2022 NEW TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE: CARBON COUNTERMEASURES
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a heat-trapping greenhouse gas that contributes to dangerous rising surface temperatures on Earth. By capturing and storing the CO₂, we can reduce and prevent it from accumulating in our atmosphere, thus slowing global warming.
The 2022 FIRST Global Challenge New Technology Experience: Carbon Countermeasures guides FIRST Global teams in learning about climate change, the impact of carbon on our environment, and the technologies being developed and already in place to ensure the safety of our planet through the future.
FIRST Global’s 2022 New Technology Experience is presented in partnership with XPRIZE, a trusted, proven platform for impact that leverages the power of competition to catalyze innovation and accelerate a more hopeful future. In 2021, XPRIZE announced the winners of its NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, to develop breakthrough technologies to convert CO₂ emissions into usable products. XPRIZE’s current competition, XPRIZE Carbon Removal, is aimed at fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. In Carbon Countermeasures—an XPRIZE-inspired challenge—FIRST Global teams will research and develop their own solutions to combat climate change.
Learn more in the New Technology Experience: Carbon Countermeasures Guide.
CARBON COUNTERMEASURES WINNERS
GOLD – Team Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
Team Zimbabwe's project focused on creating bioplastic from cassava starch.
SILVER – Team Indonesia 🇮🇩
Team Indonesia's project focused on propagating a carbon-consuming endangered native tree.
LEARN MORE →BRONZE – Team Greece 🇬🇷
Team Greece's project focused on a more efficient way to heat and cool resort hotels.
LEARN MORE →ONLINE RESOURCES
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CLIMATE CHANGE BACKGROUND
CarbonBrief
Website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy
Our World in Data
CO₂ emissions data from organization that publishes research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Global greenhouse gas emissions data by economic sector
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Reports about climate change, its causes, potential impacts, and response options
Climate Change Interactive Atlas
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tool for analyzing climate change information
Climate Action Tracker
Tracks government climate action and measures it against the Paris Agreement goals
Carbon Dioxide Removal Primer
A resource on the fundamentals of carbon dioxide removal and its role in addressing the climate crisis
Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Mission to provide the public with accurate and timely information about Earth’s changing climate, along with current data and visualizations
National Geographic
Uses the power of science, exploration, education, and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of the world
Countdown
A global initiative, powered by TED and Future Stewards, to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis
Project Drawdown – Climate Solutions 101
Video series filled with the latest science and insights from global leaders in climate policy, research, investment, and beyond
cdr.fyi
Global database of carbon removal purchases and deliveries to bring transparency and accountability to the carbon removal market
Climate Now
Multimedia resource explaining the key scientific ideas, technologies, and policies relevant to the global climate crisis
ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
United Nations Environment Programme
Advocates caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change
One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership
Helping countries to achieve climate change action both through general climate literacy and applied skills development
The World Bank – Climate Change
Helping countries reduce poverty and rise to the challenges of climate change
XPRIZE
Platform for impact that leverages the power of competition to catalyze innovation and accelerate a more hopeful future
Breakthrough Energy
Supports the innovations that will lead the world to net-zero emissions, including encouraging environmentally-friendly choices across Five Grand Challenges
Bezos Earth Fund
Created by a commitment of $10 billion from Jeff Bezos to be disbursed as grants to fight climate change and protect nature
The National Academies
Provide objective advice from top experts to help the nation better understand, prepare for, and limit future climate change
International Energy Agency
Committed to shaping a secure and sustainable energy future for all
World Resources Institute
Moving human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Advances action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate the clean energy transition, and strengthen resilience to climate impacts
CarbonPlan
A non-profit that analyzes climate solutions based on the best available science and data
Climatelinks
A global knowledge portal those working at the intersection of climate change and international development
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Provides standards, guidance, tools, and training to measure and manage climate-warming emissions
Global CCS Institute
International think tank whose mission is to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture and storage
Climate Champions
Global campaign to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions, investors for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery (see Themes in page menu)
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Collects, analyzes, and disseminates international energy information to promote public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger, including mitigation of the effects of climate change
University of Michigan
The Global CO₂ Initiative aims to get carbon capture and utilization recognized and implemented as a mainstream climate solution
Frontier
Advance market commitment that aims to accelerate the development of carbon removal technologies by guaranteeing future demand for them
Frontier GitHub
Transparent repository of all carbon removal proposals submitted to Frontier’s purchasing program
Stripe Climate
Platform for businesses to direct a fraction of their revenue to help scale emerging carbon removal technologies
Stripe Climate GitHub
Transparent repository of all carbon removal proposals submitted to Stripe Climate’s 2020 and 2021 purchase cycle
TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WITH CARBON SOLUTIONS
Carbon Engineering
A leading provider of direct air capture technology that captures CO₂ directly from the atmosphere
Global Thermostat
Developing the least resource intensive, lowest cost solution to resolve the climate threat through direct air capture
Running Tide
Rebalancing the carbon cycle by deploying carbon buoys seeded with kelp
Carbfix
Provides a natural and permanent storage solution by turning CO₂ into stone underground in less than two years
Storegga
Developing infrastructure for carbon capture, transport and permanent deep geological storage
Carbon Direct
A purpose-driven carbon management firm dedicated to making carbon science actionable with an end-to-end platform
Charm Industrial
Uses plants to capture CO₂ from the atmosphere, converts biomass into a stable, carbon-rich liquid, and then pumps it deep underground
Ebb Carbon
Enhances the ocean’s ability to capture carbon dioxide from the air while reducing ocean acidity through electrochemistry
44.01
Accelerates natural mineralization process by reacting captured CO₂ with peridotite rock underground
AspiraDAC
Pioneering a global first-of-its-kind direct air capture project using modular and scalable solar-powered units
Mission Zero Technologies
Developing direct air capture technology that will recover high-purity CO₂ from the air while incurring only a fraction of the costs and energy
CarbonBuilt
Uses CO₂ emissions from industrial sources and emerging direct air capture solutions to produce concrete
RepAir
Streams atmospheric air into an electrochemical device, then applies electricity to separate CO₂ from the air
Living Carbon
Applies synthetic biology tools to engineer natural systems for improved and durable carbon capture
Travertine
Uses electrochemistry to convert CO₂ into a mineral while producing raw materials for other clean transition technologies
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