How Google's Deal with Varaha Works to Combat Climate Change
Now Google is looking at entering into one of its biggest deals with a Carbon removal Initiative named Varaha which has reportedly agreed to purchase 100,000 tons carbon credits by the end of the 2030 decade. Purchase marked for Google: its entry to carbon dioxide removal business in India that is part of one the worlds largest Biochar-based Carbon Credit Deal made thus far.
Varaha is turning agricultural waste from the agricultural field into charcoal-like biochar that holds sequestered carbon dioxide deep into the soil, which makes biochar healthy to enhance growth with a decrease in invasive species-Prosopis Juliflora impact. Biomass of Prosopis Juliflora would be procured from Gujarat and prepared in biochar, which is planned using a dedicated pyrolysis facility.
Biochar was the cheapest carbon removal technology yet conceived. Biochar reduces emissions and, at the same time, promotes biodiversity. India can produce as much biochar as is possible with its agricultural wastes,
