The latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) once again emphasise the role of Negative Emission Technologies (NETs) in offsetting the remaining emissions that remain after the implementation of comprehensive and ambitious emission reductions. Negative emissions technologies (NETs) remove the greenhouse gas CO2 from the earth’s atmosphere and store it permanently, e.g. in underground cavities or in the form of biochar in the soil.

In order to achieve the Paris climate target, we need technical solutions for negative emissions that can be implemented quickly and are scalable on a large scale, but which require more time. atmosfair is therefore active in both fields. Firstly, with biochar, where we are already in the middle of project realisation. Storing carbon in the form of biochar is a reliable measure that is available in relevant quantities in the short term, which is already delivering negative emissions and also benefits many other environmental and development goals. In the medium to long term, however, we see a need for the use of technological solutions that do not rely on biomass. This is because biomass is becoming an increasingly important raw material in a world without fossil fuels, e.g. for the chemical industry, and is therefore becoming scarce. It is therefore important that we drive forward technical solutions now by extracting carbon from the air and utilising it in industrial processes so that it is available in sufficient quantities later on. This is why we are involved in project development for direct air capture.

Tanzania: Industrial production of biochar

Production of 4,500 tonnes of biochar per year, at the heart of Tanzania's timber industry.

Nepal: biochar for the reutilisation of completely depleted soils

Recultivation of a fallow hill with locally produced biochar

Ghana: Distributed Biochar Production in Smallholder Farms

Decentralized production of 30,000 tons of biochar per year, in stallholder farmer communities.

Namibia: Industrial biochar production from encroaching bushes

Production of 1,000 tonnes of biochar from encroaching bushes in our industrial plant in Namibia.

Cambodia & Vietnam: Biochar-based fertilizers from rice husks

Production of biochar-based fertilizers from rice husks in Southeast Asia.

South Africa: Industrial Biochar and regenerative Fertiliser

Energy-efficient production of regenerative fertilizer containing biochar made from waste wooden pallets.

Kenya: Direct Air Capture

atmosfair is sponsoring a module of the first Direct Air Capture facility in Africa, being developed in Kenya by our partners Octavia Carbon.

Brazil: Enhanced Rock Weathering on citrus orchards

Finely ground basalt removes CO₂ from the atmosphere while supplying valuable minerals to agricultural soils.

Tanzania: Industrial biochar production from coconut wood waste on the island of Mafia

A biomass pyrolysis facility on the Tanzanian island of Mafia converts surplus coconut wood waste into long-lasting biochar, while also removing CO₂ from the atmosphere, thereby promoting a sustainable circular economy.