Jan Mazurek, PhD’s Post

Nice overview of the work we do to advance community-oriented CDR approaches at ClimateWorks Foundation.

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How can physical assets managed by faith-based organizations have a greater impact, both for reducing carbon emissions, and for demonstrating prophetic leadership and authentic commitment to ‘walk the talk’ on climate mitigation? Recommending an illuminating and instructive new report by the World Resources Institute and Georgetown University, supported by Porticus, providing a global standard for #faith-based organizations to measure, manage, and report their greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with the Paris #Climate Agreement, and to advance them as prominent environmental leaders that operate their physical assets in a climate positive manner. The document offers step-by-step guidance to compile an emissions inventory, set a science-based emissions reduction target, and track and communicate progress. It also provides a detailed survey designed to collect emissions data and build a global profile of operational performance and reduction targets. The project is built on World Resources Institute’s leadership in establishing global Greenhouse Gas Protocols (GHGPs) and science-based targets (Science Based Targets initiative) guidance for corporations, and #Jesuit Georgetown University’s mission to advance serious and sustained discourse among people of different faiths, cultures, and beliefs.   Our gratitude to the lead authors, Alberto Pallecchi, Uwe S. Brandes, Sophia Sanniti and Chendan Yan; to project advisers, including Esben Lunde Larsen, Meghan Chapple; and other contributors, including Carrick Reddin, Chris Elisara, Cynthia Cummis, Edward de Quay, Giovanni Pingitore, Reba Elliott, Robin King, Ruth M. Ivory-Moore, Susan Hendershot, Walter Ganapini, Zola Berger-Schmitz, Elisabet Aylwin Pincheira, Madeline Samet, Megan Wright, Sophia Sanniti, and many others, for their invaluable contribution, for advancing a vision, a world where #faith-based organizations are prominent environmental leaders that operate their physical and financial assets in a net-zero and nature-positive manner. In sum, as made clear throughout this study, the many faith traditions all converge on one sacred truth: our mother Earth is a divine gift deserving of our utmost respect and care. 🙏🏽🌍🌳

As the carbon dioxide removal industry grows, engineered solutions such as direct air capture are getting more attention. According to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, novel methods for carbon dioxide removal are now necessary to meet the Paris climate targets. But another U.N. body, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, recently sparked controversy by concluding in draft language that "engineering-based removal activities…pose unknown environmental and social risks." That language could have ramifications for how carbon removal gets considered in upcoming international climate negotiations. Amid the debate over the role of carbon removal, the U.S. government is stepping up with some large investments in direct air capture hubs and research and development support for novel technologies, creating a positive signal for the market. This week on The Carbon Copy, Savita Bowman, a program manager at ClearPath, joins Stephen Lacey to explain what this all means for the future of carbon removal technologies and policies. #carbonremoval #carbondioxideremoval #carbondioxide #cleanenergy #climatetech #unitednations #usgovernment #technology #climatechange #energy #podcast