Region: India

Everest Carbon

Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, India

Wants to remove a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide for under $100/tonne

Everest Carbon permanently removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via enhanced rock weathering. It is on a mission to remove one million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2026 and plans to scale to a billion tonnes per year by 2030.
Country: India
Status: In Development
Type: Enhanced Rock Weathering
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Varaha

Gurugram, Haryana, India

World’s first climate teech company focused on developing economies.

Varaha is a global tech-enabled carbon project developer, dedicated to implementing nature-based solutions while maintaining an unwavering commitment to smallholder farmer development and excellence in monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) practices. Varaha’s projects have proven their effectiveness in removing and preventing the release of over 1 million tonnes of CO2 emissions within a remarkably short span of just 16 months since our inception.
Country: India
Status: Operational
Type: MRV
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Takachar

Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Turns waste-biomass into carbon-negative bioproducts.

Takachar develops small-scale, low-cost portable equipment to convert waste biomass into carbon-negative bioproducts. Takachar-produced biochar already improves crop yields, while its operations are providing new rural livelihoods. It has the potential to remove 2.4 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide a year at scale.
Country: India
Status: Operational
Type: Biochar
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CTRL+Z

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Filters water whilst removing carbon.

CTRL+Z converts agricultural wastewater to carbon-rich graphene derivatives that are then used in water filtration. This technology could potentially sequester billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
Country: India
Status: In Development
Type: Materials Sequestration
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Mati Carbon Removals

Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Scaling up enhanced rock weathering across India.

Mati removes CO2 using enhanced rock weathering (ERW) of silicate rocks. Their program uses ground basalt-based soil amendment – called “Mati,” and distributes it in rice paddy fields.
Country: India
Status: Operational
Type: Enhanced Rock Weathering
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