Overview
Converging interdisciplinary research and partnerships to advance research towards responsible and equitable marine carbon dioxide removal.
Purpose
CONVERGE CDR is a focused initiative to coordinate, integrate, and resource expertise and activities to advance research towards responsible and equitable marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) within Canada. Based on the interdisciplinary Convergence Accelerator model, CONVERGE CDR will advance key research that is critical to the sector through intentional collaboration across science and data, policy, community engagement, and economics.
CONVERGE CDR:
- Builds the foundations of rigorous and responsible science to inform policy and socio-economic decisions
- Creates co-designed research agendas and outputs through Indigenous-led community engagement
- Fosters collaboration among:
- Aligns with Transforming Climate Action goals ensuring:
Research topics
Science & Data
Investigate environmental and ecological impacts to evaluate scientific, community, regulatory, and economic risks and co-benefits
Engagement
Conduct engagement co-led by Indigenous representatives to increase knowledge exchange and provide opportunities for co-design, co-ownership, and collaborations
Policy
Evaluate effective governance pathways for mCDR that support participatory processes and transparent and accountable research
Business
Explore carbon market pathways and community-driven benefits-sharing models, driven by Free Prior and Informed Consent
Focus and outputs
With a focus on co-design, collaboration, and integration, and with input from advisory organizations, CONVERGE CDR delivers research outputs to ensure any advancements in the mCDR sector are scientifically robust, socially equitable, and financially sustainable.
Interdisciplinary teams, led by a cohort of CONVERGE HQPs and guided by principal investigators and the four TCA Transformation Accelerators, will coordinate across the primary pillars of science and data, policy, community engagement, and economics to investigate marine carbon dioxide removal within Canada.
Coordinating organizations
The coordinating organizations help inform the CONVERGE CDR research agenda, ensuring work and outcomes are focused to meet key needs, while also providing access to valuable expertise and networks.
