The Carbon Curve
Episodes
Why carbon removal needs a new story
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 62 is with Robert Höglund (Head of Climate Strategy and CDR, Milky Wire; Co-Founder, CDR FYI; CEO, Marginal Carbon).In this episode, host Na’...
Policy wins and hard lessons as carbon removal finds its footing
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 61 is with Giana Amador (Executive Director, Carbon Removal Alliance), Erin Burns (Executive Director, Carbon180), and Peter Minor (CEO, Absol...
A year of renewal: carbon removal in the climate pullback era
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 60 is a special ask me anything style episode with Na’im Merchant and Rahima DosaniIn this annual “flip the script” episode of The Carbo...
How will this newly launched DAC facility hold up to a Canadian winter?
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 59 is with Rory Brown, Co-Founder & CEO at AirhiveIn this episode, Na’im speaks with Rory about his journey into carbon removal technology w...
The carbon market's original sin
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 58 is with Marc Roston (Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy) and Peter Minor (Absolute Climate)This episode features Marc Roston, senio...
Philanthropy's role in shaping climate finance
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 57 is with Adam Fraser, CEO of Terraset.In this episode, Na’im speaks with Adam Fraser about Terraset, an innovative nonprofit dedicated to ...
CO280 is turning pulp and paper mills into carbon removal factories
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 56 is with Jonathan Rhone and Natalie Khtikian, co-founders of CO280.In this episode, Na’im speaks with Jonathan and Natalie about their gro...
Has Avnos flipped the script on DAC?
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 55 is with Will Kain, Founder & CEO of AvnosIn this episode, Na’im speaks with Will Kain about the advancement and commercialization of hybr...
Mati Carbon's $50M leap forward
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 54 is with Shantanu Agrawal, Founder and CEO of Mati Carbon and Nikki Batchelor, Executive Director for the $100M Carbon Removal XPRIZE.In thi...
Special Episode: Canada's Carbon Edge
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 53 is a Special Episode with Ed Whittingham of Advance Climate Solutions and Grégoire Baillargeon, President of BMO Québec and Vice Chair of...
Special Episode by Plan Sea and The Carbon Curve: Insights from the Carbon to Sea 2025 Annual Convening
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 52 is a special joint episode with Plan Sea host Anna Madlener and Lennart Bach, Associate Professor and ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) sc...
What's in store for carbon removal under America's policy pivot?
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 51 is with Erin Burns, Executive Director of Carbon180.This episode highlights the critical need for long-term strategies and adaptability in ...
We need to stand up for carbon removal in a turbulent 2025 to build on the gains of the past few years
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 50 is a special AMA style episode with Na’im Merchant and Rahima DosaniIn this special “ask me anything” episode of the Carbon Curve pod...
A new standard could help restore trust in carbon markets
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 49 is with Peter Minor (Absolute Climate) and Travis Caddy (Evident)Despite all of the recent progress to integrate carbon removal in carbon m...
Senator Colin Deacon thinks Canada should put forward a bold vision on carbon removal
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 48 is with Senator Colin Deacon, Senate of CanadaIndependent Senator Colin Deacon was appointed to represent Nova Scotia in the Senate of Cana...
Can policy play a catalytic role in advancing MRV?
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 47 is with Giana Amador, Executive Director at Carbon Removal AllianceMonitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) is critical to ensuring ca...
What does leading systems change in carbon removal look like?
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 46 is with Josh Albert, Associate Partner with KONUYou’ll often hear people say climate is a systems problem, but we in the carbon removal f...
Changing the conversation on carbon removal
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 45 is with Eli Mitchell-Larson, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Carbon Gap, and Robert Höglund, Co-founder of CDR.fyi and Fund Manager at M...
Jim Mann, CEO of UNDO, on scaling enhanced rock weathering
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 44 is with Jim Mann, Founder and CEO of UNDOA few weeks ago, Microsoft inked a new 15,000 ton carbon removal deal with UNDO and similar deals ...
Special Episode: What does the $25M Frontier offtake agreement mean for CarbonRun?
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 43 is with Luke Connell and Shannon SterlingAs we wrap up Climate Week NYC today, I wanted to share a special episode with the CarbonRun lead...
Major carbon removal policy developments in Europe
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 42 is with Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at CarbonfutureSebastian Manhart discusses recent carbon dioxide removal (CDR) policies in...
Noah Deich on the US policies driving carbon removal innovation
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 41 is with Noah Deich, Senior Advisor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon ManagementToday Na’im speaks ...
A new initiative just launched that could upend the approach to carbon removal standards.
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 40 is with Anu Khan, Founder and Executive Director at Carbon Removal Standards InitiativeAnu founded the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative ...
What does it take to succeed as a DAC company in 2024?
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 39 is with Mark Cyffka, Co-Founder and COO of AirMyne. Today Na’im speaks with Mark Cyffka about common barriers to scaling the different a...
Cascade Climate is working to realize the "good movie version" of enhanced rock weathering
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 38 is with Dai Ellis (Co-founder and CEO) and Vilas Rao (Co-founder) of Cascade Climate.Today Na’im speaks with Dai Ellis and Vilas Rao abou...
Can Isometric turn the carbon market on its head?
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 37 is with Lukas May, Head of Policy and Expansion at IsometricThe traditional carbon offset market is riddled with problems. We've seen repo...
Why focus on responsible carbon removal deployment?
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 36 is with Nikki Batchelor of XPRIZE and Ben Rubin of Carbon Business Council.Carbon removal can be a force for good - not just in creating la...
What's on the horizon for Eion and enhanced rock weathering
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 35 is with Anastasia Pavlovic, CEO of Eion and Elliot Chang, Co-founder and CSO of Eion.Today Na’im speaks with Anastasia Pavlovic, CEO of E...
Here’s how Deep Sky thinks about scaling carbon removal
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 34 is with Phil De Luna, Chief Carbon Scientist and Head of Engineering at Deep Sky. In this episode, Na’im speaks to Phil De Luna, Deep Sk...
Julio Friedmann and Tim Bushman take stock of carbon removal leading into 2024 and Canada's potential as a global CDR leader
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 33 is with Dr. Julio Friedmann, Chief Scientist at Carbon Direct, and with Tim Bushman, Director of Policy and Research at Carbon Removal Cana...
A carbon removal New Year's special
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 32 is with Na’im Merchant and Rahima Dosani.Building off of the special episode they did a year ago, Na’im and Rahima are back to reflect ...
The future of mining needs to be carbon negative
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 31 is with Paul Needham, CEO of Arca.Today Na’im speaks with Paul Needham about the potential for accelerated carbon mineralization using mi...
Is Kenya the next carbon removal powerhouse?
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 30 is with Bilha Ndirangu, CEO of Great Carbon Valley.Today Na’im speaks with Bilha Ndirangu. Bilha is the CEO of Great Carbon Valley. She i...
How direct air capture can help decarbonize aviation
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 29 is with Anna Stukas, Vice President of Business Development at Carbon Engineering Ltd.Today Na’im speaks with Anna Stukas about how Carbo...
Carbon removal's victory condition
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 28 is with Marty Odlin, Founder and CEO of Running Tide.Today Na’im speaks with Marty Odlin about how Running Tide is navigating the waters ...
How the EU is shaping policies to pursue global leadership in carbon removal
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 27 is with Sebastian Manhart, Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture and Board Chair of DVNE, a new German carbon removal association.In the la...
How carbon removal is helping make ultra-low carbon concrete a reality
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 26 is with Rahul Shendure, CEO of CarbonBuilt.There are many different storage pathways for carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere.One sto...
Digging deep on carbon storage
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 25 is with Jack Andreasen (Breakthrough Energy) and Dr. Claire Nelson (Cella).Today Na’im digs deep into the safe and secure storage of CO2 ...
Greg Nemet on the State of Carbon Dioxide Removal
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 24 is with Professor Gregory Nemet, a Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the La Follette School of Public Affairs and Conve...
Julio Friedmann, James Mwangi, Ugbaad Kosar, and Marcius Extavour on meeting this critical moment in carbon removal's evolution
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 23 of The Carbon Curve is with Dr. Julio Friedman (Chief Scientist at Carbon Direct), James Mwangi (Co-Founder and CEO of Africa Climate Ventu...
What a responsible future for ocean carbon removal looks like
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 22 is with Dr. Sifang Chen, a Managing Science and Innovation Advisor at Carbon180 and author of the recent white paper, Depending on the Ocea...
Dr. Shuchi Talati on enabling climate policy and governance to keep pace with new technologies and interventions
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 21 of the Carbon Curve is with Dr. Shuchi Talati, founder of the recently launched nonprofit, The Alliance for Just Deliberation for Solar Geo...
A new accelerator helping build the innovation pipeline and ecosystem to scale carbon removal in Europe
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 20 of The Carbon Curve is with Marian Krüger, co-lead of the Remove Accelerator and Decarbonization Lead for Sus.Lab at ETH ZürichLet’s ho...
Ted Christie-Miller from BeZero on assessing the scalability of carbon removal
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 19 of The Carbon Curve is with Ted Christie-Miller, Head of Carbon Removal at BeZero CarbonScalability is essential to the success of long-ter...
Special Episode: My path into the carbon removal field and lessons learned along the way
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode with Rahima Dosani (my amazing wife) who interviews me about my career transition from working in international development ...
Best of 2022: Insights on scaling carbon removal from 7 industry leaders
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features interviews with Rob Niven (CEO and Chair of Carbon Cure), Shashank Samala (Co-Founder and CEO of Heirloom), Natalia Dorfman (Co-...
Mike Kelland, CEO of Planetary, on the vast potential of ocean-based carbon removal
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 16 of The Carbon Curve is with Mike Kelland, CEO and Co-Founder of Planetary.This episode is sponsored by Carbonfuture.Carbonfuture is an end...
Natalia Dorfman, CEO of Kita, on why insurance is key to scaling carbon removal
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 15 of The Carbon Curve is with Natalia Dorfman, CEO and Co-Founder of KitaThis episode is sponsored by Carbonfuture.Carbonfuture is an end-to...
Peter Minor from Carbon180 thinks high accountability measurement, reporting, and verification can be carbon removal’s crucial link between trust and scale
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 14 of The Carbon Curve is with Peter Minor, Director of Science and Innovation at Carbon180This episode is sponsored by Carbonfuture.Carbonfut...
Scaling up geochemical carbon removal? RMI has a map for that. A conversation with Dr. Cara Maesano
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 13 of The Carbon Curve is with Dr. Cara Maesano, Geochemical Lead at RMI’s CDR InitiativeThis episode is sponsored by Carbonfuture.Carbonfut...
Adrian Corless, CEO of CarbonCapture, on what it's going to take to build a 5 million ton per year direct air capture plant
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 12 of The Carbon Curve is with Adrian Corless, CEO and CTO of CarbonCapture Inc.This episode is sponsored by Carbonfuture.Carbonfuture is an ...
Celina Scott-Buechler from Data for Progress shares voter perceptions and community insights on the equitable deployment of carbon removal
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 11 of The Carbon Curve is with Celina Scott-Buechler, Senior Resident Fellow of Climate Innovation at Data for Progress (DFP).This episode is ...
Stacy Kauk, Head of Sustainability at Shopify, on getting in early on carbon removal and the next phase in scaling it up
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 10 of The Carbon Curve is with Stacy Kauk, Head of Sustainability at Shopify. After a few weeks off, I’m excited to bring you a new series o...
A more precise definition of carbon removal and a more catalytic approach to supporting its growth
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9 of The Carbon Curve is with Robert Höglund and Dr. Natalya Jarlebring from Milkywire’s Climate Transformation Fund.Over the last year or ...
Shashank Samala, CEO of Heirloom, on the formidable challenge of driving down the cost of carbon removal and the ecosystem levers that can help
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, the Department of Energy hosted a virtual summit convening innovators, environmental organizations, government leaders, and other stakehol...
Carbon removal policy wins in the Inflation Reduction Act and beyond
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 7 of The Carbon Curve, Na’im speaks to Dr. Meron Tesfaye and Dr. Danny Broberg from the Bipartisan Policy Center.This week, President Bid...
Robert Niven, CEO of CarbonCure, on the potential to turn thousands of concrete plants into carbon removal factories
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 6 of The Carbon Curve is with Robert Niven, Chair and CEO of CarbonCure Technologies.Carbon removal (or CDR) is often represented as a process...
Ben Rubin on launching the Carbon Business Council to help the carbon removal industry reach gigaton scale
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 5 of The Carbon Curve is with Ben Rubin, Executive Director of the Carbon Business Council.Over the past two years, the carbon removal (CDR) s...
Peter Reinhardt, CEO of Charm Industrial, on forging a new path towards building trust in the carbon removal industry
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our 4th episode of The Carbon Curve is with Peter Reinhardt, CEO and co-Founder of Charm Industrial, where they're developing novel carbon removal and...
Dai Ellis on what scaling up HIV medicines can teach us about building a thriving carbon removal market
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The third episode of The Carbon Curve podcast is with Dai Ellis.Today’s discussion is about sketching out a vision for the carbon removal market. Cr...
Chris Neidl on how OpenAir Collective reimagines the model for climate activism
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The second episode of The Carbon Curve Podcast is with Chris Neidl (Twitter, LinkedIn), Co-Founder of the OpenAir Collective. OpenAir is a volunteer-l...
Introducing the Carbon Curve Podcast + Jason Hochman on a New Coalition to Scale Up Direct Air Capture
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing The Carbon Curve Podcast with Na’im MerchantNa’im is an advisor and thought partner to start-ups, policy groups, and research organiza...