Envisioning a Climate-Safe California webinar #18: The Science of Carbon Dioxide Removal – 20 September 2024
The Clean Coalition was a partner organization for this webinar, which took place on 20 September 2024 at 10am.
The Climate Center believes in thriving, healthy communities. They envision a future where everyone in California enjoys clean air and water, renewable and reliable energy, healthy food, and abundant nature. California has the tools and the know-how to make this vision a reality if our elected leaders summon the political will. It is time we put people back at the heart of policy. In doing so, we can keep our friends and loved ones safe from worsening climate disasters, create millions of family-sustaining jobs, and give everyone the chance to thrive in the clean energy economy.
The climate center’s Envisioning a Climate-Safe California: Stories and Solutions webinar series will combine personal stories, frontline perspectives, scientific expertise, and policy analysis to shed light on how California can lead the world toward a climate-safe future. We’ll hear from the people and communities feeling the impacts of the climate crisis today as well as those advocating for solutions.
See below for more information on the eighteenth webinar of the series.
Webinar #18: The Science of Carbon Dioxide Removal: What is it and Why is it needed?
Friday, 20 September 2024 at 10am to 11:30am PST
As the world navigates the necessary transition away from polluting fuels toward clean energy, many scientists believe we must also remove climate pollution that has already been dumped into the atmosphere. The call for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) grows stronger as new analyses find that the global community is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement targets. In this first webinar in a new six-part series, we will explore the science behind CDR, how it differs from carbon capture and storage (CCS), what role it plays in broader climate efforts, and why it must be coupled with direct emission reductions.
This webinar series will explore the science, strategies, and policies of CDR. We will facilitate co-learning between stakeholders, address knowledge gaps, and emphasize the importance of engaging, protecting, and benefiting local communities with any proposed CDR projects. The series will be a monthly webinar series, starting on September 20.
This webinar is co-hosted by California Environmental Voters, The Climate Center, and Project 2030.
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Presenters
Marcius Extavour
Dr. Marcius Extavour is a widely published scientist, creative technologist, innovation practitioner, and communicator whose work has been featured at CNBC, CNN, PBS, and TVO. He serves as a Board Member in the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and 1% for the Planet, and he is currently a Senior Partner at Ode, where he builds sustainable solutions, products, and algorithms. Dr. Extavour established the TIME Climate 100 at TIME, after building the energy, climate, and carbon removal practice at XPRIZE as Chief Scientist and Executive VP for nearly a decade. He also worked at the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, Nortel Networks, and the University of Toronto. Dr. Extavour holds a Ph.D. and MSc. in quantum optics and atomic physics and an undergraduate degree in engineering science from the University of Toronto.
Dr. Kimberley Mayfield
Kimberley (Kim) Mayfield is a member of Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s (LLNL) Energy Group and principal investigator for Lawrence Livermore’s Energy Flow Charts. Kim works with the Carbon Initiative, which aims to understand, develop, and implement technologies for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Her areas of focus are carbon accounting for carbon sequestration projects and environmental justice analysis for negative carbon emissions projects. Her research background is in environmental chemistry, with an emphasis on non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry in hydrologic systems. Prior to joining LLNL, Kimberley worked in the algal biofuels industry, innovating safe and economically viable ways to extract valuable products from microalgae.
Katie Lebling
Katie Lebling is a Research Associate in World Resource Institute’s (WRI) U.S. Climate Program where she leads research and analysis to inform responsible scaling of carbon dioxide removal approaches. She works at the state, federal, and international level to advance policy recommendations that can enable sustainable and equitable scaling. She has an MA from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies with a focus on energy and environment policy and a BA from Colby College in Environmental Science.