Carbon Banking within Urban Spaces

12/01/22 • 42 min

The built environment has significantly contributed to climate change, and it is becoming increasingly clear that net-zero carbon emissions is not enough. Phil Horton and Alysha Helmrich discuss the importance of carbon capture and explore how cities may play a role in carbon banking. In this episode, we will discuss the role that buildings and urban infrastructure will play in carbon draw-down and decarbonization through: end-to-end carbon accounting, building material innovations, and emergent alignment and coordination across critical stakeholders and agencies in the future of our urban environments.
Follow the hosts on Twitter:

Philip Horton (@asudesignschool)
Alysha Helmrich (@AlyshaHelmrich)

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Additional Resources:

Build Beyond Zero https://islandpress.org/books/build-beyond-zero
Carbon Cure https://www.carboncure.com/
Dr. Klaus Lackner and Mechanical Trees https://mechanicaltrees.com/our-latest-news/arizona-state-university-and-carbon-collect-announce-agreement-to-deploy-worlds-first-commercially-viable-passive-carbon-capture-technology/
Center for Negative Carbon Emissions https://globalfutures.asu.edu/cnce/
Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/
Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation https://asu.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/production-of-functionalized-carbon-from-synergistic-hydrothermal

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Philip Horton (@asudesignschool)
Alysha Helmrich (@AlyshaHelmrich)

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Additional Resources:

Build Beyond Zero https://islandpress.org/books/build-beyond-zero
Carbon Cure https://www.carboncure.com/
Dr. Klaus Lackner and Mechanical Trees https://mechanicaltrees.com/our-latest-news/arizona-state-university-and-carbon-collect-announce-agreement-to-deploy-worlds-first-commercially-viable-passive-carbon-capture-technology/
Center for Negative Carbon Emissions https://globalfutures.asu.edu/cnce/
Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/
Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation https://asu.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/production-of-functionalized-carbon-from-synergistic-hydrothermal

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If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, e-mail us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @FutureCitiesPod. Learn more about the NATURA project at natura-net.org.

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Justice in Sustainability Pathways

Distributive, procedural, recognitional justice are vital for nature-based solutions, but these dimensions of justice have multiple and conflicting meanings. Drs. Katinka Wijsman and Marta Berbés-Blázquez explore how political theory and philosophy help in understanding differences and conflict. They present five key justice questions for researchers and practitioners to reflect with. One major takeaway? Praxis and reflectivity are crucial to balancing the act of practicing justice.
Topic paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.06.018
Hosts & Twitter handles:

Katinka Wijsman (@KatinkaWijsman)
Marta Berbés-Blázquez (@MartaBerbes)
@SGPL_UU and @UniUtrecht
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Follow our hosts:
Dr. Mikhail Chester (@mikhailchester)
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If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes, e-mail us at [email protected] or find us on Twitter @FutureCitiesPod. Learn more about the NATURA project at natura-net.org.