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Walk the Talk

A Net Zero Carbon Conference

The first Israeli conference for carbon capture

KVS, June 2022

Nachi Brodt - CEO & Co Founder

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Who we are

15

Stages

4

Tons CO2 avoided in 2020

2,690

Tons CO2 removed in 2021

1,700

Team

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Who we are

15

Stages

4

Tons CO2 avoided in 2020

2,690

Tons CO2 removed in 2021

1,700

Team

We are Net Zero Carbon since 2020

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Who we are

Reduce

2

Calculate

1

4

3

Educate / Communicate

Capture

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How do you get to zero carbon?

Emissions

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How do you get to zero carbon?

Emissions

Removals

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How do you get to zero carbon?

Emissions

Removals

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How do you get to zero carbon?

Measure

1

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How do you get to zero carbon?

Reduce

2

Measure

1

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How do you get to zero carbon?

Reduce

2

Measure

1

Offset/Remove

3

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Reduce

2

Measure

1

Offset/Remove

3

What did we do wrong?

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Measure the footprint

  • EPA Protocol at first, then adapted the GHG Protocol
  • Scope 1, 2 and 3
  • Data sets that were used: Ecoinvent, scientific articles, MoEP
  • Collecting data based on questionnaires, getting to the source. Avoiding assumptions as much as possible

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The Categories:

Scope

No.

Category

Subcategory

1

1

Fuel consumed/bought for heating

 

2

Process emissions

 

2

3

Electricity consumption

Venues

4

Hotels

3

5

Attendee travel

 

6

Purchased goods

General

7

Food

8

Furniture and equipment

9

Upstream transportation and distribution

 

10

Municipal waste generated in the conference

 

11

Employee commuting

 

12

Communication, video, and marketing

 

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The numbers :

Scope

No.

Category

Subcategory

Footprint

[Kg CO2-eq]

1

1

Fuel consumed/bought for heating

 

N.R

2

Process emissions

 

N.R

2

3

Electricity consumption

Venues

166.5

4

Hotels

73.3

3

5

Attendee travel

 

2,404.8

6

Purchased goods

General

6.9

7

Food

1,317.1

8

Furniture and equipment

N.R

9

Upstream transportation and distribution

 

Neglectable

10

Municipal waste generated in the conference

 

120.0

11

Employee commuting

 

111.4

12

Communication, video, and marketing

 

472.5

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The numbers:

Scope

Footprint [Kg CO2-eq]

1

0

2

240

3

4,433

Total

4,673

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Learn from the numbers for reduction

  • Choice of location
  • Choice of food
  • Can we reuse materials for next time?

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The Net-Zero equation

4.67 tons CO2-eq

Emissions

Removals

???

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Choosing quality remuvals!

  • Portfolio of removals
  • Impact – focus on Natural Based solutions
  • Durability
  • Verified Carbon credits (or in process of verification)
  • Potential to scale

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Portfolio of removals

80% of the footprint – current removals

  • Natural-based project: �Wetland restoration by SPNI and TERRRA

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20% of the footprint - future removals

  • Direct air capture by Repair
  • Natural-based Blue carbon by MPI
  • Capture and storage by Airovation

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The project

Area

25 Ha. out of it 20Ha water body�Total property 34 Ha.

Location

32°27'31"N, 35°33'53"E�Along the Syrian-African rift, south to the Sea of Galilee, east of Kfar Ruppin, on a past Jordan river bed.

Soil

Alluvial

Climate

Subtropical, an avg. of 335 mm yearly

Water sources

Year-round fresh water from Masil-Al-Jizl on its route to the Jorden river.

Fauna

Migrating birds: pelicans, kranes, dacks; fox, jackal, wild cat and rabbits.

Flora

Phragmites australis, known as the common reed, is the dominant species

Inhabitant

Kibbutz, a worker-controlled, �agricultural production cooperative

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The project

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Impact

  • Biodiversity (80 tips of birds a day, including three that are in danger of extinction, Jungle cats, and amphibian animal)
  • Supporting the bird migration of the world’s most extensive fly route
  • Fair trade
  • Educating for sustainability
  • Well-being
  • Partnership

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Durability

  • Low risk to burn down
  • High immediate sequestration
  • Soil carbon: 1,000 years and more

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Verified Carbon credits

  • Taking part in the voluntary carbon market
  • Measurements based on Verra modules
  • Project verification through a Verra methodology
  • In the process of validation and verification by Verra. �Estimated to complete b/o Q4, 2022.

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Potential to scale up

  • Buying offsets from companies with scale-up visions

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Conclusions

  • Strength of measuring
  • Emission reduction
  • High-quality removals
  • Long-lasting storage
  • Support the development of net-zero aligned offsetting

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Thanks!

Do you have any questions?

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nachi@kvs.co.il

kvs.co.il