Pioneering Direct Flux Measurements for Immediate Societal Benefits: Latest Tools, Developments, and Community of Practice

The Carbon Dew Community of Practice is an international non-profit representing carbon and climate experts from over 160 organizations. Our vision is to anchor fair and equitable climate solutions in direct atmospheric measurements of GHG transfers to or from the atmosphere. Our mission is to facilitate technology transfer by providing a medium for public and private entities to work together towards common goals. We strive to translate surface-atmosphere science into real-world impacts and innovate industry practices with the best available science. To achieve this, we support the integration and coordination of existing capabilities and resources for enhancing the measurement and quantification of GHG emissions and removals.

Initial Endeavors:

• Formation of a well-rounded community representing all pertinent stakeholders and experts in climate solutions and GHG emissions trading.
• Launching collective contributions to workshops and conferences aimed at educating on the significance of direct GHG measurements for equitable climate solutions and emissions trading.
• Collaborative creation of responses to government policy and funding proposals, co-authoring publications, and piloting projects to test the efficacy of specific methodologies.
• Future phases will involve efforts towards comprehensive recommendations or protocols, ensuring a balance across environmental, economic, financial, and regulatory aspects to achieve practical and fair climate solutions globally.

Key Stakeholders:

• Natural and managed ecosystems contributing to global-scale carbon sequestration and storage services.
• Growers, ranging from small-scale farmers to large farm corporations, with substantial potential for reducing carbon emissions.
• Industries across food, oil, and gas sectors, holding significant potential for carbon emission reduction.
• Municipalities and local governments empowered to curtail carbon emissions through regulations and community-focused incentives.
• For-profit entities like financial consultants, carbon traders, and tech innovators capable of incentivizing emission reduction while generating profits.
• National governments and global non-profits serving as regulators and facilitators to drive societal improvements and incentivize emission reduction.

This presentation offers a progress report on the latest available tools and other developments in practical technology transfer of flux tools from academia to wider society, the latest adoption examples from FAO to the oil and gas sector, and a progress report on the latest activities by the CarbonDew Community.