Carbon Returns

We are people reversing climate change. We remove carbon dioxide from oceans and the atmosphere. We double nature by fostering systemic conditions for the regenerative economy.

People

Climate Cleanup Foundation is an independent entrepreneurial non-profit funded by members.
Together we pioneer systemic interventions to enable carbon returning on land, in oceans,
rocks and constructions.

Veerle Vanderweerd

Veerle Vanderweerd

P4TT

Felipe Villela

Felipe Villela

ReNature Foundation

Paul Westerweel

Paul Westerweel

Next Planet, ONCRA ICT

Eelco Leemans

Eelco Leemans

Chief of oceans

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Double Nature

We restore 1500 gigatons of COby doubling nature

To contain the climate crisis we need to restore 1500 gigatons of CO2. This happens to be about what is already sucked up by all living plants and trees on earth today. So to restore 1500 gigatons, we need to double nature. We reverse climate change by developing Nature-based carbon dioxide removal (Nature-based CDR) and we foster fundamental systemic conditions for entrepreneurial people, and all other life, to flourish in a regenerative society.

What we do

ONCRA

Double Nature Summit

Planning for regeneration and natural carbon restoration at scale

May 22-25, 2023

Regeneration

If doubling nature is the goal, Regeneration is the how. Regeneration is to put life at the center of every action and decision.

Construction Stored Carbon

ASN Bank and Climate Cleanup have created a financial metric for carbon storage in the built environment. The systemic goal is to enable investors to assess the amount of carbon projects store, so financials can account and invest towards 1500 gigaton of carbon dioxide returned from the atmosphere.

2040

2040 – Join The Regeneration is the unique uplifting documentary film by Damon Gameau. The documentary featuring Paul Hawken (Project Drawdown) and Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics) integrates the ideas in Drawdown and Doughnut Economics, and provides actual images of the future we create.

Fostering fundamental conditions

We foster the fundamental conditions for the regenerative new nature economy. Natural Climate Solutions can provide over 30% of the solution to reverse climate change, but receive not even 3% of funding. We are closing this gap by creating the conditions for entrepeneurial people and organisations to flourish.

Read our green paper

4th Global Enhanced Weathering Conference

May 4th, 2022

What we do

Pioneer

We do. RD&D are much needed for natural carbon returning, because potential is huge and largely untapped. We develop in practice as well as in our Natural Climate Solutions Lab.

Construction
Ocean | Land | Rock

Conditions

We foster the fundamental conditions for people to thrive in the new nature economy.

Imagination

We show the world what we want. We envision how beautiful the world will be in a new nature economy. We’re always fact-based: we show what can be done. And then we do.

Regeneration | Drawdown | 2040

News

Launch ONCRA at the COP27 in Egypt

ONCRA is out in the world. We launched ONCRA live from COP27 with co-founders and removers, from Bamboologic, The Seaweed Company, Scave, Boer in Natuur and greenSand. Take a look at the recording of the launch on our You Tube Channel. Join the ecosystem at oncra.org,…

Book launch: Dutch translation Regeneration, ending the climate crisis in one generation

We’re very happy and proud the conversation between Lynn Zebeda and Paul Hawken at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam, is online on our channel. Together with publisher Lemniscaat and partners we presented the Dutch translation of the book Regeneration, ending the…

Successes and failures 2021 / 2022

Thanks to our members we we able to work on a lot of interventions during the year 2021 / 2022. Click and take a look at the summery.

How Paulownia trees double nature and sequester CO2

Eric Litjens is growing the fastest growing tree on earth – which also makes it the tree that is the fastest to sequester carbon. Join the 66th Double Nature Talk! Language: DUTCH Former fruit tree grower Eric Litjens is removing carbon with Paulownia trees. At the Double Nature Lunch Talk on Tuesday 26 September, he will reveal all the secrets of this tree, which is native to China. They…

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How to become climate positive

Scave.World: Double Nature Talk, September 12 2023Bart van Beuzekom has a regenerative farm in Portugal and also several hectares in the Netherlands. For example, he produces delicious pasta with old plant varieties. Bart has not been a farmer since childhood; he started five years ago. Because he wanted to take action against the destruction of life, the poor quality of food and the sequestration of CO2 in the soil. Everyone…

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Construction Day – Double Nature Summit 2023

The construction sector can be made regenerative with transitions in roughly three areas: energy, materials and social. On May 22 we gathered with about 80 frontrunners in the game to make the construction industry more regenerative. The main takeaways. For Day 1 of the Double Nature Summit, on Constructions, we partnered with Gideon Building Transition Tribes to host a co-creative program on the material transition. The transition needs actions…

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Join The 1500 Club

The 1500 Club supports our work. We are 1500 people taking responsibility for the removal the 1500 gigaton of extra CO2 in our atmosphere, using nature based solutions. The 1500 Club is by and for parents, entrepreneurs, investors, youth, decision makers and anyone else who wants to double nature and reverse climate change.

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Partners

We work with a network of great entrepreneurial people and organisations. If you would like to join us, just drop us a line.