We are excited to share this Annual Report with highlights of our current work, recent events, and ways we are engaging new partners. In 2024, we brought together different perspectives to find shared solutions to decarbonization through carbon management deployment.
The Carbon Action Alliance (Action Alliance) launched in October 2022 to provide the Great Plains Institute’s (GPI) core industrial innovation and carbon management projects with a broader platform to engage with stakeholders across the country. It serves as an education and advocacy network at the federal, regional, and state levels, coordinates communications efforts, and aligns stakeholders and local communities to ensure carbon management projects and infrastructure are included as a part of an equitable approach to reducing emissions across energy and industrial sectors. The also Carbon Action Alliance coordinates the team’s Environmental Justice Fellowship program.
This year, we have advanced the four pillars that guide our work:
- EDUCATE: Meet people—whether in local communities, state or federal governments, tribal nations, nonprofits, labor organizations, businesses, or elsewhere—where they’re at with educational resources
- ACT: Communicate carbon management and industrial decarbonization project deployment benefits and opportunities to decision-makers
- CONNECT: Help shape the carbon management narrative through engagement and storytelling
- INVOLVE: Foster an equitable and informed approach to project deployment
As the Action Alliance enters its third year, our work to inform and engage the public about industrial innovation and carbon management opportunities is as important as ever. Together, we can explore best practices, address challenges, and pave the way for successful deployment.