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Shopify to spend $5 million per year "to kickstart demand in carbon removal"
Shopify's Sustainability Fund is pumping $5 million into projects that remove atmospheric carbon and publishing the results so other companies can follow its lead, fund director Stacy Kauk told Dezeen....
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Serpentine Pavilion's use of biomaterials "more than compensates" for...
The construction of this year's Serpentine Pavilion removed 31 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere, according to a report by construction consultant AECOM. As a result, the structure can claim to be...
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Burying bioplastic clothes in landfill sites could be an "amazing thing" says...
Unwanted bioplastic fashion items could be dumped in landfills forever, creating artificial carbon sinks to tackle climate change, according to designer Charlotte McCurdy. The radical idea would upend...
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Mineral Carbonation International aims "to lock a billion tonnes of CO2 into...
Industrial carbon emissions can be captured and turned into useful materials on a vast scale, according to Sophia Hamblin Wang, chief operating officer of Mineral Carbonation International. "We're...
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"Taking credit for trees planted elsewhere is a whole lot of embodied irony"
Architecture firm Perkins&Will has gone too far with claims that a luxury timber home on a Canadian mountain removes more atmospheric carbon than it emits, argues Fred A Bernstein. For much of last...
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Natural materials "lack investment and innovation" says Allbirds...
The race to tackle carbon emissions is being hampered by underinvestment in new plant-based materials, according to Hana Kajimura of Allbirds, which has launched a low-carbon trainer with Adidas. "We...
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Ten innovative approaches to tackling climate change from our carbon...
As we reach the end of the first week exploring the carbon revolution, here are 10 highlights from our research so far including carbon-neutral concrete and machines that suck CO2 out of the sky....
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Climate change is "a design project needing lots of attention" says William...
Removing excess carbon from the atmosphere is a daunting but "very exciting" design challenge, according to sustainable-design guru William McDonough. Describing climate change as a "design failure,"...
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Carbon is "unprecedented as far as the elements are concerned" says...
Capable of forming diamonds, graphene and life itself, carbon taken from the atmosphere will soon be used to produce plastics and fuel, according to nanomaterials professor Andrei Khlobystov. "Carbon...
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Blue bubbles helped "make the cause of climate change visible" say...
A 2012 animation showing New York City being buried under a mountain of giant bubbles allowed people to appreciate the scale of carbon emissions for the first time, according to its creators Real World...
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Explaining the difference between net-zero and carbon neutrality "is a...
Companies wanting to achieve net-zero carbon emissions are being hampered by confusing jargon and inaccurate information, according to UK organisation The Carbon Trust. "We recognise making this...
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Carpet brand Interface aims to run its business "in a way that reverses...
Carpet-tile manufacturer Interface aims to achieve negative carbon emissions by 2040, according to sustainability leader Jon Khoo. The brand has set itself an ambitious pathway to becoming a net...
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Atmospheric CO2 is "our biggest resource" says carbon-negative plastic brand...
Berlin startup Made of Air has developed a bioplastic made of forest and farm waste that sequesters carbon and can be used for everything from furniture to building facades. The recyclable material is...
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Buckminsterfullerine, diamond and graphite illustrate "the very rich...
A "curiosity molecule" named after American architect Buckminster Fuller is one of the weird and wonderful allotropes of carbon, explains nanomaterials professor Andrei Khlobystov. Following an...
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Mycelium is "part of the solution" to carbon-negative buildings
Mycelium could soon be used to insulate and fire-proof buildings while sequestering carbon, according to sustainability expert David Cheshire. The biomaterial, which forms the root systems of fungi, is...
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Ten materials that store carbon and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
As our carbon revolution series continued this week, here are ten materials that store carbon including bioplastic cladding and mycelium insulation. Sequestering carbon that has been removed from the...
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Architecture "one of the least well-represented businesses" in UN's net-zero...
Architects are failing to engage with the UN's drive to reduce carbon emissions with none of the 50 largest firms signed up to its Race to Zero campaign, according to Nigel Topping, the UN's champion...
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Making protein from CO2 can "remove the climate impact of food" says Solar...
Food made from captured atmospheric carbon could feed the world while helping to combat climate change, according to Solar Foods CEO Pasi Vainikka. "We can capture CO2 anywhere," said Vainikka, whose...
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Hemp "more effective than trees" at sequestering carbon says Cambridge...
Hemp can capture atmospheric carbon twice as effectively as forests while providing carbon-negative biomaterials for architects and designers, according to Cambridge University researcher Darshil Shah....
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Using "ancient wisdoms and techniques" can lead to carbon-neutral buildings...
A return to traditional materials and construction techniques could help eliminate carbon emissions, says Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari, who has built more than 45,000 homes from mud, lime and...
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Use of hemp in architecture and design held back by "ridiculous" UK rules...
A film producer who established a hemp farm to "pull carbon out of the atmosphere" has attacked UK laws that are holding back production of the biomaterial. Architects are "desperate" to specify...
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"Carbon is the most valuable resource in our society"
As we reach the end of the third week of our carbon revolution series, here are ten standout quotes from people pioneering ways of removing the element from the sky and putting it to use on Earth....
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Planting trees "doesn't make any sense" in the fight against climate change...
Afforestation is an unreliable way of permanently sequestering atmospheric carbon, according to several key figures interviewed by Dezeen as part of our carbon revolution series. While trees capture...
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New York State announces $9 million fund as part of bid to become leading...
New York State governor Andrew M Cuomo has launched a $9 million fund to support research into ways of capturing atmospheric carbon and turning it into useful products. The Carbontech Entrepreneurial...
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"We are already carbon negative by some long stretch" says furniture maker...
Creating furniture from locally sourced wood has allowed Sebastian Cox to make his company and his employees carbon negative, the British designer claims. Last year, Cox stored 100 tonnes of carbon...
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"The Race to Zero is neither highly ambitious nor providing the leadership...
Last week, UN climate champion Nigel Topping claimed that architects have been slow to sign up to its net-zero carbon emissions programme. This "unfairly presented architects and top firms in a...
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Urban developments that "strive for zero carbon" to start on site in Milan,...
A series of low-carbon urban quarters are set to be built as part of Reinventing Cities, a global competition that aims to help cities eliminate carbon emissions. Construction will start on...
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"Planet-wide regeneration could result in a safer climate after a few hundred...
Instead of being forced to retreat from the impacts of climate change, humanity could undergo a managed retreat to Planet City, a single, purpose-built metropolis, while carbon removal takes place on a...
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Construction industry "doesn't know where it stands when it comes to carbon...
Buildings equivalent to a city the size of Paris are being built every week – but less than one per cent of them are assessed to determine their carbon footprint, according to a new report. This is...
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Salt panels made using "only sun and wind" used to clad interior of Frank...
Natural materials produced from local salt, sunflowers and algae have been used on the interior of Frank Gehry's tower for Luma Foundation in Arles to lower its carbon footprint. Lift lobbies have been...
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Ten most popular stories from our carbon revolution series
We're four weeks into our exploration of how to remove carbon from the atmosphere and put it to use on earth and we've hit 350,000 page views! Here are the 10 most popular stories so far. Planting...
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Virtual pavilion seeks projects that showcase zero-carbon architecture at...
The UK Green Building Council is calling for projects and installations that propose solutions to the built environment's carbon emissions in a virtual pavilion that will coincide with November's COP26...
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From Green to Red installation by Beatie Wolfe makes atmospheric carbon...
Musician and artist Beatie Wolfe has created an interactive video installation depicting rising carbon levels in the atmosphere. Called From Green to Red, the video acts as a soundtrack to a Beatie...
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Governments have done "very little" to address climate change says head of...
City leaders are doing more to eliminate global carbon emissions than national governments, according to Hélène Chartier of international network C40 Cities. Chartier, whose organisation is...
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"It is not acceptable for designers to be unaware of the carbon impact of...
Designers should design with carbon in mind according to environmental consultant Sophie Thomas, who sets out ten steps they can take to help eliminate emissions in the products they create. The carbon...
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"World's first carbon-neutral cement plant" to be built in Sweden
Cement giant HeidelbergCement has announced plans to eliminate carbon emissions from a plant in Sweden in a bid to decarbonise one of the world's most polluting industries. The German company intends...
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Sweden faces "very serious" economic impacts as environmental ruling...
The closure of Sweden's biggest cement factory on environmental grounds could cause up to 400,000 job losses and wipe out the country's GDP growth, according to an alliance of construction bodies. Work...
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Drive to reduce embodied carbon in buildings makes biomaterials market a...
Concerns over carbon emissions caused by the construction process are fuelling a surge of interest in biobased materials according to Arup research and innovation leader Jan Wurm. Demand for...
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Foster, Grimshaw and ZHA among thousands of UK practices failing to back RIBA...
Less than six per cent of UK architecture firms have signed up to a RIBA climate initiative aimed at achieving net-zero carbon emissions from buildings they design. Just 230 of the 4,000 Royal...
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Persuading communities to accept the vast solar and wind farms needed to...
Turning the USA into a net-zero carbon economy could involve covering a landmass equivalent to seven states in geoengineering infrastructure, according to environmental social scientist Holly Jean...
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UK industry group calls for new rules to force architects to calculate...
A group of UK architects, developers and contractors have called for compulsory whole-life carbon assessments of buildings in a bid to tackle "hidden" emissions caused by construction supply chains....
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Norway begins work on "absolutely necessary" project to bury up to 1.25...
Norway has started work on Project Longship, a €1.7 billion project that could bury vast amounts of captured carbon under the North Sea in an effort to slow climate change. Named Project Longship, the...
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Forgo aims to become net-zero "within the next five years" through its...
Swedish cosmetics brand Forgo has conducted a lifecycle assessment of its mix-it-yourself soap in a bid to eliminate carbon emissions from its supply chain. By driving down the emissions associated...
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"Great design isn't enough. We need homes that will get us to net-zero"
To reduce carbon emissions, architects and designers need to change the way they design homes, writes Geraldine de Boisse, vice president of innovation at renewable-energy supplier Bulb. The way we...
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Scientists developing bio-based carbon fibres being "showered with requests"...
Scientists are working on carbon fibres made from biomaterials instead of fossil fuels in an attempt to create a version that does not generate carbon emissions. Bio-based carbon fibres could be used...
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BREEAM and LEED green certification schemes are "meaningless" says Andrew Waugh
Environmental certification schemes for buildings overlook embodied carbon and encourage architects to add unnecessary "systems and gizmos" to achieve high ratings, according to architect Andrew Waugh....
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Urbanism "is one of the best tools we have" in the fight against climate change
The shift to remote working from suburbs and the countryside due to the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a huge rise in carbon emissions, according to Taylor Francis of decarbonisation platform...
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Carbon neutrality "still allows for carbon emissions" says Google...
Google continues to emit greenhouse gases despite claiming to be carbon neutral, Dezeen has learned. The tech giant, which says it has been carbon neutral since 2007 and claims to have eliminated its...
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"Carbon washing is the new greenwashing"
The global push to reduce atmospheric carbon is being compromised by confusing terminology and misleading claims, argues Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. Carbon washing is the new...
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Dezeen pledges to become a net-zero business by 2025
To conclude our carbon revolution series, Dezeen is today committing to becoming a net-zero business within four years. We intend to become net-zero by 2025, which is 25 years ahead of the 2050...
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