Climate change can be scary, confusing, and overwhelming. Many suggestions on we can address it as individuals seem insufficient and unsatisfying.
But we can make a meaningful impact on our planet's future if we work together and there is hope. To tackle the world’s climate crisis and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, we need a dual strategy: we must significantly reduce the emissions going into the atmosphere and permanently remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a key part of this strategy. In fact, nearly all climate model scenarios that achieve international climate goals indicate the need for a near-term focus on CDR development and deployment.
While CDR does give us a reasons for hope and is currently being used to remove thousands of tons CO2 per year from our atmosphere, it is a long way from where it needs to be. Most estimates say we need move from kilotons to megatons to gigatons of CDR by mid century. The OpenAir Collective is a distributed, entirely volunteer-led network organizes individuals into a collective force to advance, accelerate and co-invent carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in the real world through collaborative advocacy, and research & development missions.
As a volunteer collective, OpenAir has no staff, no rent, and minimal expenses. All of your donations will go directly to our missions to advance CDR (minus fees that go to our processing your transactions from platforms like this one).
