The Carbon Curve
by Na’im Merchant
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Canada's Next Industrial Play: The Mine That Stores Carbon
Canada's Next Industrial Play: The Mine That Stores Carbon
About this podcast
The world needs to remove billions of tons of CO₂ from the atmosphere — and an entirely new industry is emerging to do it. On The Carbon Curve, Na'im Merchant explores the people, policies, and technologies driving carbon removal forward through conversations with the sector's leading voices. From policy wins and market shifts to breakthrough technologies and global perspectives, each episode unpacks what it takes to scale carbon removal to meet the enormous climate challenge. New episodes every two weeks.
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Episodes
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- Canada's Next Industrial Play: The Mine That Stores Carbon · 51 minThis is the third episode of The Carbon Curve: Canada’s Next Industrial Play, a special miniseries about embedding carbon removal into Canadian industry. Na’im speaks with Mark…
- Canada's Next Industrial Play: A New Revenue Line for the Mill · 52 minThis is the second episode of The Carbon Curve: Canada’s Next Industrial Play, a special miniseries about embedding carbon removal into Canadian industry. This is the second…
- Canada’s Next Industrial Play: What It Takes to Earn a Farmer’s Yes · 37 minThis is the first episode of The Carbon Curve: Canada’s Next Industrial Play, a special miniseries about embedding carbon removal into Canadian industry. Na’im speaks with Jim…
- Carbon removal that utilities actually want · 39 minEpisode 67 is with Dr. Joachim Katchinoff, Co-founder and CEO of CREW Carbon In this episode, Na’im speaks with Dr. Joachim “Jo” Katchinoff, co-founder and CEO of CREW Carbon…
- Carbon removal is not one thing · 46 minEpisode 66 is with Richard Barker, Partner at Counteract In this episode, Na’im speaks with Richard Barker, a partner at Counteract, about why financing models vary widely by…
- Is carbon removal stronger than the headlines suggest? · 45 minEpisode 65 is with Luke Connell (CarbonRun), Trish Nixon (Amplify), and Brandon Vlaar (Mangrove Systems) recorded live during Toronto Climate Week For this special Toronto…
- Carbon removal is stuck in low earth orbit. Here's how we get out. · 45 minEpisode 64 is with Dr. Julio Friedmann, Chief Scientist at Carbon Direct In this episode, Na’im speaks with Dr. Julio Friedmann about Carbon Direct’s recent publication “ 5…
- Seven buyers in a trench coat · 41 minEpisode 63 is with Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh Last week, Heatmap reported that Microsoft — the single largest buyer of durable carbon dioxide removal in the world, accounting for…
- Why carbon removal needs a new story · 49 minEpisode 62 is with Robert Höglund (Head of Climate Strategy and CDR, Milky Wire; Co-Founder, CDR FYI; CEO, Marginal Carbon). In this episode, host Na’im Merchant catches up with…
- Policy wins and hard lessons as carbon removal finds its footing · 46 minEpisode 61 is with Giana Amador (Executive Director, Carbon Removal Alliance), Erin Burns (Executive Director, Carbon180), and Peter Minor (CEO, Absolute Climate). In this…
- A year of renewal: carbon removal in the climate pullback era · 55 minEpisode 60 is a special ask me anything style episode with Na’im Merchant and Rahima Dosani In this annual “flip the script” episode of The Carbon Curve, Na’im is back in the hot…
- How will this newly launched DAC facility hold up to a Canadian winter? · 30 minEpisode 59 is with Rory Brown, Co-Founder & CEO at Airhive In this episode, Na’im speaks with Rory about his journey into carbon removal technology with a focus on direct air…
- The carbon market's original sin · 1 h 10 minEpisode 58 is with Marc Roston (Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy) and Peter Minor (Absolute Climate) This episode features Marc Roston, senior research scholar at…
- Philanthropy's role in shaping climate finance · 39 minEpisode 57 is with Adam Fraser, CEO of Terraset. In this episode, Na’im speaks with Adam Fraser about Terraset, an innovative nonprofit dedicated to removing greenhouse gases…
- CO280 is turning pulp and paper mills into carbon removal factories · 38 minEpisode 56 is with Jonathan Rhone and Natalie Khtikian, co-founders of CO280. In this episode, Na’im speaks with Jonathan and Natalie about their groundbreaking work in…
- Has Avnos flipped the script on DAC? · 39 minEpisode 55 is with Will Kain, Founder & CEO of Avnos In this episode, Na’im speaks with Will Kain about the advancement and commercialization of hybrid direct air capture (HDAC)…
- Mati Carbon's $50M leap forward · 43 minEpisode 54 is with Shantanu Agrawal, Founder and CEO of Mati Carbon and Nikki Batchelor, Executive Director for the $100M Carbon Removal XPRIZE. In this episode, Na’im delves…
- Special Episode: Canada's Carbon Edge · 39 minEpisode 53 is a Special Episode with Ed Whittingham of Advance Climate Solutions and Grégoire Baillargeon, President of BMO Québec and Vice Chair of BMO Capital Markets. In this…
- Special Episode by Plan Sea and The Carbon Curve: Insights from the Carbon to Sea 2025 Annual Convening · 34 minEpisode 52 is a special joint episode with Plan Sea host Anna Madlener and Lennart Bach, Associate Professor and ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) scientist at the University of…
- What's in store for carbon removal under America's policy pivot? · 47 minEpisode 51 is with Erin Burns, Executive Director of Carbon180. This episode highlights the critical need for long-term strategies and adaptability in carbon removal policies…
