🇿🇦 The South Africa Carbon Removal Guide 2025 OUT NOW 🇿🇦

🏭 Did you know that South Africa is the continent’s biggest economy and also its biggest emitter with an average of 7.5 tonnes of CO₂ per person per year—well above the global average of 4.5– among the top 20 countries globally.

🏗️ At the same time, South Africa has everything it takes to build a large-scale CDR sector to achieve its own climate targets and unlock tremendous economic value.

🤩 This fantastic guide helps project developers, landowners, consultants, investors, and policymakers take practical action, mapping out the methods and connecting them to REAL practical questions:

🪨 Biochar: Uses abundant - often invasive - biomass waste to remove carbon, improve soils, and create rural jobs.

🚜 Enhanced Rock Weathering: Leverages mining byproducts to draw down CO₂, ideal for a country with such a big and well developed mining sector.

🌳 Afforestation: Sequesters carbon while restoring biodiversity and improving water retention, especially useful on degraded and marginal lands.

The economic case for CDR in South Africa is particularly strong because so many of these methods integrate with existing sectors. But this transformation won’t happen by itself. It needs:

📋 Clear permitting and land access frameworks

🛡️ Better MRV systems

🔁 Integration into carbon markets

🤝 Cross-sector collaboration

💚 Well done to Keith Thompson for putting together this helpful guide. It was a pleasure to contribute.

🖇️ Access it here: https://lnkd.in/d9SGGxVx

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