Invest in Carbon Removals: Paris Edition
Invest in Carbon Removals: Paris Edition
Last week, SeaO₂ joined the Paris edition of the Invest in Carbon Removals initiative hosted by the Negative Emissions Platform at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) during AFEN’s CDR Days. The session brought together investors, project developers, and carbon removal standards/registries to explore a crucial question: how can we finance the next wave of durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR)?
What we learnt:
The toughest leap is from pilot to first commercial plant. To bridge this gap, developers must retain ownership of core technology, ring-fence assets within dedicated project vehicles, secure warranties and long-term offtakes, and diversify revenue streams. These steps make projects financeable as infrastructure rather than experimental R&D.
For banks, credits become financeable when they’re clear and verifiable. With stronger transparency and standardised methodologies, carbon credits begin to resemble assets that financial institutions can lend against.
The discussion reflected a growing consensus: durable carbon removal is evolving into an investable asset class. As policy frameworks and market standards mature, capital will increasingly flow toward solutions that combine scientific rigour with long-term permanence — such as our Direct Ocean Capture (DOC) technology.
To close the event, our Founder’s Associate, Zamin Syed, had the opportunity to pitch how marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) and SeaO₂’s DOC technology enables durable, measurable, and verifiable carbon removal and the need for funds to accelerate impact.
It was great connecting with familiar faces and new ones, a reminder of the strong community driving this movement forward. At SeaO₂, we’re proud to help shape these conversations and ensure the ocean plays a central role in the global transition to a net-zero future.
Making waves for the ocean and the climate, our Founder’s Associate, Zamin Syed, took the stage to spotlight how SeaO₂ is pioneering Direct Ocean Capture as a scalable carbon removal solution.
