CDR and Tacos 🌎🌮 - Permanent Carbon Removal in the Global South
- Date
- 2025-04-23
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Host
- Personal
About this event
Permanent carbon removal is becoming a global conversation, but too often the people, places, and operating realities of the Global South are treated as a footnote. CDR and Tacos - Permanent Carbon Removal in the Global South creates space for a sharper, more grounded discussion: one that looks at where durable carbon removal can happen, who benefits, what challenges are real, and how this work can be built with credibility. If you care about climate solutions that are technically serious and globally relevant, this is a room worth being in. About the Event This is an in-person evening gathering in San Francisco focused on permanent carbon removal in the Global South. The format is designed to be conversational and community-driven, bringing together people interested in climate, carbon markets, project development, policy, and the broader ecosystem shaping long-term carbon removal. Rather than treating the topic as abstract, the event centers on practical questions. What does it take to develop durable carbon removal in regions with different infrastructure, financing environments, regulatory contexts, and community priorities? Where are the biggest opportunities, and where does the industry still need more rigor, humility, and partnership? The tone is meant to be open, informed, and useful. Expect a crowd that wants substance over slogans, with room for both technical curiosity and honest discussion. The tacos are there to make the evening social and welcoming; the topic is there because it matters. What to Expect The evening will likely unfold as a mix of informal networking and focused conversation around the future of permanent carbon removal beyond the usual geographic centers of the industry. Because this is a community-oriented event, you should come ready to talk, ask questions, and compare notes with others working on or exploring adjacent parts of the space. You can expect conversations around themes like: What "permanent" carbon removal means in practice, and why durability matters when evaluating climate solutions How the Global South fits into the future of CDR, including questions of resource availability, local capacity, and regional suitability Project realities on the ground, from development pathways and operations to trust, governance, and long-term viability Market and ecosystem challenges, including funding, demand, verification, and credibility Community and equity considerations, especially how climate infrastructure can be built in ways that are locally meaningful rather than extractive This is also the kind of event where side conversations may be as valuable as the main discussion. You may find yourself talking with founders, researchers, operators, climate advocates, investors, students, or simply deeply curious people who are trying to understand where carbon removal is headed. That cross-pollination is part of the point. If you are new to permanent carbon removal, the setting should still feel accessible. If you already work in climate or carbon, the topic is specific enough to support deeper conversation. The event sits in a productive middle ground: serious enough to be worth your time, informal enough to let people speak candidly. Why Attend There is growing interest in carbon removal, but much of the discussion remains concentrated in a narrow set of networks and assumptions. Attending this event gives you a chance to engage with a broader perspective and think more clearly about what responsible scaling could look like in different regions of the world. You should come if you want to sharpen your understanding of: Where permanent CDR may have real potential in the Global South What good project development requires beyond technical feasibility How climate ambition intersects with local context, infrastructure, and community outcomes What questions buyers, builders, and advocates should be asking right now There is also straightforward networking value here. If you are building, hiring, researching, investing, policy-shaping, or learning in climate, this is a chance to meet people who care about carbon removal but are thinking beyond familiar narratives. The conversations may help you find collaborators, test ideas, pressure-check assumptions, or simply leave with a more nuanced map of the field. Most importantly, this event offers a setting to discuss climate solutions with seriousness and specificity. Permanent carbon removal is not just a scientific or commercial category; it is also a question of deployment, responsibility, and global participation. That makes the conversation timely and worth having in person. Practical Details Location: In person in San Francisco, USA. Date and time: Tuesday, April 22 at 7:00 PM PDT. Because this is an in-person evening event, plan for a format that supports both discussion and networking. It makes sense to arrive ready to introduce yourself, share what brings you to the topic, and stay long enough for the conversations after the formal portion, if any, to be useful. The event is tagged around carbon, climate, community, networking, which gives a good sense of the room. You do not need to fit a single profile to belong here. If you are thoughtful, curious, and interested in the future of permanent carbon removal in the Global South, you will likely find people you want to keep talking to after the event ends.
Who should attend
This will be a strong fit if you want a smarter, more grounded conversation about permanent carbon removal and how it connects to the Global South. - You work in **carbon removal, climate tech, or carbon markets** and want to understand how durable CDR conversations change when you look beyond the usual geographies. - You are a **founder, operator, researcher, or project developer** exploring what it takes to build credible long-term carbon removal in varied regional contexts. - You are an **investor, buyer, strategist, or ecosystem builder** who wants better questions to ask about permanence, scalability, local realities, and responsible deployment. - You care about **climate justice, equity, and community outcomes** and want to discuss how carbon removal can be pursued without flattening local needs or treating the Global South as a generic category. - You are **climate-curious and eager to learn**, even if permanent carbon removal is new to you, and you prefer thoughtful in-person conversations over surface-level hot takes. - You want to meet people in San Francisco who are serious about **climate, carbon, and community**, and you value networking that actually leads to useful follow-up conversations.