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Pillar 03

Carbon Removal

Remove the legacy CO₂ stock from the atmosphere durably.

GOAL · Restore atmospheric CO₂ to pre-industrial 280 ppm by 2130.

Atmospheric CO₂ concentration

current
425 ppm
goal by 2130
280 ppm
CostCurve: Durable carbon-removal cost Current 600 $/t CO₂, goal 100 $/t CO₂ by 2040. [CostCurve] Durable carbon-removal cost 600 $/t CO₂ current 100 $/t CO₂ goal by 2040
Cost curve. Tracks unit cost over time on a log scale; the Wright's-law line of the build-out.
SceneDiagram: A direct-air-capture plant Current —, goal —. [SceneDiagram] A direct-air-capture plant — current — goal
Scene diagram. Annotated illustration of a system in operation (a plant, a fleet, a grid node).
CompanyOverlay: Carbon-removal companies on the cost curve Current —, goal —. [CompanyOverlay] Carbon-removal companies on the cost curve — current — goal
Company overlay. Plots companies on the indicator chart at the position they're targeting.

The repair, defined

Stub. The headline goal of the entire site lives here: 280 ppm by 2130. Everything else is in service of this number. The work is industrial — gigatons per year, at a price that holds.

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