This week's essential headlines in geoengineering with reviewer 2 plus bonus entertaining chat

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Here are links for most of the headline items we chat about this week.

International renewable energy agency.

IRENA (2020), A summary of Reaching zero with renewables: Eliminating CO2 emissions from industry and transport in line with the 1.5 oC climate goal, International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi.

https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2020/Sep/IRENA_ReachingZero_Summary_2020.pdf?la=en&hash=7FD100C3C26E161D6C1217B88C1FB7E847D7F08F

The hysteresis of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Nature volume 585, pages538–544(2020)

Pale Blue Dot Energy and Carbon Engineering create partnership to deploy Direct Air Capture in the UK

https://theacornproject.uk/2020/09/04/hydrogen-in-scotland-the-role-of-acorn-hydrogen-in-enabling-net-zero/

BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP -Think small to unlock carbon capture’s big potential

https://www.bcg.com/publications/2020/unlocking-carbon-captures-potential

E-FUELS IN AVIATION

https://climeworkscom.cdn.prismic.io/climeworkscom/2a98e4e8-6d4d-4509-91cb-27c5374813b1_Building+a+Truly+Sustainable+Aviation+Industry+-+Accenture+Point+of+View.pdf. Accenture report

MCKINSEY DOES GEOENGINEERING

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/driving-co2-emissions-to-zero-and-beyond-with-carbon-capture-use-and-storage#

Norway funds world’s first full-scale carbon capture and storage project

Michelle Lewis

- Sep. 21st 2020 6:27 pm ET

https://electrek.co/2020/09/21/norway-world-first-carbon-capture-storage-project/

https://twitter.com/greenSandco2 OLIVINE CARBON CAPTURE 'GREENSAND'

ALSO SEE https://projectvesta.org Capturing a trillion tonnes of excess CO2 in rock using the power of natural wave energy

THE OXFORD PRINCIPLES FOR NET ZERO ALIGNED CARBON OFFSETTING

https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/publications/reports/Oxford-Offsetting-Principles-2020.pdf

FOREST / RESTORATION

LatamList – Pachama, a carbon-offsetting marketplace, secured an additional $5M extension to its Seed round from multiple investors to fight deforestation. The round included investors such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Aglaé Ventures, AirAngels, and, My Climate Journey.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/commission-under-fire-for-including-carbon-sinks-into-eu-climate-goals/

ALCOHOL

https://t.co/HmUp2utZvD?amp=1 world's first carbon negative beer - Brewdog

https://t.co/esUW8omn1c?amp=1 Based out of Brooklyn, Air Co. is making vodka using only air, water and renewable electricity.