for carbon removal.
06.16.22
We have updated our wildfire monitoring tool in preparation for the 2022 fire season.
05.20.22
Relying on public data, our recent seaweed farming modeling work made key assumptions about seaweed cultivation. We summarize why making these assumptions was necessary, and why as a result the modeled costs may not capture current advances taking place in the field.
04.25.22
We summarize two recent comment letters about Verra’s proposed use of ton-year accounting to issue carbon offset credits — including via a proposed methodology developed by NCX which would credit harvest deferrals as short as a single year.
02.18.22
We welcome the OCC's draft climate-related financial risk management principles and point out core tensions that could arise in implementation.
02.16.22
An open source implementation of forest biomass estimation using LiDAR.
01.05.22
A new tool for tracking the use of carbon offsets for compliance in California's cap-and-trade program.
12.15.21
Analysis of 11 new proposals from Stripe’s Fall 2021 CDR procurement.
11.10.21
We encourage the USDA to directly procure "climate-smart" commodities instead of subsidizing carbon offsets.
11.04.21
Why open data and analytics matter in addressing climate-related financial risk.
10.13.21
We analyzed three new soil carbon protocols and added them our interactive database.
09.27.21
Why rendering scientific data in web maps is so tough, and how we’re trying to solve it.
09.16.21
Our contributions to the initial Climate TRACE data release, and what’s coming next.
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