Greetings NCEC members, 

Our monthly feature for January is our founding partner Carbon180. Please see the attachment or click HERE for an NCEC interview with Jason Aul, Carbon180 Director of Communications. Carbon180 is a climate nonprofit based in Washington, DC, on a mission to designated champion equitable, science-based policies that bring carbon removal solutions to gigaton scale. 

NCEC Updates:

• SAVE THE DATE: NCEC Annual Meeting will be held at Istinye University right before COP 31 (likely to be November, 2026), Istanbul.  

• The 2025 New Carbon Economy Consortium Annual Meeting videos are available to share out on YouTube HERE. Thank you, again, to all our members who were able to join us and present. 

External Network Updates: 

• WEF: 10 Emerging Technology Solutions for Planetary Health with contributions from NCEC Co-Chair Martin Siegert  HERE

• UBC Applied Science leads $2.5M project to explore hydrogen heating for Vancouver campus HERE

• Fair Carbon: Blue carbon policy readiness: Lessons from 20 countries HERE

• Carbon Direct: Key Climate Lessons from 2025: A Roadmap for 2026 Action HERE

• The International Conference on Carbon Capture, Storage & Utilization 2026 (ICCCSU 2026) is on February 23–24, 2026, in dynamic Dubai, UAE HERE

• Carbon Capture Canada 2026 in Calgary, Alberta, June 22-23 HERE

• MEOPAR: €5.3M available for research on blue carbon ecosystems, including carbon fluxes, ecosystem resilience, and restoration effectiveness due March 2, 2026 HERE 

• SP Energy Networks, EDF: Building a fully flexible energy system, Thursday February 5 10am GMT / 11am CET HERE

• Oceans struggle to absorb Earth’s carbon dioxide as microplastics invade their waters HERE

• CDR.fyi report shows the flow of carbon removal investments in the past 5 years (Carbon Herald) HERE 

We look forward to continuing the critical work to develop a new carbon economy.  

Please reach out if you’d like to add any updates for next month or if you’d like to be featured as the NCEC monthly profile!