5 results for author: Benjamin ZH Tan

Carbon Business Council’s Roadmap for Enhanced Rock Weathering

As more industry players realize the importance of offsetting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as part of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) goal of achieving carbon net zero emissions by 2050, enhanced rock weathering (ERW) has emerged as a highly promising method of carbon removal. In March 2024, the Carbon Business Council (CO2BC) published a policy primer addressing opportunities, key challenges, and proposed policy recommendations aimed at accelerating advancement, deployment, and scaling of ERW. The primer resulted from the collaboration of thought leaders in the ERW and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry, reflecting the most ...

Mati Carbon Wins $50M Grand Prize at XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition

On Earth Day (April 23, 2025), the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition announced that Mati Carbon took home the $50 million grand prize for its enhanced rock weathering program.

Call for Submissions: Journal Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems requests articles for upcoming special issue

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems has recently announced that it is accepting submissions for an upcoming special issue of the journal dedicated to recent advances on enhanced rock weathering (ERW) as a land-based CO2 removal method in agroecosystems.

Milkywire’s Climate Transformation Fund Goes Above and Beyond for Enhanced Weathering

The perennial question surrounding carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is one of funding. Until recently, this had been especially true of enhanced rock weathering (ERW), where unanswered questions surrounding efficacy and scalability stymied all but the most concerted efforts to fund ERW initiatives. Now, despite the field’s relative immaturity, there has been a windfall in investment opportunities for ERW projects and companies. In May 2024, Milkywire selected 13 projects to support, including Flux and Mati Carbon, through their Climate Transformation Fund. The Climate Transformation Fund is one of five funds in Milkywire’s portfolio. It was ...

$100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal Finalists Include Enhanced Rock Weathering Teams

“The climate math is becoming clear that we will need gigaton-scale carbon removal in the coming decades to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates the need at approximately 10 gigatonnes of net CO2 removal per year by the year 2050 in order to keep global temperature rise under 1.5 or 2C. As governments, companies, investors, and entrepreneurs make plans to meet this challenge, it is clear that we will need a range of carbon removal solutions to be proven through demonstration and deployment to complement work that is already underway.” --XPRIZE Foundation XPRIZE Foundation ...