How do you set a high bar in carbon removal? For Cowboy Clean Fuels, it starts with being your own toughest critic. “We need to convince ourselves before we can convince anyone else.” More in Removed & Proved: www.absoluteclimate.com/blog-posts/a...

San Francisco Climate Week is a good moment to step back from the day-to-day and actually compare notes with others working in this space. Our CEO & Co-Founder, Peter Minor, will be speaking on two panels, one on carbon removal standards and another on powering AI with low-carbon infrastructure.

Today, Absolute Climate, Cowboy Clean Fuels, and Evident announced a partnership to bring a new class of carbon removal credits to market. As projects grow more complex, the industry needs clearer, more consistent ways to measure and verify impact.

Not all reversal risks behave the same way. We shouldn’t treat them like they do. Read how Absolute Climate is approaching it: www.linkedin.com/pulse/implem...

Implementing a fit-for-purpose approach for managing reversal risks

By: Grant Faber Reversals and Reversal Risks Carbon markets depend on a simple promise: when carbon dioxide (CO2) is stored, it stays stored. But storage is never zero-risk.

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We’ve released ACS v2.1, the latest update to the Absolute Carbon Standard. As carbon mitigation markets grow, the rules behind mitigation claims are becoming just as important as the technologies themselves. ACS was designed to help define those rules.

Carbon removal is moving beyond early curiosity and into real investment. That was a clear takeaway from #CarbonRemovalDay in Ottawa last week, where we hosted “Setting the Standard,” a breakfast with leaders from industry and government on building national standards for CDR.

New Removed & Proved: Noah McQueen From scaling DAC to shaping policy, Noah McQueen shares why integrity must come first, how to bridge the pilot-to-infrastructure gap, and why carbon removal should be treated as climate risk management. Check it out here: www.absoluteclimate.com/blog-posts/d...

Emissions are often not reduced because of market structure, not technical limits. Procurement. Geography. Financing. We’re expanding Absolute Climate’s certification framework to include Environmental Attribute Certificates for low-carbon products.

Absolute Climate has joined the Negative Emissions Platform, a network driving policy, markets, and responsible deployment for negative emissions. We’re bringing our standards and verification expertise to make carbon removal measurable, verifiable, and ready to scale. Let’s get to work.

Today we launched something new at Absolute Climate. We’re rolling out a certification pathway for low-carbon products like concrete, steel, and SAF using Environmental Attribute Certificates. Built on facility-level data. Rigorous LCA. Registry tracking. No double counting. Details 👇

A slower year for carbon removal doesn’t mean the industry is stuck.

Just over one week left to comment on the updated Absolute Carbon Standard, a science-based framework for aligning project claims with real atmospheric impact. Public consultation closes Friday, December 26. Thank you to everyone who has already shared feedback!

Carbon markets only work if claims match atmospheric outcomes. In Impact Alpha, Absolute Climate co-founder and CEO Peter Minor explains why confusing emissions reductions with carbon removals undermines market credibility. “The difference between a reduction and a removal is not a technicality.”

New Removed & Proved: Mike Brune Mike shares why we are still underinvesting in carbon removal, the lessons climate tech can learn from activism, and how policy and politics shape what comes next. Link to the full blog in the comments.

The Absolute Carbon Standard v2.0 is open for public comment until December 26th! Revisions include: 📊 Updated emissions allocation guidelines 📉 Overhauled uncertainty quantification 🔐 Improved reversal risk management We'd love to hear your feedback. Directions and links👇

New Removed & Proved: @GianaAmador From policy to partnerships, she shares how to create a trusted, scalable carbon removal market, and why standards matter now more than ever. Link to the full blog in the comments.

As COP30 kicks off in Belém, carbon markets are under the spotlight. Too often, credits have replaced real emissions cuts instead of reinforcing them.

Too many carbon credits are built on hope, not proof. A new piece from @canarymedia.com exposes deep flaws in how many carbon offset projects are designed and verified.

Absolute Climate’s Standard Lead, Grant Faber, joined the Reversing Climate Change podcast to share insights from his research into nearly 700 carbon removal companies. 42% are in biochar, but only 50-200 may survive long term. Scaling the industry will be key to meeting climate goals.

"If the same group sets the rules and issues the certification, they’re both judge and jury. That system just doesn’t have credibility. You need a truly independent third party." — Rob Watson, the “Father of LEED”

Absolute Climate and Northern Trust are working together to offer capabilities to support independent certification and lifecycle management for Digital Carbon Credits.

We’re continuing to grow and strengthen the Absolute Carbon Standard to bring greater trust and credibility to the carbon removal space. To support that work, we’re excited to welcome: Mike Brune to our Advisory Board, Grant Faber as Standards Lead, and Vaishnavi Kulkarni as Certification Manager.

What does it take to scale carbon removal? In a new piece with Nick van Osdol, our co-founders argue that permanence, MRV, and additionality are not hurdles. They’re what make gigatonne-scale removal possible. www.keepcool.co/p/how-to-sto...

How to stop undermining gigatonne scale carbon removal

Carbon removal won’t reach gigatonne scale by cutting corners. Standards like permanence and MRV are what unlock trust, investment, and lasting impact.

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New Removed & Proved: Jack Andreasen He explains why policy is critical to scaling CDR, why cheap credits are a dangerous illusion, and what it’ll take to build a credible market. 🔎Read the full blog here: www.absoluteclimate.com/blog-posts/s...

How carbon is removed is important, but how it’s tracked matters too. Measured removals use sensors & provide greater certainty. Modeled removals rely on estimates and struggle to catch reversals. Want higher confidence? Choose measured over modeled. What’s your quality check before buying?

New blog series: Removed & Proved We’re spotlighting the people shaping real, accountable carbon removal — starting with Erin Burns of Carbon180. “The first thing we need is more alignment on what counts as carbon removal.”

Not all carbon removal credits are created equal. Before you buy, ask: Does this credit actually deliver a negative emission? Some remove CO₂ but fall short of net-negativity. If your claims rely on it, make sure your credits are fit for that use. What questions are you asking before you buy?

We’re launching the first DAC + Storage methodology, built specifically for engineered carbon removal. It aligns with the Absolute Carbon Standard (ACS) and sets clear criteria for net carbon removed, durability, and additionality. 🧵

Absolute Climate’s DAC + Storage methodology, built to align with the Absolute Carbon Standard and set a new bar for carbon removal integrity, is now open for public comment! Here's why it matters:

Rob Watson, a pioneer in environmental standards, has joined Absolute Climate’s advisory board. With decades of experience building science-based, market-aligned frameworks, he offers a strategic lens on how to scale CDR with integrity. Learn more here: www.globenewswire.com/news-release...