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How carbon capture networks could help curb climate change

1,336,897 views | Bas Sudmeijer • TED@BCG

What if we could build a global waste disposal service for carbon? In this forward-thinking talk, carbon capture advisor Bas Sudmeijer proposes building CO2 networks: partnerships between cities around the world that would share the cost and geological resources needed to trap emissions deep in the earth -- and give us a shot at stalling climate change.

What if we could build a global waste disposal service for carbon? In this forward-thinking talk, carbon capture advisor Bas Sudmeijer proposes building CO2 networks: partnerships between cities around the world that would share the cost and geological resources needed to trap emissions deep in the earth -- and give us a shot at stalling climate change.

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Bas Sudmeijer

Carbon capture advisor

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BCG's Bas Sudmeijer is a managing director and partner in the firm's London office.

David Archer | Princeton University Press, 2010 | Book

The Global Carbon Cycle

Howard J. Herzog | The MIT Press, 2018 | Book

Carbon Capture

Cameron Hepburn, Ella Adlen, et al. | Nature, 2019 | Article

"The technological and economic prospects for CO2 utilization and removal"

Alex Dewar, Bas Sudmeijer, et al. | BCG.com, 2020 | Article

"Think Small to Unlock Carbon Capture's Big Potential"

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