Climeworks
Climeworks is a company founded by Jan Wurzbacher that operates the world's largest direct air capture facility, filtering carbon dioxide from the air and storing it permanently underground. The company addresses a critical climate challenge identified by the IPCC: removing 6 to 10 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere annually by 2050.
To address the need to remove 6 to 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year by 2050 through direct air capture technology.
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