{"640532":{"#nid":"640532","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Grantham Environmental Trust and Ocean Visions Announce New Partnership to Develop Ocean-climate Solutions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis story was written and released by Ocean Visions on October 21, 2020. Ocean Visions is chaired by Emanuele Di Lorenzo, a professor of ocean and climate dynamics and Director of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOcean Science \u0026amp; Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.oceanvisions.org\/grantham-env-trust\u0022\u003ELearn more\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.granthamtrust.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust\u003C\/a\u003E (GET) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.oceanvisions.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOcean Visions\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Inc. (OVI) are pleased to announce a partnership to identify and test technology-based ocean-climate solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis new partnership is founded on shared missions to work to slow, and ultimately reverse, the climate crisis our planet is confronting. Both organizations understand that while reducing current and future emissions of CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;is urgent and necessary, it is no longer sufficient. Even with dramatic reductions in global emissions, hundreds of gigatons of carbon dioxide will still need to be safely removed from the atmosphere and ocean. Large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is essential to arresting climate disruption and achieving climate restoration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GET\/OVI partnership is focused on the identification, development, testing and, ultimately, potential deployment of ocean-based technologies that can draw down\u0026nbsp;CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E from both the atmosphere and the ocean. The partners agree on the tremendous potential role the ocean can play in CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;removal and permanent, safe storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOcean-based CDR technologies are much less developed than land-based alternatives, but there are a number of promising ocean-based approaches including large-scale macroalgae (seaweed) cultivation, microalgae cultivation, ocean alkalinity enhancement, artificial upwelling and downwelling, and others.\u0026nbsp; More pathways will be developed over the coming decades, and each will require careful assessment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis GET\/OVI partnership is not prejudging approaches or outcomes but is based on the principle that evaluation and understanding of ocean\/climate solutions needs to be accelerated.\u0026nbsp; Each potential solution needs input and energy from different scientific and engineering disciplines to move this important field forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis partnership brings together the intellectual and institutional capacity of universities and research institutions with the skills of inventors, entrepreneurs, investors, and civil society.\u0026nbsp; The partners will:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Col\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EReview and validate the science and engineering of particular opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EProvide guidance on risks, risk avoidance, validation frameworks, upstream and downstream impacts, and lifecycle analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003EAdvise on the design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cp\u003ECollaborate on trials and experiments needed to evaluate technologies and their impacts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\t\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn important element of this OV\/GET partnership is the broad spectrum of GET\u0026rsquo;s potential funding. Depending on stage, GET is able to fund applied research, sponsored research and make early, patient investments. Any investments will be made as part of GET\u0026rsquo;s Neglected Climate Opportunities program and any proceeds from such investments will, in turn, all be used to fund climate-related grantmaking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOVI and GET are together committed to objective and rigorous scientific analysis, collaboration, and openness as we move this partnership forward.\u0026nbsp; If you would like to be involved, or just to be kept informed, join the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.oceanvisions.org\/support-us\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOcean Visions mailing list\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or email any request to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:communications@oceanvisions.org\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ecommunications@oceanvisions.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.granthamtrust.org\/\u0022\u003EJeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust\u003C\/a\u003E is a 501(c)(3) public charity established in 2005 to combat environmental degradation. It was established by Jeremy Grantham, the co-founder and Chief Investment Strategist of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo, a Boston-based asset management firm. The Trust is a supporting organization established to make grants to leading environmental nonprofit organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Ocean Visions:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.oceanvisions.org\/grantham-env-trust\u0022\u003EOcean Visions\u003C\/a\u003E is a community of leading ocean-focused academic and research institutions who combined with investors, entrepreneurs and conservationists have joined forces to identify, test, evaluate and develop science-based and technological innovations that can solve pressing ocean challenges. Ocean Visions promotes cooperation and the exchange of information, science, and research to create ocean solutions, and to promote and support the development and application of these ocean solutions in the external world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELed by Ocean Visions Chairman Emanuele Di Lorenzo, the new partnership seeks to develop and deploy ocean-based technologies that can draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ocean to reverse the impacts of climate change. A professor of ocean and climate dynamics, Di Lorenzo also serves as Director of Ocean Science \u0026amp; Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Led by Emanuele Di Lorenzo, the new partnership seeks to develop and deploy ocean-based technologies that can draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ocean to reverse the impacts of climate change."}],"uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2020-10-23 17:54:23","changed_gmt":"2020-10-23 18:04:16","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"640531":{"id":"640531","type":"image","title":"Image: Ocean Visions","body":null,"created":"1603475567","gmt_created":"2020-10-23 17:52:47","changed":"1603475567","gmt_changed":"2020-10-23 17:52:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243465","name":"ocean-visions copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ocean-visions%20copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ocean-visions%20copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":337274,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ocean-visions%20copy.jpg?itok=DnyLs_9L"}},"606904":{"id":"606904","type":"image","title":"Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1528748144","gmt_created":"2018-06-11 20:15:44","changed":"1528748646","gmt_changed":"2018-06-11 20:24:06","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231489","name":"dilorenzo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dilorenzo.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dilorenzo.png","mime":"image\/png","size":104242,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dilorenzo.png?itok=NnmjsQ5N"}}},"media_ids":["640531","606904"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.oceanvisions.org\/","title":"Ocean Visions: Ocean Solutions"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.granthamtrust.org\/","title":"Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust"},{"url":"https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ocean Science \u0026 Engineering at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.oceanvisions.org\/summit-2021","title":"OceanVisions2021: Summit Towards a Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions"},{"url":"https:\/\/ocean.gatech.edu\/faculty-news\/georgia-tech-hosts-oceanvisions2019-climate","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts OceanVisions2019"}],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"},{"id":"565971","name":"Ocean Science and Engineering (OSE)"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186085","name":"ocean and science engineering"},{"id":"178268","name":"healthy oceans"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"167040","name":"science"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"7508","name":"carbon dioxide"},{"id":"186086","name":"Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust"},{"id":"172195","name":"Emanuele Di Lorenzo"},{"id":"186087","name":"Ocean Visions"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:edl@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEmanuele Di Lorenzo, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nChairman of Ocean Visions\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["edl@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}