Climate Change Solutions Update

Author: Carbon180

  • Putting the CORE Framework Into Practice

    The CORE framework by Carbon180 focuses on responsible carbon removal by centering communities, ecosystems, and real climate outcomes, with principles and practices for design, deployment, and governance emphasizing transparency and community agency. Implementation involves decisions about site selection, project design, funding, monitoring, and governance, with different actors playing various roles. The framework is supported by a Resource Hub and hypothetical scenarios to guide implementation and bridge the gap between principles and reality, crucial for shaping the field for the future with institutions translating principles into infrastructure. The CORE principles aim to influence how carbon removal interventions are designed, governed, and evaluated, with considerations such as community participation, early-stage intervention design, and funding, procurement, and oversight, evolving alongside real-world experience and updated over time for refined implementation of responsible carbon removal.

    https://carbon180.org/blog/putting-the-core-framework-into-practice/

  • Introducing, the CORE Carbon Removal Framework

    The CORE Carbon Removal Framework, launched this week, emphasizes the importance of benefiting communities, the climate, and environmental systems through responsible carbon removal practices. It outlines principles such as justice, equity, transparency, and accountability to ensure successful projects and provides resources for those involved. As carbon removal transitions from research to practical applications, governments, companies, and policymakers are investing in shaping the development of programs. The framework aims to establish shared expectations and a common language for the growing field, with success dependent on responsible real-world implementation.

    https://carbon180.org/blog/introducing-the-core-carbon-removal-framework/

  • Communicating Carbon Removal in a Fractured Media Landscape

    Despite challenges in climate communication and lack of awareness about carbon removal, there is bipartisan support for carbon removal policies once understood. The climate movement must shift messaging from fear to hope, address concerns about environmental justice, and invest in local storytellers for effective action. Carbon180 is focusing on community-based initiatives in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and Puerto Rico, emphasizing engagement with local communities for responsible deployment. Media coverage of climate change is declining, but there is growing interest in carbon removal among voters. The importance of climate policy and the need for urgency, hope, and transparency in climate solutions are key issues for 2025.

    https://carbon180.org/blog/communicating-carbon-removal-in-a-fractured-media-landscape/

  • Testing the Waters Together: Launching The mCDR Forum

    The mCDR Forum has been launched to facilitate cross-sector discussions on marine carbon dioxide removal, addressing concerns about governance, environmental integrity, and equity. Led by Carbon180, Ocean Conservancy, and the Carbon Business Council, the forum aims to create a neutral space for diverse actors to share information, surface concerns, and explore responsible pathways forward in the mCDR field. By supporting dialogue and learning, collective insights can inform research priorities, governance frameworks, and funding decisions to advance responsible progress in addressing climate solutions. Interested individuals and organizations are encouraged to join the conversation by registering for the forum.

    https://carbon180.org/blog/testing-the-waters-together-launching-the-mcdr-forum/