mCDR COMPASS
Converging community, marine policy, applied science, and strategy
The mCDR COMPASS is a focused initiative to coordinate, integrate, and resource expertise and activities to advance the responsible and equitable development of the marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) sector in Canada. Based on the interdisciplinary convergence accelerator model, the mCDR COMPASS will advance the sector through intentional collaboration across science and data, policy, community engagement, and business strategy.
Where research in science, community, policy, and strategy converge to advance the responsible and equitable development of the mCDR sector.
Identify factors impacting mCDR efficacy, safety, and risk—how to measure, model, and connect them to guide policy, foster trust, and drive business growth.
Develop the social license to operate with informed and supportive community and industry, including Indigenous, rural, and commercial fishery organizations.
Develop effective regulatory pathways for mCDR as it scales from field trials to large scale deployments in the high seas.
Develop effective business conditions for the responsible and equitable mCDR sector to thrive in Canada.
Co-design, collaboration, and integration among stakeholders and input from advisory organizations, will ensure the mCDR sector is built scientifically robust, socially equitable, and financially sustainable.
Interdisciplinary teams, led by a cohort of COMPASS HEROs and guided by principal investigators and the TCA Transformation Hubs, will coordinate across the primary pillars of science and data, policy, community engagement, and business to advance the mCDR sector in Canada.
For more information, please contact:
Eric Siegel, Chief Innovation Officer
Ocean Frontier Institute
Dalhousie University
COMPASS@dal.ca
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
