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CLIMATE ONE: Peat, Kelp and Trees: Nature-Based Carbon Capture

CLIMATE ONE: Peat, Kelp and Trees: Nature-Based Carbon Capture

FromCommonwealth Club of California Podcast


CLIMATE ONE: Peat, Kelp and Trees: Nature-Based Carbon Capture

FromCommonwealth Club of California Podcast

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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Mar 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Humans must dramatically rein in greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow the planetary warming caused by centuries of fossil fuel combustion. But even if we accomplish that through major reforms to our power supply, food systems, industrial industries and more, we still need to remove huge amounts of carbon already in the atmosphere to stave off the worst impacts of climate disruption. This is no easy task. We need to explore every option – both nature-based solutions and tech solutions. In a two-part series, we look at both categories. First up, the natural mechanisms for carbon capture and storage, from forests to peat bogs to kelp beds. 
Guests:
Ugbaad Kosar, Deputy Director of Policy, Carbon180
Edward Struzik, author, Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs and the Improbable World of Peat
Bren Smith, Co-Executive Director and Owner, Thimble Island Ocean Farm
Benjamin Preston, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
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Released:
Mar 4, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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