Path Forward

• OCT 2024 - LAUNCH CMECH WEBSITE.
• JAN 2025 - ELECTROLYSIS RESEARCH @ UBC VANCOUVER.
• JUL 2025 - LAB WORK.
• JAN 2026 - FULLY INTEGRATED ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM (SEAWATER TO SOLID CARBON). ENGINEERING.
• JUL 2026 - SMALL SCALE TESTING ON CALM WATERS.
• JAN 2027 - FIRST FULLY VERIFIED COMPLIANCE CARBON CREDIT.
• JUL 2027 - FULL SCALE TESTING ON OPEN WATERS.
• JAN 2028 - OPERATIONS CMECH1.
• 2028... - BUILD MORE CMECHS.

AT 3°C OF GLOBAL WARMING, SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WILL ARISE FOR ECOSYSTEMS, ECONOMIES, AND HUMAN SOCIETIES. BIODIVERSITY WOULD FACE SUBSTANTIAL STRESS, WITH 15-30% OF SPECIES POTENTIALLY AT RISK OF EXTINCTION, PARTICULARLY IN SENSITIVE ECOSYSTEMS LIKE CORAL REEFS AND RAINFORESTS. SOME HABITATS MAY SHIFT TOO QUICKLY FOR SPECIES TO ADAPT OR MIGRATE.

MASS MIGRATIONS COULD INVOLVE 100 MILLION OR MORE PEOPLE DISPLACED BY RISING SEA LEVELS, EXTREME HEAT, AND DROUGHT. THIS WOULD STRAIN PUBLIC SERVICES, HOUSING, AND LABOR MARKETS IN HOST REGIONS, REQUIRING LARGE-SCALE ADAPTATION EFFORTS AND RESOURCES.

IN AGRICULTURE, STAPLE CROP YIELDS LIKE WHEAT, RICE, AND MAIZE COULD DECLINE BY 10-25%, DRIVING FOOD PRICES UP BY 20-40%. THIS COULD EXACERBATE FOOD INSECURITY FOR MILLIONS AND AFFECT ECONOMIES RELIANT ON AGRICULTURE, WHILE GOVERNMENTS SPEND HEAVILY ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION TO MANAGE THESE IMPACTS. THOUGH NOT CATASTROPHIC, 3°C WARMING WOULD BRING WIDESPREAD AND LONG-TERM ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISRUPTIONS THAT REQUIRE CAREFUL MANAGEMENT. GLOBAL ECONOMIC LOSSES COULD REACH $2-4 TRILLION ANNUALLY, DRIVEN BY DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE, AGRICULTURE, AND THE COSTS OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MIGRATION.

SPIKE IN CO2 INCREASE IS UNPRECEDENTED.

WHAT IS THE PARIS AGREEMENT?

THE PARIS AGREEMENT (2015) IS A LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL ACCORD AIMED AT COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE BY LIMITING GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RISE TO WELL BELOW 2°C ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS, WHILE PURSUING EFFORTS TO LIMIT IT TO 1.5°C. SIGNED BY NEARLY 200 COUNTRIES, IT REQUIRES EACH NATION TO SET ITS OWN EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS, KNOWN AS NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (NDCS), WHICH ARE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS TO BECOME MORE AMBITIOUS. THE AGREEMENT ALSO EMPHASIZES ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE IMPACTS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, AND GLOBAL COOPERATION TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. THOUGH NON-BINDING IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, IT PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH REGULAR REPORTING AND REVIEWS.

WHEN A COUNTRY RATIFIES THE PARIS AGREEMENT (2015), IT UNDERTAKES SEVERAL KEY OBLIGATIONS AIMED AT ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE. THESE OBLIGATIONS ARE MOSTLY SELF-DETERMINED BUT ARE FRAMED BY THE BROADER GOALS OF THE AGREEMENT. HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE OBLIGATIONS:

1. NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (NDCS) COUNTRIES MUST SUBMIT NDCS, WHICH ARE THEIR INDIVIDUAL CLIMATE ACTION PLANS. THESE PLANS OUTLINE THE COUNTRY’S COMMITMENTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE. NDCS ARE SELF-DETERMINED BUT MUST AIM TO LIMIT GLOBAL WARMING TO WELL BELOW 2°C, AND IDEALLY 1.5°C ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS. NDCS ARE TO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH MORE AMBITIOUS TARGETS. THE FIRST SET OF UPDATES OCCURRED IN 2020.
2. REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY COUNTRIES ARE REQUIRED TO REGULARLY REPORT ON THEIR EMISSIONS, PROGRESS TOWARD THEIR NDCS, AND ADAPTATION EFFORTS. A TRANSPARENCY FRAMEWORK ENSURES THAT COUNTRIES PROVIDE CLEAR, COMPARABLE, AND CONSISTENT INFORMATION. THESE REPORTS ARE REVIEWED INTERNATIONALLY TO ASSESS COLLECTIVE PROGRESS.
3. GLOBAL STOCKTAKE EVERY FIVE YEARS, COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE IN A GLOBAL STOCKTAKE TO EVALUATE PROGRESS TOWARD THE GOALS OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT. THE FIRST STOCKTAKE IS SCHEDULED FOR 2023. THIS PROCESS INFORMS COUNTRIES ON WHERE THEY STAND IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL GOAL OF KEEPING GLOBAL TEMPERATURE RISE IN CHECK.
4. CLIMATE FINANCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MITIGATE AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE GOAL IS TO MOBILIZE $100 BILLION PER YEAR BY 2020, THOUGH THIS TARGET WAS NOT FULLY ACHIEVED, AND DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE ON SCALING THIS UP POST-2025. FINANCE CAN TAKE VARIOUS FORMS, INCLUDING GRANTS, LOANS, OR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS.
5. ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE COUNTRIES ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE ACTION TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND IMPROVE RESILIENCE. THIS INCLUDES PREPARING FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, PROTECTING ECOSYSTEMS, AND BUILDING SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. EACH COUNTRY SETS ITS OWN ADAPTATION PRIORITIES, BUT THEY MUST REGULARLY REPORT ON THEM.
6. LOSS AND DAMAGE WHILE NOT AS STRONG A LEGAL COMMITMENT AS OTHER PARTS OF THE AGREEMENT, COUNTRIES RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING LOSS AND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN VULNERABLE NATIONS.
7. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION COUNTRIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO COLLABORATE INTERNATIONALLY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, THROUGH MECHANISMS LIKE CARBON MARKETS OR JOINT MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION PROJECTS. THIS CAN INCLUDE MECHANISMS SUCH AS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM UNDER ARTICLE 6 OF THE AGREEMENT.
8. MITIGATION EFFORTS THE PRIMARY OBLIGATION IS TO PURSUE DOMESTIC MEASURES TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OUTLINED IN THEIR NDCS. THIS COULD INVOLVE REDUCING EMISSIONS ACROSS KEY SECTORS (ENERGY, TRANSPORT, INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE), IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY, INCREASING THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND ENHANCING CARBON SINKS LIKE FORESTS. ALTHOUGH THESE OBLIGATIONS ARE NON-BINDING IN A STRICT LEGAL SENSE, THE MORAL AND POLITICAL PRESSURE IS SIGNIFICANT, AS FAILURE TO MEET TARGETS CAN RESULT IN REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE. HOWEVER, COUNTRIES ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW CONTINUOUS PROGRESS IN THEIR CLIMATE ACTIONS OVER TIME.

WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE 2023 STOCKTAKE?

THE 2023 GLOBAL STOCKTAKE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT, REVEALED THAT THE WORLD IS NOT ON TRACK TO MEET THE GOALS OF LIMITING GLOBAL WARMING TO 1.5°C. THE KEY FINDINGS EMPHASIZE THAT WHILE THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS, IT IS FAR FROM SUFFICIENT. EMISSIONS REMAIN HIGH, AND THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO DECARBONIZE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ARE FALLING SHORT. THE STOCKTAKE UNDERLINES THAT ACCELERATED AND MORE AMBITIOUS EFFORTS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED TO CUT EMISSIONS BY HALF BY 2030. THE REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THAT EVEN WITH A COMPLETE PHASE-OUT OF FOSSIL FUELS, ADDITIONAL MEASURES ARE CRUCIAL, SUCH AS ADDRESSING DEFORESTATION AND LAND DEGRADATION. NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS FOREST RESTORATION, ARE SEEN AS CRITICAL, PROVIDING A THIRD OF THE REQUIRED EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS TO AVOID THE WORST CLIMATE SCENARIOS. THE STOCKTAKE WILL SERVE AS A BASIS FOR DISCUSSIONS AT COP28, WHERE COUNTRIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVISE PLANS FOR SCALING UP CLIMATE FINANCE, RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. THE PRESSURE IS ON GLOBAL LEADERS TO TURN THE INSIGHTS FROM THIS REPORT INTO CONCRETE ACTION TO STEER THE PLANET BACK TOWARD MEETING THE PARIS GOALS.

CMECH IS ISSUING PRE-PRODUCTION CARBON CREDITS AS A WAY TO RAISE MONEY TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT. THESE CREDITS REPRESENT 1 METRIC TON OF CO2 THAT HAS BEEN BOTH REMOVED FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AND SEQUESTERED IN A FORM THAT IS LOCKED OUT OF THE CARBON CYCLE FOR MORE THAN 500 YEARS. EACH TONNE WILL BE THIRD PARTY VERIFIED, AND IN AN INTERNATIONALLY COMPLIANT FORMAT.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE YET HOWEVER, SO THE HOLDER OF PRE-PRODUCTION CREDITS WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE CARBON CREDIT HAS BEEN FULLY UPGRADED TO ACTIVE AND COMPLIANT. RETIREES OF CREDITS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THEIR SEQUESTRATION CERTIFICATES TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN NETZERO EMISSION GOALS OR TRADE THEM. IN THE FUTURE, ONCE OPERATING, ALL CMECH CREDITS WILL BE ISSUED ACTIVE, REPRESENTING CARBON ALREADY IN THE GROUND. UNTIL THEN PRE-PRODUCTION CMECH CREDITS ARE A GREAT WAY TO HELP THE PROJECT ON ITS WAY TO LAUNCHING THE FIRST MACHINE.

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WE WANT TO BUILD A REAL WAY TO AVOID TRIGGERING RUNAWAY HEATING FEEDBACK LOOPS THAT CAN SET THE PLANET ON A PATH OF NO RETURN. ALSO WE FEEL THAT CONTINUED MASS EMISSIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT DECADES DESPITE THE RHETORIC FOR GLOBAL NETZERO BY 2050. WE ARE CALLING IT. REDUCTIONS ALONE WILL NOT GET US WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN TIME. PEOPLE WANT ENERGY WITH OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY THIS COMES WITH SIGNIFICANT EMISSIONS. CMECH IS OUR PROPOSED WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL ON A SCALE THAT MATTERS.


• DOES THE PROCESS WORK?
OUR DUAL ELECTROLYSIS PROCESS IS BASED ON PUBLISHED RESEARCH, MODIFIED FOR THIS SPECIFIC USE CASE. WE ARE RAISING MONEY TO FUND RESEARCH BY CHEMISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN CANADA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESS AND BUILD A FULLY INTEGRATED SYSTEM THAT CAN BE SCALED IN SIZE. THIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL RESULT IN A FORMAL ACADEMIC PAPER AND A FULL SCALE MACHINE.

• WHY ARE YOU RAISING MONEY NOW?
EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MANY ORGANIZATIONS CALLING FOR NEW SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING, THE EARLY STAGE RESEARCH NEEDED TO DEVELOP THESE SOLUTIONS IS OFTEN NOT CONSIDERED FUNDABLE UNTIL THERE IS A FULL WORKING PROTOTYPE. BY PETITIONING THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY WE HOPE TO RAISE FUNDS NEEDED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS EARLY STAGE.

• WILL IT CONTAMINATE THE SEAWATER?
NO. THE SEAWATER IS SAFELY RETURNED TO THE OCEAN AT ITS NORMAL PH LEVEL. THE PROCESS INVOLVES MOVING SEAWATER THROUGH A SERIES OF TANKS TO REMOVE THE CO2 BEFORE IT IS RETURNED TO THE OCEAN.

• HOW DOES THE WAVE ENERGY PLATFORM WORK?
THE WAVE GENERATOR TECHNOLOGY WE FAVOUR IS BASED ON AN ARTIFICIAL BLOWHOLE DESIGN THAT TURNS A TURBINE FROM THE MOVEMENT OF AIR AFTER A WAVE PUSHES WATER INTO AN ENCLOSURE. THERE ARE OTHER WAVE GENERATOR SYSTEMS LIKE CORPOWER THAT MAY ALSO WORK WITH THE CMECH PLATFORM. CURRENTLY OUR FOCUS IS ON THE ELECTROLYSIS AND TANK FLOW PART OF THE SYSTEM.

• HOW MUCH POWER DOES A CMECH WAVE PLATFORM GENERATE?
ABOUT 2MW OF POWER. IT WILL BE FITTED WITH LARGE ULTRACAPACITORS TO MODERATE THE ENERGY PRODUCED FROM THE INTERMITTENT WAVES. CMECHS WILL BE MADE FOR THE OPEN OCEAN IN PLACES THAT PROVIDE LARGE AND STEADY WAVE FORMATIONS.

• WHEN ARE YOU LAUNCHING THE FIRST CMECH?
SOMETIME IN 2027.

• HOW MUCH CO2 WILL A CMECH MACHINE REMOVE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE?
OUR GOAL IS A CMECH THAT REMOVES 1000 KG OF CO2 EXTRACTED PER HOUR OF OPERATION. 8000 TONS PER YEAR.

• WHERE WILL THE CARBON BE SEQUESTERED?
CURRENTLY WE HOPE TO WORK WITH THE UN'S ANTI-DESERTIFICATION EFFORTS TO FIND A SUITABLE LOCATION TO SEQUESTER THE SOLID CARBON. IN ANY CASE THE SEQUESTRATION WILL BE OVERSEEN BY A FULL COMPLIANT THIRD PARTY TO VERIFY.

• HOW LONG DOES THE CARBON STAY IN THE GROUND?
THE SOLID CARBON PRODUCED IS HIGHLY POROUS AND INERT. IT DOES NOT GET INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANTS OR SOLID ORGANISMS BUT STAYS IN THE GROUND TO TRAP MOISTURE AND NUTRIENTS. 500+ YEARS IS A JUSTIFIABLE ANSWER - THOUGH IT COULD BE MUCH LONGER. CMECH PRODUCED CARBON WILL BE BOTH SEQUESTERED FROM THE CARBON CYCLE AND USED TO ASSIST FUTURE PLANT GROWTH.

• WHEN WILL I GET MY CARBON CREDITS?
BY JOINING THE CMECH VANGUARD, YOU CAN RECEIVE PRE-PRODUCTION CREDITS RIGHT NOW. YOU'LL RECEIVE A PDF CERTIFICATE OF ISSUANCE VIA EMAIL, COMPLETE WITH A UNIQUE CMECH CREDIT ID# FOR EACH TONNE OF CO2 REMOVAL YOU'VE SECURED. BUYING PRE-PRODUCTION CREDITS IS A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY AND SOLUTION. CONTINUING FROM THE PDF CERTIFICATES, WE PLAN TO BUILD A CMECH UTILITY TOKEN SYSTEM. THIS PUTS ALL ISSUED CARBON CREDITS ON A BLOCKCHAIN - MORE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED ON THIS LATER. ONCE THIS TOKEN SYSTEM IS READY, WE'LL NOTIFY YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR WALLET ADDRESS SO WE CAN SEND YOUR CMECH TOKENS DIRECTLY TO YOUR WALLET. IMPORTantly, INTEGRATED INTO THIS SYSTEM WILL BE A CHAIN OF CUSTODY VERIFICATION SO THAT TWO DIFFERENT AUDITORS CAN VERIFY THE MOVEMENT OF REMOVED CARBON FROM SEA TO SAND AND THE PEOPLE CAN VIEW THESE VERIFICATIONS ON THE BLOCKCHAIN PUBLICALLY.

• WHAT IS THE PRICE OF A COMPLIANCE-GRADE CARBON CREDIT TODAY?
ACCORDING TO THE GLOBAL CARBON FUND, THE PRICE OF COMPLIANCE-GRADE CARBON CREDITS VARIES ACROSS DIFFERENT MARKETS. IN THE EU ETS, THE PRICE IS APPROXIMATELY $80 USD/TON, IN THE CALIFORNIA ETS, IT'S AROUND $30/TON, AND IN THE SHANGHAI ETS, IT'S ABOUT $9/TON. FULLY VERIFIED ENGINEERED CARBON REMOVAL CREDITS, LIKE THE ONES CMECH INTENDS TO PRODUCE, ARE CURRENTLY TRADING BETWEEN $100 AND $500/TON. (OCT 2024)

• HOW SCALABLE IS CMECH?
THE SEA IS THE LIMIT. UNLIKE MANY OTHER CARBON REMOVAL PROJECTS RESTRICTED BY LAND ACCESS AND COSTS, CMECH OPERATES ON THE OPEN OCEAN VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED BY SPACE. OUR SCALABILITY DEPENDS ONLY ON HOW MANY MACHINES WE CAN LAUNCH AND OPERATE. AT THE SPECIFICATIONS WE ARE WORKING TO ACHIEVE, 1 MILLION MACHINES WOULD REMOVE 8 GIGATONS OF CO2 PER YEAR. THIS IS A SPACE OF 30,000 SQUARE KILOMETERS OF OCEAN, ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF BELGIUM.
ON THE BUILDING OF THESE MACHINES, FOR CONTEXT, FORD PRODUCED OVER 1 MILLION TRUCKS ALONE IN 2023. OUR GOAL IS AMBITIOUS, AND WE WILL KEEP OUR SUPPORTERS INFORMED AS WE PROGRESS. CURRENTLY OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO CMECH #1.

• HOW MANY TONS DOES HUMANITY NEED TO SEQUESTER PER YEAR TO BE TRULY NET NEUTRAL?
CURRENTLY, HUMANITY HAS A DEFICIT OF AROUND 35 BILLION TONNES OF CO2 PER YEAR. WE EMIT ABOUT 45 GIGATONS OF CO2 ANNUALLY, BUT NATURAL PROCESSES—LIKE ABSORPTION BY THE OCEANS AND LAND—REMOVE ABOUT 10 GIGATONS OF THAT. THIS ABSORPTION IS NOT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES HOWEVER, AS THE OCEANS ARE BECOMING MORE ACIDIC AS A RESULT. IN A NET-ZERO SCENARIO, HUMANITY NEEDS TO REDUCE OR REMOVE ALL 45 GIGATONS PER YEAR TO PREVENT FURTHER CO2 ACCUMULATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE. REDUCTIONS ALONE WILL NOT GET US THERE ANYWHERE NEAR SOON ENOUGH. WE NEED REMOVALS TOO.

• WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT CO2 INCREASES PLANT GROWTH?
THIS PHENOMENON IS KNOWN AS CO2 FERTILIZATION. IT'S TRUE THAT ADDITIONAL CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE CAN BOOST PLANT AND ALGAE ACTIVITY ON LAND AND IN THE OCEANS, POTENTIALLY REMOVING A FEW ADDITIONAL GIGATONS OF CO2 PER YEAR. HOWEVER, THIS EFFECT IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AS ECOSYSTEMS HIT NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS AND FACE INCREASED STRESS FROM OTHER CLIMATE-RELATED FACTORS LIKE DROUGHTS, WILDFIRES, AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION. ADDITIONALLY, DESERTS ARE EXPANDING—MOST NOTABLY, THE SAHARA HAS GROWN BY 10% PER CENTURY, DRIVEN BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

• HOW MANY TONS MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN 1850?
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WE NEED TO REMOVE 80 GIGATONS OF CO2 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO BRING US BACK TO PREINDUSTRIAL LEVELS. AROUND 50 GIGATONS OF CO2 PER YEAR JUST TO STAY EVEN WITH CURRENT EMISSIONS, WE NEED TO GET 80% REDUCTION WITH CMR.

• HOW CAN I SUPPORT CMECH?
YOU CAN JOIN THE CMECH VANGUARD, SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, OR FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. JOINING THE VANGUARD MEANS YOU CAN BE THE FIRST TO KNOW ABOUT NEW UPDATES AND HELP US BRING THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT TO LIFE.