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Join our upcoming webinar to learn more about Isometric's newest protocol— Biochar Production and Storage—from the Isometric Science Team. Topics will include requirements for biochar production and storage; measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) guidelines; and approaches to crediting. https://lnkd.in/ebhbFekF

Isometric today released a protocol for durable carbon removal through Biochar Production and Storage into public consultation. Biochar is a carbon-rich solid material produced when biomass is pyrolized—heated to high temperatures in a low-oxygen environment—and it can be durably stored in many ways. This version of the protocol covers biochar, produced from pyrolized waste biomass, as a soil amendment that is applied to agricultural surface soils. Buyers can be sure that credits issued from biochar projects under the Isometric protocol represent a tonne of durably stored carbon for three key reasons. First, the protocol accounts for biochar’s predictable decay rate. Second, the protocol adopts a conservative approach to crediting, with only the durable portion of the organic carbon content in the biochar being eligible for the generation of credits. Third, the protocol includes guidelines for project-specific measurements and assessments of durability, sustainable biomass sourcing criteria and environmental safeguarding information. Isometric will only issue credits where a durability of at least 200 years has been established. This reflects the European Union's position as established in its forthcoming regulation on carbon removal (Carbon Removal Certification Framework Regulation). The novel work published by Hamed Sanei et al. (2024) has also been incorporated into the development of this protocol. The protocol is the first to allow for biochar credits to be certified with a higher durability of 500 years. To achieve this, projects will be required to collect and submit robust evidence to demonstrate the inertinite fraction of the biochar, which is effectively permanent over geological time frames. The protocol was created in collaboration between Isometric’s in-house Science Team and interdisciplinary expert reviewers from the Isometric Science Network, a group of over 200 carbon removal scientists. It will now undergo a full public consultation. Comments received during the public consultation period will be considered before finalizing the protocol. Final guidelines regarding durability—and any corresponding updates required to the Isometric Standard—will be implemented before any credits are issued. The public consultation period for the Isometric Biochar Protocol is a key step towards helping carbon removal scale to the level that the planet needs. This is what Isometric was founded to do.

💡 Please join Women In Carbon, Isometric and Plural on Wednesday, 17th July for an evening of learning and networking. You'll have the opportunity to hear first-hand from the women driving innovation in the CDR space to solve the climate industry’s most pressing issues, whilst getting the chance to ask them your questions. Topics covered will include: 🔹CDR 101: Why we need it and how it works 🔹 Science: Mega fans, mineral dust & algae in the ocean 🔹 Tech: Building the future 🔹 Commercials: The supply / demand dynamic All event details are included in the sign-up link here: https://lu.ma/1j3t4nhz Hope to see you there! #womenincarbon #womenincdr

Novel carbon removal pathways are required to keep CO2 out of the atmosphere for >1,000 years. To offer more options, CEEZER is introducing Isometric. – Science-backed standards: Developed by a team of over 200 climate experts – Transparency: Every credit comes with clear data and evidence – Focus on collaboration: Uniting researchers, startups, and tech companies for faster innovation CEEZER now offers buyers streamlined access to a selection of nascent carbon removal technologies vetted against an ICROA-endorsed standard. ➡ Read more about the partnership, Isometric's protocols, and project developers active on CEEZER here: https://lnkd.in/ekRrjyzs #carbonremoval #climateaction #carboncredits #CEEZER #Isometric

Isometric today announced partnerships with 12 of the most important platforms in carbon removal. Patch, Watershed, Supercritical, Klimate.co, Carbonx Climate, Milkywire, Carbonplace, Wren, Rubicon Carbon, Cloverly and CEEZER have all partnered with Isometric to provide their end customers access to Isometric’s high quality carbon credits. Terraset is also providing a way for people to fund carbon removal through tax-deductible donations. These partners are already helping thousands of companies take action to reduce their carbon footprints and decarbonize. It’s critically important that those companies now begin to incorporate high quality carbon removal credits into their sustainability plans. By partnering with Isometric, these platforms can now offer buyers of all sizes the ability to secure credits certified against Isometric's scientifically rigorous protocols. In addition to the 12 platforms mentioned, other organizations are also leveraging key data from the Isometric Registry. Frontier, AlliedOffsets and CDR.fyi are all improving their offerings by integrating Isometric’s data. To support these partnerships, Isometric has launched an Application Programming Interface (API) for the distribution and management of its high quality carbon credits. Isometric’s Registry and MRV APIs allow users to seamlessly manage, transfer and retire credits in real-time. Broadening access to high-quality credits through integrations like these can expand the type and number of buyers in the market, which is critical to scaling the CDR industry.

The International Conference on Negative Emissions is happening here at the University of Oxford next week, 18-21 June 🌲 🌳 🌴 ⛰ 🏭 🌊 🌍 Tickets sold out ages ago, but *you can still participate online*. Visit https://lnkd.in/e_M7xVHs for details. We have an amazing group of headline speakers for you: ✅ To talk through MRV: Joanna House, Paul Zakkour, David Ho, plus Mission Innovation making an exciting announcement... ☑ To discuss policy developments across the US, EU, Brazil and the UK: Cameron Hepburn, Jennifer Wilcox, Fabiola Zerbini, Fabien Ramos, and Gideon Henderson (with his Oxford professor's hat on, as it's election season). ✅ We'll have a session on business - what they can learn from the latest research and vice versa - with Louisa Tholstrup, Piera Patrizio, Sophie Gill, Ph.D., Julian Mylchreest, and Jake Jordan. ☑ And to discuss the interplay between removing more carbon and cutting emissions faster: Holly Jean Buck, Nils Markusson, Sara Nawaz, Zeke Hausfather. 🎁 Not to mention many more talks, parallel sessions and posters. Looking forward to seeing lots of you there!

Isometric recently developed a protocol for durable carbon removal through Biogenic Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BCCS) that has now entered public consultation. The Protocol details how BCCS can be monitored, reported on and verified so that buyers can purchase BCCS carbon credits with confidence. Isometric’s BCCS Protocol provides the most detailed, robust requirements on the market for how suppliers should sustainably source biomass. This can give buyers of biomass-based carbon dioxide removal credits confidence that all biomass used in the BCCS process does not contribute to deforestation or changes to land use that would create further emissions. Arbor is the first supplier signed on to have credits issued against this protocol. Arbor uses technology that produces low cost and scalable bioenergy that also captures and locks away carbon dioxide for thousands of years. This Protocol was created by Isometric’s in-house Science Team and now enters a peer review process with more than 200 climate experts in Isometric’s independent Science Network. This brings the total number of published Isometric protocols to six and is another step towards building trust and transparency in carbon markets.

If you are attending the Conference for Negative Emissions in Oxford later this month, join us on Wednesday 19th June for talks and pre-dinner drinks, co-hosted with BeZero Carbon. Dr. Jennifer Wilcox (University of Pennsylvania and Isometric), Sebastien Cross (BeZero Carbon) and Neil Hacker (Isometric) will discuss building integrity in carbon markets over the next decade. Dr. Steve Smith (CO₂RE - The Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub and Oxford Net Zero) will give a short welcome address. More information and RSVP here: https://lu.ma/94ptbxjo

Isometric is pleased to announce the company was selected as World Economic Forum (WEF) Technology Pioneer. Every year the WEF selects the world’s most promising companies that are at the forefront of developing and deploying critical technologies and innovations. Now, Isometric will work alongside the world’s top leaders to address issues facing the planet. Governments have a critical role to play in regulating to ensure high quality standards in carbon credits. In our work with the WEF, Isometric will support government efforts to require more scientific rigor and transparency in carbon credits and ultimately rebuild trust in carbon markets. https://lnkd.in/eY8JB5Kf #techpioneers24

Isometric's world first Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) Protocol was just announced yesterday. Tomorrow you can learn more about this protocol, best practices for open systems measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) and the large potential scalability of marine CDR approaches. Jennifer Yin from Isometric's Science Team will be joined by: - Judy Savitskaya, Diligence Lead, Frontier - Mike Kelland, Chief Executive Officer, Planetary Spaces are limited. Sign up to learn why organizations like Shopify, MaRS Discovery District and Terraset are buying from leading OAE suppliers like Planetary. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ey2xFe6S