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Is all carbon storage created equal? Credits to Jay Monga. Follow him for more sustainability content. Original post: __________  Is all carbon storage created equal? Forests, oceans, and wetlands all capture carbon, but the way they do it is very different. This carousel breaks it down: 🔹Green carbon: captured by forests, grasslands, and farms, stored in biomass and soil. 🔹Blue carbon: captured by coastal and marine ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses. 🔹 Storage power: green carbon lasts decades or centuries, blue carbon can stay locked for thousands of years. 🔹Ecosystem benefits: green supports biodiversity and rainfall, blue protects coasts and marine life. 🔹Global attention: green carbon is established in markets, blue carbon is emerging with vast potential. Both green and blue carbon play vital roles. Which one do you think holds the greatest untapped potential for climate action? Drop your thoughts in the comments! _________ ♻️ Find this post useful? Feel free to share it with your network 📣 👉Follow Sustainability Infographics 📊 to learn from the industry's best visuals. #sustainability #sustainable #business #esg

Carbon Terms You Need to Know The climate conversation is filled with terms that can feel overwhelming. But if we want to fight climate change effectively, we need to understand the language behind it. Here are some key carbon terms every professional, business, and changemaker should know: 🔹 Carbon Footprint – The total greenhouse gases emitted by an individual, company, or product. 🔹 Carbon Intensity – Emissions per unit of activity or output. 🔹 Carbon Negative – Removing more carbon than you emit. 🔹 Carbon Farming – Agricultural methods that capture and store carbon in soils. 🔹 CCS (Carbon Capture & Storage) – Technology to capture and store CO₂ emissions. 🔹 Carbon Leakage – When emissions move to regions with weaker regulations. 🔹 Carbon Sequestration – The process of capturing and storing CO₂ naturally or technologically. 🔹 Sequestration Credits – Tradable certificates for verified carbon storage. 🔹 Carbon Neutrality Pledge & Certification – Commitments and verified status of achieving net-zero emissions. 🔹 CDP – A global disclosure system for companies to report environmental impact. 💡 Mastering these terms isn’t just jargon—it’s the foundation of climate solutions. The more we understand, the better we act. 👉 Which of these terms was new for you? Carlene McLaughlinVera Sofia DuqueMiranda DaviesHannah Ulrich #ClimateAction #Sustainability #CarbonNeutral #NetZero Image Credit: iCOR

📢 New research: locking carbon in trees and soils could ‘stabilise climate for centuries’ – but only if combined with underground storage. 🔎 Research on a ‘portfolio approach’ to carbon removal enables firms to mix expensive tech-based solutions that inject carbon deep underground with lower-cost and currently more available nature-based options, such as forests and biochar. ➡️ A team of researchers, led by University of Cambridge, has now formulated a method to assess whether carbon removal portfolios can help limit global warming over centuries. The approach also distinguishes between buying credits to offset risk versus claiming net-negative emissions. ➡️ The study paves the way for nature-based carbon removal projects – such as planting new forests or restoring existing ones – to become effective climate change solutions when balanced with a portfolio of other removal techniques, according to researchers. ➡️ They say the findings, published in the journal Joule by Cell Press, show how nature-based and technology-based carbon storage solutions can work together through the transition to net zero, challenging the notion that only permanent tech-based “geological storage” can effectively tackle climate change. ✒️ "Tech giants like Microsoft and Meta are collectively spending billions on carbon removal portfolios to offset their growing carbon footprints,” said lead author Dr Conor Hickey, Assistant Professor in Energy and Climate at Cambridge University’s Department of Land Economy. “While companies and countries agree that increased investment in carbon removal is essential to reach net zero targets, they also want to understand whether carbon removal schemes can help stabilise global temperatures over the long term.” “Our risk management approach offers one of the first reliable measures for portfolio managers targeting long-term temperature stabilisation,” said Hickey. “It shows that nature-based carbon storage such as tree planting has a bigger role to play than critics assume when used as part of a diversified carbon removal portfolio.” Myles Allen, Stuart Jenkins, Oxford Net Zero, HBS Institute for Business in Global Society, HBS Business and Environment Initiative #ClimateScience #CarbonRemoval #NetZero #Sustainability #ClimatePolicy #CarbonOffsets 🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/ervi6NYM

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 $𝟲𝘁𝗿𝗻 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘁-𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼, 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 by ESG Post Scaling man-made #carbonremoval #technologies to the levels required for global #netzero by 2050 will #demand annual #investment of between $1.3 trillion and $6 trillion, according to new #research by AlliedOffsets. The #report, drawing on more than 60 #studies and #modelling from its Carbon Removal Module, concludes that removing gigatonnes of #carbondioxide will be unavoidable alongside steep #emissions cuts. By mid-century, global #removals will need to reach between five and 22 gigatonnes of CO₂ per year, depending on the #pathway. For comparison, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates up to 10 billion tonnes of CO₂ will need to be removed annually by 2050. Current #emissions stand at around 40 gigatonnes a year, while existing removals deliver about two gigatonnes, largely from #naturebased #solutions such as afforestation, reforestation and soil carbon sequestration. The details are at the below link: https://lnkd.in/dQX73jFj

Source: (Environmental science & technology) LCA of urine recycling at three decentralization levels: toilet, basement, and centralized. Basement system has lowest environmental impacts (50% lower global warming potential). Centralized is most energy-efficient but infrastructure burdens offset benefits. Sensitivity analysis shows potential for net-negative emissions with sulfuric acid and heat recovery. LCA model choice affects results; attributional model shows net-negative impacts, while consequential model is conservative. Findings highlight need for LCA transparency and guide sustainable decentralized urine recycling.

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀: 𝟮𝟱 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 – 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 A recent Guardian analysis reviewed 25 years of evidence and found that most carbon offset schemes have failed to deliver real climate benefits. The problem isn’t a few bad actors—it’s systemic:  • Non-additionality (credits issued without real reductions)  • Impermanence (carbon re-released through fires, droughts)  • Leakage & double counting  • Weak accountability Even after decades of effort, the study concludes: “𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱.” 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲: Global carbon offset market exceeded $595 billion in 2024, projected to hit $6.3 trillion by 2034. Yet, research shows up to 90% of rainforest offsets are “likely junk”, and many projects overstate impact by a factor of 10. ✅ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 While many offsets underperform, some project types deliver measurable impact and co-benefits:  • Biochar projects – lock carbon in soil for centuries, improve soil health, and boost crop yields.  • Mangrove restoration – sequesters carbon above and below water, protects coastlines, and supports biodiversity.  • Blue carbon projects – wetlands and peatlands restoration for long-term carbon storage.  • Reforestation with permanence guarantees – combined with community engagement. These solutions go beyond carbon—they build resilience, restore ecosystems, and empower communities. 🔍 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 Unlike traditional offsets, insetting focuses on reducing emissions within a company’s own value chain—for example, regenerative agriculture or low-carbon logistics. While these actions often don’t show up in formal carbon inventories, they strengthen supply chain resilience, reduce long-term risk, and create shared value. Insetting is about embedding climate action into core business strategy, not outsourcing responsibility. 𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 “𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚” 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙇𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙮. #ClimateAction #CarbonOffsets #NetZero #Decarbonization #ClimateResilience #RegenerativeSolutions #Biochar #NatureBasedSolutions #GreenTransition 

Turning Climate Action Into Real Impact Credit to Net Zero Frontiers. Follow them for more valuable insights. Original Post _________ Every action that reduces carbon matters — forming one of humanity’s most powerful tools against climate change: carbon credits. From forests that breathe life back into the Earth to clean cookstoves that protect both people and the planet, the world of carbon credits spans 170 diverse solutions — each capturing, reducing, or avoiding emissions in its own unique way. 🌱 Forestry & Land Use: Reforestation, soil carbon, and blue ocean initiatives restore balance to nature. ⚡ Renewable Energy: Wind, solar, biogas, and geothermal replace fossil fuels with clean power. 🏘️ Household & Community Projects: Biogas, lighting efficiency, and rural solar empower millions. 🏭 Industrial Innovations: Carbon capture, refrigerant recovery, and energy efficiency reimagine industry. 🚜 Agriculture & Waste Management: Sustainable farming and waste recovery cut emissions at the root. 💡 Each credit represents a tangible step toward net zero — proof that solutions already exist. Investing in carbon credits accelerates the green transition, turning commitments into measurable impact. From pledges to progress, every credit counts. Carbon credits make climate action real. __________ 📣 Found this post helpful? Feel free to share it with your network! 👉 Follow Net Zero Frontiers on Facebook : https://lnkd.in/d8u2qWfK 👉 Follow Net Zero Frontiers on Instagram : https://lnkd.in/dtVdpRiu 👉Follow Sustainability Infographics 📊 to learn from the industry's best visuals. #CarbonCredits #ClimateAction #Sustainability #NetZero #GreenEconomy #RenewableEnergy #CircularEconomy #ESG Image Credit: Orennia

Negative Emission: Possible? 🌍 What Are Negative Emissions? Negative emissions mean removing more carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere than we put in. It’s like cleaning up the mess we’ve already made in the air. ✅ Is It Possible? Yes! Scientists and companies have developed technologies and natural methods to remove CO₂ from the air. These are called Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) or Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs). 🔧 How Is It Achieved? There are multiple solutions, grouped into two types: 🧪 Technological Solutions Direct Air Capture (DAC) – Machines suck CO₂ from the air and store it underground. BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) – Burn plants for energy, capture the CO₂, and store it. Biochar – Burn organic waste in low oxygen and bury it to trap carbon. Enhanced Weathering – Spread crushed rocks that naturally absorb CO₂. 🌱 Nature-Based Solutions Afforestation/Reforestation – Planting trees to absorb CO₂. Soil Carbon Sequestration – Farming methods that store carbon in soil. Wetland and Peatland Restoration – Protecting ecosystems that naturally store carbon. 🏢 Companies That Have Achieved or Are Working Toward Negative Emissions Microsoft – Aims to be carbon negative by 2030. Climeworks – Uses DAC in Iceland. Drax Group – BECCS project in the UK. Carbon Engineering – DAC technology in Canada. Charm Industrial – Converts biomass into bio-oil and stores it underground. ⚖️ Pros and Cons of Negative Emissions ✅ Pros Helps fight climate change by removing CO₂. Offsets emissions from industries like aviation and cement. Supports biodiversity through nature-based solutions. Creates green jobs and innovation opportunities. ❌ Cons Expensive – Technologies like DAC cost a lot to build and run. Slow impact – Trees take time to grow, and tech needs scaling. Land use conflicts – Large forests may compete with farming. Not a substitute – We still need to reduce emissions first. References [1] Negative-emissions solutions: How they work and what businesses can ... [2] What are negative emissions and what technologies make it possible to ... [3] Forbes 2025 Net Zero Leaders List of Top Eco-Friendly Companies [4] Climate Change | Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments, Global Warming ... [5] Pros and cons of carbon offsetting - The Week

🌍 The Future of Climate Action: Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) As industries grow, so does the responsibility to balance progress with planetary care. That’s where CCUS technology becomes a game changer — capturing CO₂ emissions directly from industrial sources, transporting them safely, and storing them deep underground to prevent release into the atmosphere. 💡 Why CCUS Matters: - Reduces industrial carbon emissions 🌫 - Supports countries in achieving Net Zero goals 🌱 - Enables sustainable growth without compromising innovation ⚙ - Converts captured CO₂ into useful products like fuels and materials ♻ At MBA Solutions Pvt. Ltd., we promote sustainable industrial transformation through environmental compliance, carbon footprint assessments, and ESG-driven strategies that align with global climate goals. Let’s make sustainability not just a goal — but an everyday practice. ♻ Act today. Build a cleaner tomorrow. 📧 atif@mbasolutions.co 🌐 www.mbasolutions.co 📞 +92 301 4900495 #CarbonCapture #CCUS #NetZero #Sustainability #ClimateAction #MBA_Solutions #ESG #CarbonFootprint #CleanEnergy #EnvironmentalManagement #GreenFuture #ClimateTechnology #InnovationForChange

Ocean carbon removal could be the next frontier for climate restoration 🌊 McKinsey & Company ’s "Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal: What’s on the Horizon?"  (September 2025) explores how harnessing ocean chemistry and biology could unlock gigaton‑scale carbon removal- if science, technology, and governance align. Insights : 1️⃣ The ocean is already our largest carbon sink. It absorbs 90% of excess heat and around 30% of global CO₂ emissions - storing more carbon than the atmosphere, soils, and vegetation combined. 2️⃣ Scaling ocean CDR could transform decarbonization. Solutions like ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), direct ocean capture (DOC), algae cultivation, coastal restoration, and microalgae fertilization could jointly remove over ten gigatons of CO₂ per year. 3️⃣ But readiness lags behind potential. Scientific validation, regulatory clarity, and reliable monitoring are missing links. Without them, scaling these approaches could prove risky or ineffective. Key highlights : • 𝐆𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐢𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝. Even modest efficiency gains in the ocean’s carbon absorption could substantially lower atmospheric CO₂. • 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞. Many ocean CDR approaches use existing marine processes — offering resource and cost advantages over land‑based removals. • 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. From seawater electrolysis for carbon capture to mineral weathering and kelp farming, dozens of pilots are proving concepts around the world. • 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬. Open‑ocean methods face the toughest test: proving durability and additionality in vast, dynamic systems. • 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦. Early funding and advanced purchase commitments (e.g., Frontier’s partnerships) signal growing confidence in scalable marine solutions. The next decade is pivotal. Achieving durable, responsible, and measurable ocean carbon removal requires collaboration - between science, policy, and capital. The ocean could hold the key to restoring equilibrium- if humanity learns to work with it...! #ClimateTech #CarbonRemoval #Sustainability #OceanCDR #BlueCarbon #McKinsey #ESG