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Carbon Removal Challenge Deadline Approaching!

Carbon Removal Challenge is 1/26 and webinar on 1/27

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OpenAir
January 22, 2026

The deadline to register for the Carbon Removal Challenge is right around the corner! At this point, you only need to sign up to express your interest in participating, you don’t need to have a completed project or idea.

The deadline is 1/26 (9am ET). If you’re a university student who is interested, please up now!

And please share the Challenge with anyone you know who might be a good fit to participate!

For more information about the CRC, visit https://openaircollective.com/crc/

For the fourth webinar in the OpenAir Collective's 2026 Carbon Removal Challenge monthly webinar series, we're proud to present a panel with founders from two CDR startups, Greg Rau of Planetary Technologies (ocean alkalinity enhancement, Canada) and Silvia Pugliese of Norma (direct air capture, France). Hear about their journeys from academia, to founding, to prototyping, to demo plant (Planetary), to selling carbon removals to Milkywire (Norma) and Frontier (Planetary).

Sign up for our next webinar: The CDR Startup Journey!

Check out our previous webinars!