REGIONAL CLIMATE COLLABORATIVES TO KICK OFF 5-WEEK CARBON SEQUESTRATION WEBINAR SERIES DURING EARTH WEEK
Source: County of Santa Barbara
The Central Coast Climate Collaborative (4C) and the Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative are co-hosting a five-part webinar series to educate participants about carbon sequestration and carbon offsets. The series kicks off April 19, and will conclude on May 18.
In order to achieve carbon neutrality, governments, businesses, and communities will need to consider their carbon sequestration and offsets. Due to the complex and developing nature of the carbon industry, there are many unknown factors and misunderstandings surrounding carbon removal. This series aims to introduce potential stakeholders to carbon sequestration and offset markets and to facilitate dialogue, foster connections and projects, and address barriers.
“In California and the world, there is a growing appetite for carbon sequestration projects,” says Heather Allen, Steering Committee Chair of the Central Coast Climate Collaborative and Sustainability Program Administrator for the County of Ventura, “We have opportunities here in the Central Coast to facilitate investments in our natural and working lands. We hope this series is the beginning of a conversation and the birth of a growing community of practice.”
The webinar series seeks to appeal to a wide array of participants including local agencies, landowners, growers, project developers, consultants, non-profits, and financial institutions.
“We recognize that we cannot achieve our carbon goals solely within our boundaries,” says Alelia Parenteau, Steering Committee Chair of the Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative and the Interim Sustainability and Resilience Department Director for the City of Santa Barbara. “Collaborating across our region will help us meet our climate goals and bring rural and urban communities closer together.”
The event series details are below:
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022 “Carbon Markets: The Basics” This webinar will explore the basics and advanced inner workings of carbon offset markets.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022 “Carbon Markets: Supply-Side Considerations” This webinar will explore the world of carbon markets, protocols, and market actors that facilitate the supply side of market transactions.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022, “Carbon Markets: Demand-Side Considerations” This webinar will explore the demand side considerations of the carbon offset market through the perspectives of a local government, a university and a project developer.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022, “Beyond Carbon Markets: Holistic and Integrated Projects and Stewardship” This webinar will explore possible sequestering project opportunities and challenges. These projects can have multiple system benefits and they may or may not be completed as part of a carbon market system.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022, “Bringing it Together” This session is designed as an interactive discussion offering an opportunity for series participants to engage in an open discussion, debrief their key takeaways, and consider existing and future needs and resources to facilitate local carbon sequestration projects and offsets.
The webinar series is free to attend. To learn more about the program, registration, and sponsorships, please visit www.centralcoastclimate.org/sequestration.
The webinar series was organized by Collaborative members which include the County of Santa Barbara, City of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Air District, City of San Luis Obispo, County of Ventura, and Community Environmental Council.
About the Central Coast Climate Collaborative (4C)
4C is an organizing platform that bridges across sectors and scales to catalyze and advance equitable climate solutions throughout the Central Coast. To learn more visit www.centralcoastclimate.org
About the Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative
The Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative is a growing multi-sector network of organizations working together to advance climate mitigation and resiliency efforts in Santa Barbara County. The Collaborative advances regional scale climate solutions through coordination and partnership. To learn more visit www.countyofsb.org/collaborative
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Apr 17, 2022 08:41 AMAll these activists that continually talk of "carbon sequestration," "carbon offsets," "carbon" this and "carbon" that seem to be clueless that they don't know what they are talking about. "Carbon" is a solid; "Carbon Dioxide" is a gas and is the less than 1/2 % of the atmosphere that is the subject of climate-warming theories. If the alarmists want to be taken seriously they should at least learn what they are talking about.
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Apr 17, 2022 01:40 PMThese guys claim they're "Carbon Negative ans Waste-Free" right there on the home page: https://pingreedetroit.com/
Talk about recycling this is it...
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Apr 17, 2022 12:23 PMYou're clearly not a scientist in this domain because carbon sequestration, carbon market, etc are standard nomenclature and have been for decades. Not only here in the US but also in Europe where carbon markets were pioneered.
> I don't use inaccurate names to describe scientific materials and fail to see why the media and politicians do.
.... But this isn't an inaccurate name. You do understand that carbon is an *atom* that's present in *many* different compounds right? Therefore the term given to this area of technology and research is fairly broad. Again, for anyone in this field-this is the standard and well understood nomenclature and you'll find everything from textbooks to research papers using it. I suggest you try google to become more acquainted with the field before pretending to be an expert jumping in.
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Apr 17, 2022 12:01 PM11:49 - Nice try at climate science denial FUD, but just what do you think the C in CO2 is? And the C in methane?
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Apr 17, 2022 11:49 AMI guess that being a scientist I am interested in accuracy. I don't use inaccurate names to describe scientific materials and fail to see why the media and politicians do.
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Apr 17, 2022 09:38 AM068, it's short-hand. I'm pretty sure that 99% of people talking about carbon sequestration projects know that there aren't blocks of carbon floating around in the sky. I'm pretty sure you also know that they are talking about pulling CO2 from the atmosphere and converting it in to a stable solid. If you don't know those things then you should at least learn what you are talking about.
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Apr 16, 2022 06:46 PMOne million people in this country died from Covid and were presumably buried.
Does this count as "Carbon Sequestration"?
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Apr 17, 2022 07:38 AMSeems like your assumption was a little off.... seems like cremation is as or more popular than burial. Estimates are that one cremation releases over 500 pounds of CO2 into the environment. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/21/more-americans-choose-cremation-over-traditional-burials-survey-finds/4530268002/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/is-cremation-environmentally-friendly-heres-the-science#:~:text=Matthews%20estimates%20that%20one%20cremation,of%20CO2%20emissions%20each%20year.