Insights

Ryan Waddington reflects on scaling carbon removal alongside energy production, and why credibility starts with rigorous measurement and transparency.

This overview of the Absolute Carbon Standard breaks down how the framework quantifies carbon, supports certification, and creates consistency across carbon removal and low-carbon projects, enabling more credible and comparable climate outcomes.

Noah McQueen shares their perspective on carbon removal, offering insights on how accountability, standards, and scaling from pilot projects to real infrastructure are shaping a credible and trusted market.

Absolute Climate launches a certification pathway that allows low-carbon products to participate in carbon markets, enabling companies to access verified, product-level climate benefits while maintaining rigorous accounting standards.

Mike Brune reflects on lessons from decades of climate activism, and why he believes the world is still dramatically underinvesting in carbon removal despite its essential role in a climate-safe future.

As carbon markets mature, clear and science-aligned rules are becoming essential. We are inviting public feedback on ACS v2.0, our updated framework for ensuring climate claims match real atmospheric impact.

Giana Amador shares her perspective on carbon removal, offering insights on how policy, market demand, and trust-building are shaping the future of the field.

What can carbon removal learn from the playbook that made green building go mainstream? At Climate Week NYC, Rob Watson, the creator of LEED, joined us to unpack the secrets of building standards that stick.

Jack Andreasen shares his climate journey, offering a pragmatic view on how policy, markets, and global collaboration shape carbon removal.

Erin Burns shares her views on balancing markets, policy, and transparency to ensure accountability and effective standards in carbon removal.

Our first DAC + Storage methodology, aligned with the Absolute Carbon Standard (ACS), is now available for public comment. The commenting period is open until June 12, 2025

ACS is open for public comment until January 24th, 2025. We’d value all feedback to ensure ACS meets the needs of the entire carbon removal ecosystem.

The Absolute Carbon Standard is a new approach to climate mitigation assessments, designed to ensure that credit claims match climate impacts.

The Anthropogenic Emissions Model (AEM) is a universal tool that evaluates any project’s impact on global emissions by modeling emissions within the carbon cycle.

The Absolute Carbon Standard (ACS) provides a comprehensive framework for evaluating the impact of any project on global emissions using science-based assessments.

Mitigation Classes create separate credit labels for mature projects and innovations, ensuring that credit claims always match climate impacts.

Mitigation Types create clear distinctions between emissions reductions and negative emissions, providing a clear assessment of project impacts and aligning market mechanisms with tangible climate outcomes.