There are three themes in the project:

  • Understanding past and present

  • Anticipating futures

  • Creating options.

We have intentionally chosen not to split the project activities into traditional disciplinary siloes to encourage interaction and collaboration amongst diverse backgrounds. There are 15 Activities and 6 Tasks in this project outlined below, many of which fall under all three themes.

  • ACTIVITY 1

    ACTIVITY 1

    PRIMER ON NET ZERO TECHNOLOGIES

  • ACTIVITY 2

    ACTIVITY 2

    PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY ON THE MERITS AND LIMITS OF CDR TECHNOLOGIES.

  • ACTIVITY 3

    ACTIVITY 3

    TOWARDS AN EQUITABLE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF CDR TECHNOLOGIES IN CANADA.

  • ACTIVITY 4

    ACTIVITY 4

    ASSESSMENT OF DAC TECHNOLOGIES FOR CANADIAN CLIMATE.

  • ACTIVITY 5

    ACTIVITY 5

    CANADIAN CDR POTENTIAL THROUGH BECCS SYSTEMS.

  • ACTIVITY 6

    ACTIVITY 6

    ASSESSING ROCKS AND MINING WASTES FOR CO2 MINERALIZATION.

  • ACTIVITY 7

    ACTIVITY 7

    CASE STUDY ON THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES.

  • ACTIVITY 8

    ACTIVITY 8

    CASE STUDY ON SOCIAL WILLINGNESS TO STAY THE COURSE WITH CDR TECHNOLOGIES.

  • ACTIVITY 9

    ACTIVITY 9

    LEARNING DRIVERS FOR CDR TECHNOLOGIES AND LARGE CAPITAL DECARBONIZATION PROJECTS.

  • ACTIVITY 10

    ACTIVITY 10

    COST EFFECTIVE POLICY OPTIONS FOR NEGATIVE EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES IN CANADA.

  • ACTIVITY 11

    ACTIVITY 11

    EXTRAPOLATING FROM THE LOCAL: DEVELOPING BEST PRACTICES FOR THE INCLUSION OF CDR IN COUNTRIES’ NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT.

  • ACTIVITY 12

    ACTIVITY 12

    FOCUS GROUPS AND TALKING CIRCLES ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF CDR TECHNOLOGIES IN ALBERTA.

  • ACTIVITY 13

    ACTIVITY 13

    ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIVALENCE OF CDR DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS.

  • ACTIVITY 14

    ACTIVITY 14

    PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

  • ACTIVITY 15

    ACTIVITY 15

    KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION.

  • TASK 1

    TASK1

    MEASUREMENT OF DAC SORBENT PROPERTIES TO ESTABLISH A BENCHMARK FOR LCA AND TEA

  • TASK 2

    TASK 2

    EXTENDING LCA AND TEA OF BICRS SYSTEMS TO WIDE RANGE OF FEEDSTOCKS

  • TASK 3

    TASK 3

    CLOSING THE LOOP BETWEEN CDR ASSESSMENT, CLIMATE, AND ENERGY SYSTEMS

  • TASK 4

    TASK 4

    ACCELERATING AND INTEGRATING LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF REACTIVITY FOR LCA AND TEA OF ENHANCES MINERALIZATION

  • TASK 5

    TASK 5

    INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.

  • TASK 6

    TASK 6

    EFFECTS OF POLICY, MARKETS, AND RISK ON CDR IMPLEMENTATION