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

这项提议汇集了两个工业伙伴(行星氢公司、Pro-Ocean公司)、非营利性海洋风险和创业中心(COVE)、加拿大多部门海洋综合观测系统大西洋区域协会(CIOOS-大西洋)和达尔豪西大学的一组顶尖学术研究人员，以加快开发海洋二氧化碳清除技术的核查和评估工具。迫切需要迅速制定CDR，以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。该项目是对预计将达到万亿美元的全球碳交易市场的回应。拟议活动的核心是设计海洋CDR的评估和核查框架，其中包括海洋自主观测和数值模式的结合，并在哈利法克斯港实施该框架，以核查碳吸收和评估人工海洋碱度提高的下游影响。通过联网方法共同设计拟议的研发活动将缩短创意上市的时间，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创造的新经济机遇，并在应对气候变化的斗争中发挥世界主导作用。

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.