How CO2 Removal Works

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How CO₂ Removal Works

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Wind

How CO₂ Removal Works

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How CO₂ Removal Works

Video courtesy of Climeworks. Used with permission.

TLDR;

It Sucks (In the Best Way) — Permanently removes CO₂ already loose in our atmosphere.

Comes in Two Tasty Flavors — high-tech (giant machines) and low-tech (rocks and dirt).

Pairs Well With Reductions — NOT a Free Pass to Keep Polluting

TLDR;

It Sucks (In the Best Way) — Permanently removes CO₂ already loose in our atmosphere.

Comes in Two Tasty Flavors — high-tech (giant machines) and low-tech (rocks and dirt).

Pairs Well With Reductions — NOT a Free Pass to Keep Polluting

Who Removes The CO₂?

Climeworks co-founders walking in front of Mammoth plant

Image courtesy of Climeworks. Used with permission.

Climeworks Co-founders Jan Wurzbacher and Christoph Gebald

Pioneers in CO₂ Removal

Recognized by Time as top 100 innovators and FastCo’s most innovative companies, Climeworks is our biggest partner. Here's why:

Trusted by big names like Microsoft, Lego, H&M, and now us.

Runs on renewables (think geothermal!) to lock CO₂ underground.

Aiming for gigaton-scale by 2050—ambitious and necessary.

Image courtesy of Climeworks. Used with permission.

Climeworks Co-founders Jan Wurzbacher and Christoph Gebald

Who Removes The CO₂?

Recognized by Time as top 100 innovators and FastCo’s most innovative companies, Climeworks is our biggest partner. Here's why:

Trusted by big names like Microsoft, Lego, H&M, and now us.

Runs on renewables (think geothermal!) to lock CO₂ underground.

Aiming for gigaton-scale by 2050—ambitious and necessary.

Why Bother?

Some industries will always cough up CO₂.

(hello Spirit Airlines, worst. airline. ever.)

Just cutting emissions won’t be enough. To dodge climate catastrophe, we need to pull billions of tons of CO₂ from the air each year by 2050. That's a shit-ton.

Carbon removal is crucial—but it’s no magic wand. We still have to aggressively slash emissions. Scaling it takes big money, teamwork, and an 80s-style montage.

Bottom line? We need this like, yesterday.

Why Bother?

Some industries will always cough up CO₂.

(hello Spirit Airlines, worst. airline. ever.)

Just cutting emissions won’t be enough. To dodge climate catastrophe, we need to pull billions of tons of CO₂ from the air each year by 2050. That's a shit-ton.

Carbon removal is crucial—but it’s no magic wand. We still have to aggressively slash emissions. Scaling it takes big money, teamwork, and an 80s-style montage.

Bottom line? We need this like, yesterday.

Two Tasty Flavors of CO₂ Removal

High Tech

Direct Air Capture: Giant Sky Vacuums

Imagine industrial-size fans armed with chemical filters literally vacuuming CO₂ from the sky.

Captured carbon is stored safely underground where it mineralizes and turns into rock.

Works everywhere but it's best in places with renewable energy and good geology.

Visit Climeworks

Low Tech

Taking Mother Earth to the Next Level

Biochar - Charcoal with climate superpowers.

Ocean-based - Removing CO₂ while cleaning up the water? Win-win.

Afforestation - Trees, classic. Still works.

Enhanced Weathering - The lovechild of geology and agriculture.

High Tech

Direct Air Capture: Giant Sky Vacuums

Imagine industrial-size fans armed with chemical filters literally vacuuming CO₂ from the sky.
Captured carbon is stored safely underground where it mineralizes and turns into rock
Works everywhere but it's best in places with renewable energy and good geology.

Visit Climeworks

Low Tech

Taking Mother Earth to the Next Level

Biochar - Charcoal with climate superpowers.
Ocean-based - Removing CO₂ while cleaning up the water? Win-win.
Afforestation - Trees, classic. Still works.
Enhanced Weathering - The lovechild of geology and agriculture.

Low Tech

Taking Mother Earth to the Next Level

Biochar - Charcoal with climate superpowers.
Ocean-based - Removing CO₂ while cleaning up the water? Win-win.
Afforestation - Trees, classic. Still works.
Enhanced Weathering - The lovechild of geology and agriculture.

Two Tasty Flavors

High Tech

Direct Air Capture: Giant Sky Vacuums

Imagine industrial-size fans armed with chemical filters literally vacuuming CO₂ from the sky.
Captured carbon is stored safely underground where it mineralizes and turns into rock
Works everywhere but it's best in places with renewable energy and good geology.

Visit Climeworks

High Tech

Direct Air Capture: Giant Sky Vacuums

Imagine industrial-size fans armed with chemical filters literally vacuuming CO₂ from the sky.

Captured carbon is stored safely underground where it mineralizes and turns into rock

Works everywhere but it's best in places with renewable energy and good geology.

Visit Climeworks

Low Tech

Mother Earth to the Next Level

Biochar - Charcoal with climate superpowers.

Ocean-based - Removing CO₂ while cleaning up the water? Win-win.

Afforestation - Trees, classic. Still works.

Enhanced Weathering - The lovechild of geology and agriculture.

It's Time We Exposed Ourselves

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How We Use YOUR Dollar

80¢ Removes CO₂

Buys permanent CO₂ credits. 100% verifiable.

20¢ Makes a Scene

Helps us yell at bad companies and dumb people.

It's Time We Exposed Ourselves

With Transparency (Thanks, Legal)

How We Use YOUR Dollar

80¢ Removes CO₂

Buys permanent CO₂ credits. 100% verifiable.

20¢ Makes a Scene

Helps us yell at bad companies and dumb people.

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FAQs

Where does my money go?

We take your hard earned money and use it to buy permanent carbon removal credits from trusted climate-tech companies.

These durable (like, really friggin' good) carbon removal credits can cost $500-1,000 per ton... or, as it's known in the biz, a shit-ton.

We buy a mix of these to create a portfolio of DAC, biochar, and Enhaned Weathering removed carbon. We then take this big pie of removed carbon and create little slices for you buy monthly.

We add a small (20%) fee to the cost of the carbon removal credit. This goes to helps us amplify your impact and grow this movement.

Can I cancel my subscription?

Do bears shit in the woods? Just login to your account and make the cancel. Or, email us at info@climatekaren.com and we'll take care of it.

What's with the Karen?

We'll answer your question with another question. What if we all got a little unreasonable when it came to climate change and demanded to speak with the manager about this CO₂?

We are climate-optimists who believe being a little pushy might just save the planet. And maybe you feel the same.

Who removes the carbon dioxide?

You fund it—we handle the rest. We buy permanent carbon credits from carefully vetted suppliers—the same folks trusted by Microsoft, Stripe, BCG, and McKinsey. (Yeah, we're name-dropping.)

Currently, 80% of our carbon removal comes from Climeworks—the biggest, most trusted player in direct air capture (think: giant air purifiers for the planet). The other 20% is from innovators like Octavia, biochar producers, and other cutting-edge projects. Everything is third-party verified, permanent (no sneaky CO₂ comebacks), and helps scale technologies to cut future costs.

In short: Your money → Top-tier carbon removers → Less CO₂ → Happier planet.

Why does CO₂ removal cost money?

Getting that CO₂ up in the atmosphere was fun (remember that one summer when you fast-tracked a coal-fired power plant through congress? Oh wait. that wasn't you?)

Anywho, it was easy to get up there and now it's hard to get back out. That requires some pretty impressive technology to get it out of the atmosphere, all of which is expensive.

That's what your money is doing, removing carbon, and importantly, catalyzing an industry to make the planet less hot.

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