Boosting crops and soil whilst permanently locking up CO2 with UNDO

Alongside reducing global emissions, the permanent removal of CO2 from the atmosphere is one of the key challenges we face as a society to prevent the most severe impact of climate change. Many projects Ecologi supports lock up CO2, such as the millions of trees we’re helping plant across the planet. There is also a range of different approaches being developed that can permanently store carbon dioxide for thousands of years, such as UNDO’s enhanced rock weathering projects.

Enhanced rock weathering is the acceleration of a natural carbon removal process, which sees crushed silicate rock such as basalt spread on local agricultural land. When the rock comes into contact with rainwater, it is slowly dissolved, locking up the CO2 from the atmosphere as a solid bicarbonate, whilst safely releasing nutrients and minerals into the soil to help the farmer improve soil and crop health. It’s a real win-win carbon removal technology.