humans of cdr

Real people. Real paths. Real talk about working in carbon removal.

Carbon removal is one of the most important industries being built right now. The problem is almost no one knows about it. What does it actually take to work in this sector? What roles exist beyond the obvious ones? And do you really need a science or engineering background to get started?

Humans of CDR features the people doing this work: founders, analysts, researchers, career changers. All sharing how they got here, what the job is really like, and what they wish someone had told them before they started.

Aurelie Gonzales, founder and CEO of Yama

"You Don't Need to Have All the Answers Before You Start"

Aurélie Gonzalez spent a decade trying to decarbonise heavy industry from the inside. Then she quit, spent two years searching, and built a direct air capture company almost from scratch. This is what she learned, and what she wishes more people coming into CDR already knew. When Aurélie Gonzalez founded Yama , a French direct air capture company (DAC) working on an electrochemical approach to CO2 removal, she didn't arrive with a perfectly plotted career path. She arrived wi

Helen Lundebye