The massive machines cleaning Earth's atmosphere | Jan Wurzbacher

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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To restrain global warming, we know we need to drastically reduce pollution. The very next step after that: using both natural and technological solutions to trap as much excess carbon dioxide from the air as possible. Enter Orca, the world's first large-scale direct air capture and storage plant, built in Iceland by the team at Climeworks, led by climate entrepreneur Jan Wurzbacher. This plant is capable of removing 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the air each year. With affordability and scalability in mind, Wurzbacher shares his vision for what comes after Orca, the future of carbon removal tech -- and why these innovations are crucial to stop climate change.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
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0:14.2	We know accelerating carbon emissions are to blame for climate change.
0:18.2	So now scientists are racing to find ways to capture and remove CO2 from the air at
0:24.0	scale.
0:25.0	In this 2022 talk from Ted Countdown London session, entrepreneur Jan Vorisbacher unveils
0:31.4	his team's ORCA technology and explains how it could be transformative in the battle
0:36.7	to slow a warming planet after a sponsor message.
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