Carbon Blade joins NIST's Carbon Dioxide Consortium

Creating standards for measuring carbon dioxide removal and sequestration

Carbon Blade has recently joined the NIST Carbon Dioxide Consortium to contribute to the accurate measurement and standardization of carbon dioxide removal data. This is an opportunity to share data. Right now, CO2 removal "standards" are in the Wild, Wild West, measured a bunch of different ways and with a lot of built-in (and probably not wholly accurate) assumptions.  Some people are getting quite creative about how they are calculating carbon dioxide storage for carbon offset purchases and tax credits.  NIST is trying to bring some standards to it, which is a good thing.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, in support of efforts to develop standards for carbon dioxide removal, has established the Carbon Dioxide Removal Consortium. The Consortium brings together stakeholders to identify and address measurement and standards needs related to carbon dioxide removal used to reduce the overall atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. The Consortium efforts are intended to develop measurement solutions and support the development of widely accepted standards to improve measurement confidence, measurement traceability and comparability of carbon dioxide removal through nature-based, enhanced nature-based, and engineered pathways, with an initial focus on forests and direct air capture.

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