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Here's how we're taking action to reverse two centuries of carbon emissions. Take a tour of our latest projects, thinking, and resources.
What we do
Carbon180 designs and champions science-based, equitable policies that can remove carbon from the atmosphere — at the gigaton scale.
Every day, we work to leverage the size and power of the US government to tackle carbon removal's biggest obstacles. Using the same policy levers and finance mechanisms that helped pioneer past climate solutions, policymakers can fill in research gaps, drive down costs, and unlock private capital — all while ensuring practices meet the highest labor and environmental standards.
HOW WE WORK
We've built a network of experts in science, business, and policy so that the best ideas make it from lab to legislation, ensuring carbon removal scales not just quickly, but well.
Building a movement
We work directly with scientists and startups to take down growth barriers and help them step forward as leaders in the field.
A trusted partner
Our recommendations are tailored to the real world, equipping policymakers with everything they need to craft high-impact legislation.
Go together, go far
By collaborating with environmental justice and labor groups, our advocacy empowers communities, not just investors and developers.
Our latest work
We lift up promising carbon removal solutions across the board, from land-based practices to tech innovations. Here's where our policy and advocacy efforts are focused today.
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The 2023 Farm Bill presents an opportunity to activate our forests and agricultural lands as living carbon sinks — a chance that only comes around once every 5 years. We’re proposing investments that bolster forest management activities from seed to stand: enabling large-scale replanting and conservation efforts. We’re also advocating for a reinvigoration of public research and investment in agriculture with an ambitious vision for a government-led moonshot to unlock the full potential of US farmlands to support both farmers and the environment.
To visit our Farm Bill platform, please click here.
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Direct air capture (DAC) is a leading technological carbon removal solution with the ability to remove legacy emissions from the atmosphere — an absolutely vital addition to emissions reductions efforts. On the path to gigaton-scale deployment, government support will be key. Authorized in 2021, the Regional DAC Hubs program is a $3.5 billion effort led by the federal government with the potential to shape the field by lowering costs, revving up global DAC capacity 400-fold, and establishing robust environmental justice regulations.
Our policy playbook Setting DAC on Track (PDF), the first in a two-part series on hubs, offers recommendations to guide program implementation and build political support for DAC. We followed up with How Direct Air Capture Succeeds (PDF), which presents an original framework for gauging hubs' progress. We’ve also explored various pathways for DAC innovation, such as open-hardware designs, community-centered projects, and more.
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By removing yesterday’s emissions from the atmosphere and creating countless economic and environmental co-benefits in the process, carbon removal can be a powerful tool for addressing climate injustice. Building on decades of leadership from environmental justice advocates and scholars, we develop recommendations for policies and projects that address the priorities of Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color as well as low-income communities.
Our 2021 report Removing Forward (PDF) articulates five guiding principles for creating a carbon removal industry that invests in and protects frontline communities as it responds to climate change. In 2022, we began partnering with environmental justice organizations to regrant funds and support their exploration of carbon removal. This year, we teamed up with XPRIZE to find out how today’s carbon removal innovators think about environmental justice. The result is From the Ground Up (PDF), featuring tangible steps early-stage startups can take to learn from the past.
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Learn about our policy ideas for scaling carbon removal.
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