Robert Pol is 62 years old, married, and the father of thirty-year-old twins. He works as a senior innovator at Van Aalsburg, a family business now in its third generation. “A wonderful title,” he calls it himself. His work? Developing new products based on willow. “When I was six years old, I already wanted to…
Entrepreneurs · Materials · Trees · Willow · Carbon storage · ONCRA · Nature based solutions · Biobased construction
Tijdens de eerste koolstofvastleggingstafels brachten we ondernemers, marktpartijen, beleidsmakers, investeerders en experts samen om te verkennen hoe we koolstofvastlegging met natuurgebaseerde oplossingen kunnen opschalen op Nederlandse bodem. De energie was hoog en de bereidheid om samen door te pakken is groot. Hieronder delen we de belangrijkste uitkomsten van de werksessies en de vervolgstappen. Uitkomsten werksessies…
(6 months project base or freelance) Profile We are looking for a highly climate-ambitious person to bring structure, clarity and CRCF-aligned professionalism to all core methodology related processes within Oncra. Oncra.org is a nature-based carbon removal certification service and financing platform built to align fully with the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). It provides…
Climate Cleanup · ONCRA · CRCF · Carbon accounting · Nature based solutions · Jobs
🌱 De toekomst van bouwen is biobased. Ben jij klaar om de bouwsector te verduurzamen met data én praktijkervaring? Wij zoeken een stagiair(e) die impact wil maken met biobased bouwen & Nature Based Solutions! Wil jij bijdragen aan de transitie naar een duurzame bouwsector? Wij zijn actief in de innovatieve wereld van biobased bouwen en…
Climate Cleanup · Construction Stored Carbon · Intervention Team · Biobased construction · Carbon accounting · Nature based solutions · Data analysis · Internship
We are so grateful to have hosted our 7th annual event in Amsterdam, celebrating Nature Based Solutions, this year specifically on carbon removal finance and policy. We had over 150 representatives, bringing together entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and policymakers to explore how carbon finance can unlock the potential of CO₂ removal. We had a great keynote…
How can we fund entrepreneurs who remove carbon through nature? That question led to the creation of ONCRA, our initiative to help both large- and small-scale Removers quantify and monetise the carbon they store. Many frontrunners identified this as a key need, and now it’s paying off: over 80 projects have been certified, real project…
In just a few weeks, the Climate Cleanup CDR Conference will be held at Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam. Here, frontrunners of the CDR sector gather, including the provinces of North and South Holland, Utrecht and Gelderland. They support the already 6th Climate Cleanup Conference (if you count the Ambassador’s 1500 Club Launch and its first anniversary). As green carbon removal is increasingly…
Climate Cleanup · Club · Event · Cdr · Green carbon removal · Nature based solutions · Carbon finance · Conference
Green carbon removal, a €429 billion opportunity Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), the process of removing and storing CO₂ from air and oceans, is gaining increasing global attention, including recently in the Netherlands. Sophie Hermans, the Dutch Minister of Climate and Green Growth, recently presented a comprehensive roadmap, while the Province of Gelderland, in collaboration with…
Agroforestry · Construction Stored Carbon · News · Carbon dioxide removal · Policy · Regenerative agriculture · Biobased construction · Nature based solutions
In only 62 days we will convene with leaders in the Nature-based CDR ecosystem in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Innovative entrepreneurs in carbon removal, policy makers from the Provincial to national and European level, as well as investors across CDR buyers, philanthropy, banks and institutional investors will meet and work with you on scaling the regenerative…
In the Dutch nature reserve De Wieden, the team of Restore Carbon is working together with Natuurmonumenten to use mowed wetland vegetation to store carbon. The plant material, rich in carbon, is collected and injected into the soil, effectively storing CO₂ and restoring the peat. It’s a promising example of how natural processes can be…
Do you want to make a positive impact on our planet and our future? Climate Cleanup is an independent nonprofit organization that realizes scalable nature-based climate solutions that store carbon with nature(tech).
Climate Cleanup · Internship · Team · Founders · Nature based solutions · Carbon removal
June 26 the Solar Butterfly has visited climate and nature pioneers in the Netherlands. This amazing tiny house that looks like a butterfly is powered by solar and pulled by an electric car, has recently started a 4 years tour around the world, visiting 90 countries and looking for nutritious nectar at around 1000 pioneer projects….
Event · Regenerative agriculture · Nature based solutions · Founders · Outreach · Solar
Based on work by Griscom, WWF and others Climate Cleanup investigated how much carbon can be restored in NatureTech approaches in The Netherlands. Find the full factsheet here.
Uncategorized · Naturetech · Land · Carbon sequestration · Netherlands · Nature based solutions
Trees are great “tools” to remove carbon from the atmosphere, revitalize nature and tackle climate change. This is why it’s Land Life Company‘s mission to restore the 2 billion hectares of degraded land in the world. Land Life was founded in 2013 on the idea that a business approach and technology can drive
Climate Cleanup · Double Nature Talk · Soil · Trees · Reforestation · Land restoration · Nature based solutions · Carbon removal · Community engagement
Carbon accounting in the new nature economy Can we create a business case for nature, without exploiting nature? Better yet, can we create a business case that contributes to carbon removal and the regeneration of our land and oceans? In our brand new article we presents how it can be done.
Climate Cleanup · Uncategorized · Carbon accounting · Nature based solutions · Regenerative agriculture · Ocean · Land
Dutch people know hemp quite well, but not as much as a nature-based solution to reverse climate change. During our Double Nature Talk on October 7 Matej Prokop, the founder of the NGO Hemp the Climate will share his vision
Regenerating soil life is indispensable for reversing climate change. Soil expert Fransjan de Waard and green innovator Hillebrand Breuker shared their knowledge
Climate Cleanup · Soil · Soil carbon · Regenerative agriculture · Nature based solutions · Land
Today we launched a petition to ask the Dutch government to declare a Climate en Ecological Emergency, like the UK government did on May 1st 2019, and because solutions are there.
Climate Cleanup · Policy · Nature based solutions · Land · Petition