Project description

Deliver a structured, Oslo-specific assessment of permanent carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options that can support Oslo’s ambition to become carbon-negative from 2030. 

The work involved applying a bottom‑up, resource‑constrained approach to screen and characterize CDR solutions that are relevant in an urban setting: biochar, BECCS, DACCS, carbon storage in materials, mineralization, enhanced weathering, and increased alkalinity in water, focusing on how each pathway operates, its maturity, permanence and reversal risks, and the practical conditions for implementation in the Oslo area. 

The study is explicitly designed to translate international evidence (e.g., recognized sources such as IPCC/IEA referenced in the workstream) into local decision support by mapping Oslo’s resource base and infrastructure context, identifying which resources act as binding constraints, and determining which technologies should proceed to quantitative potential calculations.