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Mission Statement
We are a non-profit focused on the data and science of climate solutions. We aim to ensure the quality, scientific integrity, and transparency of climate solutions through open data and tools, and we work across a range of areas — forests, soil, air capture, mineralization, energy, and more.
About This Cause
We work in three main ways. First, we perform deep dive research into different areas of carbon removal and climate solutions to build open source software and datasets. We especially focus on surfacing or translating academic research into formats and venues that are more robust, up to date, reliable, and actionable. Second, we communicate our work broadly, helping explain complex concepts to the public and to decision makers, and we comment on newsworthy events or areas likely to have political impact. Finally, we engage directly with groups in the public and private sector to help guide project evaluation and program design. We launched in March 2020 and have since grown to a team of six, spanning a wide range of expertise in climate science, climate policy, economics, data science, and software engineering. We’ve also developed an extensive network of academic collaborators with expertise in forest ecology, soil science, energy systems, engineering, and more. We are funded through a combination of individual donations, foundation grants, project-specific sponsored research grants, and a small amount of consulting. In 2020, we received eight major grants. In our first year, we produced six articles and two open source interactives, published an article in Science on risks to forest carbon, and produced the first ever Primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal. We analyzed carbon removal projects for Stripe’s first carbon removal purchase, and are working with them again in 2021. We helped reveal flaws in a soil carbon protocol, and documented the potential for fire to undo carbon offsets in California’s cap and trade program. Our work and team were highlighted in MIT Tech Review, The New York Times, Grist, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, Time Magazine’s 100 Best Inventions of 2020, and more.