"But as this nascent field grapples with questions of legitimacy, scalability, and accountability, a critical challenge remains: How do we build the infrastructure needed to track, verify, and certify that carbon has actually been removed and stays removed? Meet Hannes Junginger-Gestrich, CEO of Carbonfuture, a company helping define the monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) infrastructure that could transform carbon removal from scattered efforts into a functioning ecosystem."
""We are probably more the crowd, the ground keepers in a stadium that makes sure that everything is provided properly," Hannes explains, using a sports analogy to describe their role: "We are the ground keepers in a stadium [who ensure] the players have a playing field that's in shape and no one gets hurt, and the audience can come and they pay their tickets and have a good experience.""
The carbon removal sector must remove billions of tons of CO2 permanently to avoid catastrophic warming, requiring robust monitoring, reporting, and verification systems. Carbonfuture, founded five years ago, operates a digital platform that integrates lifecycle data across approaches such as biochar, enhanced rock weathering, and direct air capture, and connects removals with buyers seeking credible climate claims. The platform focuses on tracking permanence, accountability, and scalability of removals. MRV systems must balance transparency with data confidentiality across industrial value chains, from agricultural residue suppliers to biochar processors and end users. Trust and verified removals are becoming essential currency for corporate demand.
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