The role of startups in restoring our climate with carbon removal

(thehill.com) - The increasing number of companies marshaling their talent toward carbon management solutions are guided by global scientific consensus that the world needs to remove gigatons of CO2 to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, in tandem with reducing emissions. As startups work to lower the costs of carbon management, there are precedents for success. Startup innovations have helped to bend the technology cost curve for everything from solar panels, DNA sequencing and 3D printing. Companies managing the opportunities and challenges around CO2 management are buoyed by billions of dollars in private and public funding, highlighting the growing resources for the industry to scale. With startups essential for bending the technology cost curve of carbon management, they are an important group to have at the policy table, to ensure that their voices are heard and that no promising solutions are cut out of the equation prematurely.