Is there a list of carbon sequestration projects?
Is there a list of carbon sequestration projects?
There seems to be a huge number of miscellaneous projects for a specific type of environmental restoration or some other activity that is specifically aimed at carbon sequestration. For example, seagrass restoration alone has a plethora(1,2,3). Is there a decent list of these projects? I found this cool list of CCS projects(4), but that’s different.
If such a list exists, I have another question: Is there an objective way to compare their effectiveness?
https://www.projectseagrass.org
https://www.medseafoundation.org/index.php/en/portfolio-ita-2/a-sea-forest-to-save-the-planet/34
https://www.seegraswiesen.de/en/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_carbon_capture_and_storage_projects
There are a few reports out that group them by type.
National academy of science and engineering has one on ocean carbon: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26278/a-research-strategy-for-ocean-based-carbon-dioxide-removal-and-sequestration
There's also a state of carbon report from last year: https://www.stateofcdr.org/
I'd suggest Carbon Brief as a good source covering some of them: carbonbrief.org
Finally the EU had a call out last year through the Horizon Europe funding program for research groups to create a framework for carbon removal. I believe they funded 2 or 3 different projects, one of which was focused on ocean-based projects. I can't find a link now, but they were €7mil+, 3-5 year projects, designed to comprehensively assess and compare all cdr options. They should have all launched this summer.
Thanks! There’s so much activity in this space and it’s hard to track it all.