Carbon180

Carbon180 works to design and champion equitable, science-based policies that bring carbon removal solutions to gigaton scale. Founded in 2015, in the earliest days of carbon removal technological and policy innovation, Carbon180’s early work advanced federal investments in carbon removal, mentored leaders who are now running major companies, and convened leading research universities and national labs through the New Carbon Economy Consortium. Today, Carbon180 educates communities, supports localized efforts to share projects, and shapes the framework that policymakers use to engage with carbon removal. Carbon180 is also engaging with the Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs — funded through the infrastructure bill — which are the first megaton-scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal in the world, representing a potentially 400-fold increase in global direct air capture capacity. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)

Carbon180 works to scale responsible and equitable carbon dioxide removal techniques. Through this grant, Carbon180 will conduct an analysis to inform the development of a new strategy designed to catalyze large-scale purchasing of carbon removal services to remediate legacy carbon dioxide emissions. (Substrategy: Carbon Negative)

Carbon 180 is a climate focused NGO with a mission to rethink carbon. This grant will support the creation of fellowship program around carbon management and carbon dioxide removal, as well as post-doctoral fellowships around carbon dioxide removal policy and technology. Fellows will be placed in think tanks, government agencies, and research institutes. The goal is to build capacity to support the expanding field of carbon dioxide removal.