The Carbon Removal Blended Tonne Whitepaper

This whitepaper is also published on GitHub, where we are collecting feedback. We invite you to view comments and add your own thoughts here. Currently, most durable carbon removals, like direct air capture, are sold out or very nearly so.¹ Many durable carbon credits on the market today are pre-selling future vintages that will not be delivered for several years.² This means that although the carbon removed will be stored for 1,000+ years, it won’t actually be removed from the atmosphere until a future date. Less-durable carbon removal, like soil carbon and forestry, is available now, and in greater quantities. But, as it stands, on their own, neither option satisfies the net-zero requirements that so many purchasers would like to qualify for. The more durable carbon removals lack immediacy and could only be used to qualify for emissions that happen after the carbon is actually removed, while the less-durable options don’t store carbon dioxide long enough to compensate for fossil fuel

This whitepaper is also published on GitHub, where we are collecting feedback. We invite you to view comments and add your own thoughts here. Currently, most durable carbon removals, like direct air capture, are sold out or very nearly so.¹ Many durable carbon credits on the market today are pre-selling future vintages that will not be delivered for several years.² This means that although the carbon removed will be stored for 1,000+ years, it won’t actually be removed from the atmosphere until a future date. Less-durable carbon removal, like soil carbon and forestry, is available now, and in