All they needed was vast, empty land, a hot climate and access to seawater. They found it in Mauritania. Now, they are setting out to transform this arid landscape into a cutting-edge carbon capture site. By the next winter, they plan to launch a full-scale pilot covering 2 hectares, a mere prelude to their ambitious…

No, Sherbrooke University professor Martin Brouillette was not driven by a lifelong passion for environmentalism. As a leading figure in technology development, specializing in aerospace and medical devices, climate change never was an issue.  Brouillette:  At the turn of the century my children Caroline, Louis and Élise started to urge me, “You’re an inventor, do…

From laboratory to removing 5 tons of CO2 yearly She is Dr. Amandine Cadiau, a material chemistry specialist and one of the 40 Femmes Forbes 2024. She traded a successful international research career for entrepreneurship. And while commercial thinking is not actively stimulated in the French academic world, she founded Stathmos - Balance the Climate…

This April, Arctic Reflections will conduct a field test, pumping Arctic sea water over the sea ice near Svalbard (Spitsbergen). The startup aims to prevent further summer ice shrinkage with this seemingly simple technique. Arctic Reflections (AR) is one of the bold protégés of CarbonFix, the Dutch catalyst for significant climate solutions who provides financial support…

AMR, the science-based project backed by CarbonFix, is achieving promising results. The Swiss company develops technology to remove methane from the atmosphere. Methane accounts for 33% of global warming. “It is much easier and cheaper to remove than CO2. Estimated costs are €8 billion a year with 0.5 of the necessary 1.5 degrees’ global cooling…