Carbon Removal Technologies and Risks
A four-week online deep-dive into the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) portfolio, covering advantages, challenges, and risks of currently pursued approaches to ensure CDR investments align with emissions reduction efforts.
The course starts May 30, 2024. Enrollments close May 29.
Live sessions: Thursdays from 8:00-9:30am PT
Course level: Introductory
Taught by
Silvan Aeschlimann
Former Direct Air Capture and Storage lead at RMI
- 4 weeks / 4 hours per week
- Create a balanced, de-risked CDR solution portfolio
- Class recording available
- Completion certificate
- 100% online
About this course
This course delves into the essentials of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), closely examining the portfolio of CDR solutions and dissecting the advantages, challenges, and risks associated with each approach. You’ll learn how to evaluate the potential of more than 20 CDR pathways, including biogenic solutions like afforestation, geochemical techniques such as enhanced rock weathering, and synthetic approaches like direct air capture and strategies for indirect ocean capture in different geographical contexts.
By the end of this course, you will understand the trade-offs between different CDR strategies and the most important principles to ensure that investment into CDR complements, rather than jeopardizes, emission reduction efforts.
Who is this program for?
Investors, founders, management consultants, sustainability managers, business analysts, engineers, marketing professionals, research scientists, policymakers, and more, who want to:
- Understand the investment landscape and risks associated with CDR technologies
- Develop expertise on CDR options to achieve corporate net-zero targets
- Gain insight into CDR strategies that complement emission reductions
- Learn about which CDR solutions require the most research and development funding
What climate skills you'll learn
The role of CDR in climate action
What CDR can and cannot do
Effective use of CDR
How to use CDR without jeopardizing emission reduction efforts
Assess credibility
Differentiate CDR claims that are bold but achievable from those that are likely impossible to achieve
De-risk CDR portfolio
Balance technologies at different readiness stages, with different resource requirements, and offering different levels of permanence
free event
Direct Air Capture: Climate Solution or Cover for Big Emitters?
- May 16 2024
- 8:00-9:00am PT
The Terra.do difference
Live lab groups
You will meet weekly with the instructor and fellow learners to share perspectives
Skills-based learning
You will engage in individual real-world assignments to immediately apply the skills you’ve learned
Personalized attention
Meet with the instructor 1-on-1 and get individualized feedback on your assignments
Asynchronous and synchronous learning
Flexible learning options to fit your learning style
Meet the course creator
Silvan Aeschlimann
Former Direct Air Capture and Storage lead at RMI
Course schedule
Pricing and expected commitment
Our fellows say it best
Sagal Abshir
"The Terra.do course and community are doing the essential work of educating us for the world to come, and coaching and inspiring us to prepare for the critical role each of us needs to play."
Shay Hader
“I came into this course not really sure I could work in the climate sector with the skills I already had, but through it, I found there's a whole realm of avenues and paths to pursue that actually need the skills I have to make a difference.”
