Assessment and Verification Tools for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

该提案汇集了两个工业合作伙伴（Planetary Hydrogen Inc., Pro-Oceanus Ltd.）、非营利性海洋风险与创业中心（COVE）、多部门加拿大综合海洋观测系统大西洋地区协会（CIOOS-Atlantic）以及来自达尔豪斯大学的顶级学术研究人员团队，以加快开发基于海洋的二氧化碳去除（CDR）技术的验证和评估工具。为了实现加拿大和新斯科舍省在实现净零排放的道路上制定的大胆减排目标，cdr的快速发展是迫切需要的。该项目对预计规模达万亿美元的全球碳交易市场做出了回应。拟议活动的核心是设计基于海洋的cdr评估和验证框架，其中包括自主海洋观测和数值模型的结合，并在哈利法克斯港实施，以验证碳吸收并评估人工海洋碱度增强的下游影响。通过网络方法共同设计拟议的研发活动将缩短从想法到市场的时间，并优化新技术的实施和评估。该项目将使该省和加拿大能够抓住实现净零排放的全球承诺所创造的新的经济机会，并在应对气候变化方面发挥世界领先作用。

This proposal brings together two industrial partners (Planetary Hydrogen Inc., Pro-Oceanus Ltd.), the not-for-profit Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE), the Atlantic Regional Association of the multi-sector Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS-Atlantic), and a team of top academic researchers from Dalhousie University to speed up the development of verification and assessment tools for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies. Rapid development of CDRs is urgently needed to achieve the bold emission reduction targets legislated by Canada and the province of Nova Scotia on its path toward net-zero emissions. The project responds to a projected trillion-$ global market in carbon trading. At the core of the proposed activities is the design of an assessment and verification framework for ocean-based CDRs that includes a combination of autonomous ocean observations and numerical models, and its implementation in Halifax Harbour to verify carbon uptake and assess downstream effects of artificial ocean alkalinity enhancement. Co-design of the proposed Research & Development activities through a networked approach will shorten idea-to-market timelines and optimize implementation and assessment of the new technologies. The project will enable the province and Canada to seize new economic opportunities created by global commitments for achieving net-zero emissions, and to assume a world-leading role in the fight against climate change.