Welcome
CarbonDew is a Community of Practice with the vision that direct measurements of carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) exchange in and out of the air anchor and enable fair, equitable, and interoperable climate solutions across economic sectors. Our mission is to bring together stakeholders across the entire climate and carbon spectrum to jointly address the negative consequences of climate change by catalyzing cross-disciplinary expertise.
What is a Community of Practice?
A group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. Practitioners advance their understanding and build bridges so that others understand their perspectives, and intentionally learn from and share practices and ideas with each other. Community of Practice (CoP) is well-described in this Harvard Business Review.
What it is Not
It is not an academic study. It is an alpha-stage development and testing of the CarbonDew vision based on the latest, most direct tools currently available to science, and achieved via a technology transfer from academic climate science to practical applications outside academia.
Activities
Initial activities include:
• Contacts and mailing list to connect relevant expertise
• Contributions to workshops and conferences
• Joint funding proposals
• Joint publications
• Protocols
• Pilots
• etc.
Stakeholders
Our vision and mission can only be achieved through the inclusion, participation, and feedback of all interested parties. We rely on diverse, long-term partnerships with key stakeholders to empower all stages of development.
Existing natural and managed ecosystems - provide global-scale ongoing carbon sequestration services and carbon storage services. Such services need to be priced fairly and reliably, so that equitable trade yields effective climate benefits.
Growers - from small micro-farmers in the developing world to large farm corporations, these have very strong potential for carbon emission reduction or even for carbon sequestration.
Industry - from the food industry to the oil and gas industry, these have very strong potential for carbon emission reduction. The Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) industry also has the potential for carbon sequestration, depending on the price of carbon and economy of scale.
Municipalities and local governments - have a strong potential for carbon emission reduction through regulations and incentives that benefit local communities.
For-profit organizations - from financial and carbon consultants to carbon traders and tech innovators, these can drive and incentivize all of the above, while making a profit.
National governments and global non-profits - can regulate, drive and incentivize all of the above while achieving their societal improvement goals.