Video: What's Enhanced Weathering? Interview with PhD Student Veronica Furey (The Future Forest Company)

"The Future Forest Company are co-funding Veronica Furey to study her PhD, investigating enhanced weathering at the Glenaros Estate on Mull. In this video Veronica gives us a brief insight into her studies and the potential of enhanced weathering as a negative emissions technology. Enhanced weathering is a method of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through acceleration of naturally occurring rock mineralisation processes. It can lock away carbon for over 100,000 years, and is an extremely effective method of CO2 removal. The Future Forest company are conducting a pilot for enhanced weathering on the Glenaros Estate on Mull before we scale up across the UK. This will help us establish what particle size of rock we need, how long it will take it to dissolve, the effect it will have on the soil and the growth rate of trees, and the process we need to set up elsewhere. Veronica is interviewed by Flora. Flora is currently studying for her MSci in Science Communication at the University of Manchester, following her undergraduate degree in Biology. Flora's particularly concerned with environmental issues including climate change and the effects of deforestation." LINK

Video: Recording: Carbon Removal and Environmental Justice: An Equitable Path to Net-negative (Carbon 180)

"Climate change is here, affecting the lives of communities across the globe. We’ve already reached an untenable degree of warming, and cutting emissions alone won’t reduce the impacts of CO2 already trapped in the atmosphere. “Carbon removal” encompasses a variety of emerging methods to clean up those legacy emissions. The question facing the climate community today is how. This discussion takes a hard look at how to deploy carbon removal, from healthy soil practices to direct air capture, that centers the needs of communities, prioritizing engagement, safety, equity, and justice. Without just policy and broader community involvement, many carbon removal projects won’t get off the ground, slowing the clean-up of legacy emissions." LINK

Video: Talking with people outside carbon removal (Carbon Removal Updates)

"We need to remove 100 parts per million of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. That means removing about 1 trillion tons of carbon dioxide...and doing something useful with it! I've got an insatiable desire to help figure this out. The changing climate will create the first trillionaire." LINK

The Venue

The Climate Research Symposium 2015 will take place in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), which is located at Gendarmenmarkt in the heart of Berlin next to the metro stations Hausvogteiplatz (U2) and Französische Straße (U6).

BERLIN-BRANDENBURG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Markgrafenstraße 38 (Entrance: Gendarmenmarkt)
// 10117 Berlin

Video: What's Enhanced Weathering? Interview with PhD Student Veronica Furey (The Future Forest Company)

Video: Recording: Carbon Removal and Environmental Justice: An Equitable Path to Net-negative (Carbon 180)

Video: Talking with people outside carbon removal (Carbon Removal Updates)