Our Coasts, Resiliency, and Carbon Removal: A California Case Study

Part of the Conversations on Ocean Carbon webinar series This webinar exploreed how coastal resilience projects can be designed to advance both climate adaptation and marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). An overview presentation will capture findings from a new roadmap, "Our Coasts, Resiliency, and Carbon Dioxide Removal", focused on opportunities to integrate abiotic mCDR into US coastal infrastructure, highlighting four case study states, including California. These case studies illustrate the carbon removal pathways and policy mechanisms that are likely to enable such work. The report further highlights justice principles, research priorities, and recommendations for government, practitioners, and funders that would move these ideas towards implementation. A panel discussion will follow the presentation to further highlight research needed to advance such projects, with a focus on coastal resilience practitioner perspectives. Facilitator: Anu Khan, Carbon Removal Standards Initiative Panelists: Gabby Kitch, Carbon Removal Standards Initiative Joe Street, California Coastal Commission Martha Sutula, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Karina Johnston, Heal the Ocean