Enhanced Weathering Policy Primer

The Carbon Business Council published the Enhanced Weathering Policy Primer. This publication was developed by a group of enhanced weathering members and partners convened by the Carbon Business Council. As the Policy Primer details, enhanced weathering (EW) is a promising carbon dioxide removal approach that also offers substantial agronomic and economic co-benefits to farmers. It highlights the EW moment; identifies key challenges; and offers a set of focused recommendations for policymakers, the emerging EW commercial sector, and other CDR ecosystem actors to responsibly accelerate the advancement, deployment, and scaling of EW.

The Policy Primer released is paired with the news that the Enhanced Weathering Alliance has launched, bringing together top-tier companies in the pursuit of advancing enhanced weathering for carbon removal. The EWA advocates for policy that helps intensify and accelerate carbon removal deployment. The Carbon Business Council, a nonprofit trade association of more than 100 carbon management companies, is serving as the Secretariat.

Thank you to our members for their input and time in making this brief happen, along with a variety of stakeholders who provided invaluable feedback. Toby Bryce served as lead author. Ben Rubin and Isabella Corpora of the Carbon Business Council are co-authors. Working group members include: Ashritha Karuturi, Carbon Business Council; Chetan Aggarwal, South Pole; Ella Holme, Isometric; Elliot Chang, Eion; Helen Bray, Puro.earth; Jacob Jordan, Mati; Jonny Lu, Lithos Carbon; Matthias Ginterseder, Everest Carbon; Maurice Bryson, Silicate; Shantanu Agarwal, Mati; Shane Gooding, Lithos Carbon; Simon Manley, UNDO.

Observers include: Chloé Lewis, Anglo American; David J Beerling, University of Sheffield; Dirk Paessler, Carbon Drawdown Initiative; Gretchen Kroh, Carbon180; Michael Leitch, XPRIZE Carbon Removal; Noah Planavsky, Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture; Vilas Rao, Cascade Climate.

External Reviewers include: Caroline Normile, Bipartisan Policy Center; Carson Fong, Pembina Institute; Elizabeth Holloway, Appalachian Voices; Gloria See, RMI; Jasmine Yu, ClearPath; Katie Lebling, World Resources Institute; Sara Nawaz, Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal

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