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Robert Höglund
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Sep 4

How much carbon will we need to remove?

There is a big difference between the CDR needed to reach net zero, for neutralizing methane, and removals to bring back down temperatures after overshoot. — First published on https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/p/how-much-carbon-will-we-need-to-remove There are a lot of projections and plans hinging on the question of how much carbon dioxide we need to remove (CDR), but few satisfactory answers.

Carbon Removal

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How much carbon will we need to remove?
How much carbon will we need to remove?
Carbon Removal

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Aug 15

Follow my writing on Substack

I have stopped publishing all of my articles on Medium and will only put a few here. My latest articles can be found on https://marginalcarbon.substack.com/ The four latest posts have not been published here on Medium.

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Follow my writing on Substack
Follow my writing on Substack

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Feb 9

Can temporary and permanent carbon storage be compared?

Are three trees worth one rock? Permanent storage is always best, but given realistic assumptions on discounting of future damages, as well as long-term climate adaptation — carbon storage lasting centuries could be made comparable to permanent storage. …

Carbon Removal

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Can temporary and permanent carbon storage be compared?
Can temporary and permanent carbon storage be compared?
Carbon Removal

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Milkywire

·Jan 30

Why is it so difficult to fund projects that reduce emissions?

It makes more sense not to emit carbon than to remove it. Avoided emissions projects are supposed to be the low-hanging fruit funded before large amounts of money are spent on expensive carbon removals. …

Climate

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Why is it so difficult to fund projects that reduce emissions?
Why is it so difficult to fund projects that reduce emissions?
Climate

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Jan 6

You can’t wait with buying carbon removal

All companies that plan to use removals in the future should spend a portion of climate budgets on it today. Earlier this week we published the CDR.fyi Year in review, providing an overview of the carbon removal market. There are a lot of exciting numbers and graphs in there so…

Carbon Removal

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You can’t wait with buying carbon removal
You can’t wait with buying carbon removal
Carbon Removal

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Dec 16, 2022

The faster emissions are reduced, the more carbon will be removed

How much carbon will we need to remove from the atmosphere? The answer is often determined by looking at how much emissions are expected to remain. For example, seeing that the world still emits 12 billion tons of CO₂e by 2050 in the IEA Announced Pledges Scenario, and drawing the…

Carbon Removal

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The faster emissions are reduced, the more carbon will be removed
The faster emissions are reduced, the more carbon will be removed
Carbon Removal

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Nov 23, 2022

Who should pay for carbon removal?

Carbon removal is necessary to stabilize temperatures along with massive emission reductions. Governments will need to pick up most of the bill. Still, corporate support can play a very important role in catalyzing CDR and other climate solutions, getting new technologies off the ground, and scaling projects that otherwise would…

Carbon Removal

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Who should pay for carbon removal?
Who should pay for carbon removal?
Carbon Removal

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Sep 24, 2022

Carbon can be temporarily stored for a long time

And other surprising conclusions from thinking about permanence The most common way to talk about the longevity of carbon removed is to talk about permanent or temporary removal solutions. That is the vocabulary I have been using too. …

Climate Change

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Carbon can be temporarily stored for a long time
Carbon can be temporarily stored for a long time
Climate Change

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Sep 8, 2022

Is insurance the key to scaling carbon removal?

Derisking prepurchases to build capacity. How do CDR suppliers get access to the money they need to remove carbon?Funds are needed today to build facilities, buy land and equipment, pay contractors and sometimes build renewable energy. Venture capital helps, but is typically not used for project financing. As Shashank Samala…

Carbon Removal

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Is insurance the key to scaling carbon removal?
Is insurance the key to scaling carbon removal?
Carbon Removal

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Milkywire

·Jul 13, 2022

Buying carbon removal — Learnings from Klarna and Milkywire

Co-written with Janek Kose at Klarna. Supporting carbon removal is a new endeavour that few companies have gotten involved with so far. It’s essential that early players share their learnings and thinking to help advance the field. In 2021 Klarna realigned its climate program and created a transparent blueprint for…

Carbon Removal

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Buying carbon removal — Learnings from Klarna and Milkywire
Buying carbon removal — Learnings from Klarna and Milkywire
Carbon Removal

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Robert Höglund

Robert Höglund

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Advising companies and organizations on carbon removal and climate.

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