Spring Symposium: ‘Enhanced Rock Weathering’

Location: 
Burke Auditorium, Yale School of Environment See map
195 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT
Event description: 

Panel Discussion Recordings available below!

Intro: https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?tid=9b0b97d9-c578-4b5f-9182-aff8012ae66d

Panel 1: https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?tid=33ec6189-8dac-4c56-92f0-aff8012bc201

Panel 2: https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?tid=59d517fd-6754-40cc-9030-aff8012bf526

Panel 3: https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?tid=b2134dec-2fdf-4de9-a3ef-aff8012c15db

Panel 4: https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?tid=7eb0d2b2-4efc-48db-9b30-aff8012c36df

Symposium overview: 

Carbon dioxide removal from Earth’s atmosphere will be a key component of efforts to keep global temperature increases below those predicted to cause significant degradation of livelihoods, food security, and water supplies in the coming century. Importantly, extensive carbon dioxide removal is projected with high confidence to be required even in scenarios with rapid and deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. This will require the development and scaling of a massive carbon dioxide removal industry. However, multiple barriers are currently projected to leave a significant fraction of anticipated CDR demand on the table and the utility of current carbon marketplaces has been highly debated. In this symposium, we will explore the potential of enhanced weathering to provide at-scale permanent carbon dioxide removal and transform carbon marketplaces. We will explore a wide range of aspects of enhanced weathering—from key scientific unknowns to effects on local communities, to factors controlling the costs of this process that will ultimately dictate its impact and

growth. 

Symposium schedule: 

Monday May 1st

4:00 - 5:30pm       Keynote talks (Holly Jean Buck and David Beerling)

5:30 – 8:00pm      Reception

Tuesday May 2nd

8:30 - 9:15am           Breakfast

9:15am -12:30pm  Symposium welcome, Introductory talk, Panel 1: Scientific Unknowns, Panel 2: Monitoring, Reporting, Verification & Governance

12:30 - 1:30pm:        Lunch

1:30 - 4:30pm:         Panel 3: Co-benefits & Societal Impacts, Panel 4- Commercialization & Marketplaces

Confirmed speakers, panelists, and conveners: 

Holly Jean Buck, Salvatore Calabrese, Rachael James, Anu Khan, Maya Almaraz, Justin Richardson, Stephanie Grand, Grace Andrews, Mary Yap, Adam Wolf, Dimitar Epihov, Freya Chay, Elizabeth Troein, David Beerling, Ben Houlton, Noah Planavsky, Christopher Reinhard, Pete Raymond, Becca Neumann, Jim Saiers, Tom Reershemius