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IPCC’s climate change report is ‘code red for humanity,’ says UN secretary-general

“We need to pull out all stops to accelerate CO2 capture and utilization to reduce atmospheric CO2 and to ensure availability of key products that are free from fossil carbon. Traditional technology deployment is too slow; it is urgent that we take action to avert the grim scenarios described in this latest IPCC report,” say Bernard David and Volker Sick, of the Global CO2 Initiative

GCI article named one of “3 Essential Reads”

As the US congress considers a trillion-dollar infrastructure deal that addresses the continuing impacts of climate change on American cities and towns, the Conversation named a recent GCI article on climate-friendly concrete as one of “3 essential reads” to better understand innovations in resilient infrastructure. To read the whole story, click here.

Fred Mason Featured in latest GCI newsletter

“Although I lobbied the C-suite and others on sustainability as a source of enterprise value, it was never my day job. I was simply the corporate curmudgeon who was incautiously relentless in advocating for sustainability.” This issue of the GCI newsletter features Fred Mason, GCI Board Member and experienced international executive supporting sustainability with expertise, insight…

Latest issue of GCI Newsletter features Moti Herskowitz

“The extraordinary challenge in this field is to cross the Valley of Death… necessary for commercial implementation.” This issue of the GCI newsletter features Moti Herskowitz, Director of the Blechner Center for industrial Catalysis and Process Development at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Over the years your career focus has changed. What drove the change in focus?  Catalysis…

Student team determines use for 1 million tons of carbon dioxide per year!

GCI is excited to announce the launch of our Student Team CCU Products Summer Internship Project! Students from several schools are working with GCI this summer to investigate what could be done with a million tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions from the  St Mary’s cement kiln in Charlevoix, Michigan. Students will have the benefit…

Has the Carbontech Revolution Begun?

Science can now pull carbon out of the air. For that to make a difference, though, businesses need to find profitable places to put it. Global CO2 Initiative Director, Volker Sick, quoted in the New York Times.