[{"id":15,"date":"2025-09-10T16:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-10-22T20:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:04:55","slug":"engaging-coastal-communities-on-ocean-alkalinity-enhancement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/engaging-coastal-communities-on-ocean-alkalinity-enhancement\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging Coastal Communities on Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a2902c9c wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-style-section-2 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-07e4d118 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex is-style-section-2--1\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter has-base-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2575\/2025\/10\/AU_OAE-Best-Practice-Guide_Accessible.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:590px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Engaging Coastal Communities on Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3523ba42-902c-447c-95b4-ab4950105319\" href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2575\/2025\/10\/AU_OAE-Best-Practice-Guide_Accessible.pdf\">Engaging Coastal Communities on Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/carbonremoval\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2575\/2025\/10\/AU_OAE-Best-Practice-Guide_Accessible.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3523ba42-902c-447c-95b4-ab4950105319\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-236ffaf5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-625f69c1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AUTHORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sara Nawaz and Giulia Belotti<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This report was made possible through the generous support<br>of ClimateWorks Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DESIGN AND LAYOUT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">BeeSpring Designs, Annie Dore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUGGESTED CITATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Nawaz, S., &amp; Belotti, G. (2025, July). <em>Engaging coastal communities on ocean alkalinity enhancement: A how- to best practice guide. <\/em>Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.16127044\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.16127044<\/a><br><br>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.16127044\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.16127044<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Version 1: April 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-c6aab7f7 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-df9ef4b9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:33vh;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-a419a17ee6c73803537c3fda6549685b wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Executive Summary:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-medium-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-90410827239cc26bb09297a8475324cc wp-block-paragraph\"><br>As marine carbon dioxide removal technologies like ocean alkalinity enhancement move from lab to field, attention to engaging local communities on this subject is growing. However, minimal information is currently available on structuring and implementing this kind of engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d410b9243a1c2c43b8395bb55a365496 wp-block-paragraph\">This guide is intended as a resource to a diverse range of groups who may be looking to conduct (or review or fund) community engagement activities on ocean alkalinity enhancement. It draws on the authors\u2019 experiences conducting engagement on ocean alkalinity enhancement in several different contexts, as well best practices from related fields and technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a34addb332d9d10e73c9db27acca586c wp-block-paragraph\">This guide does the following:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f31476b20e495356156dffc1de4ff560\">\n<li>Introduces what we mean by \u2018meaningful community engagement\u2019 and its importance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Describes how to tailor engagement to different stages of ocean alkalinity enhancement research and\/or deployment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offers ideas for creative and interactive ways to work with communities to understand and deliberate on ocean alkalinity enhancement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discusses the ways that engagement with Indigenous communities requires additional attention, recognition and care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduces 10 best practices to keep in mind when engaging communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provides suggestions on key concepts to introduce when introducing ocean alkalinity enhancement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offers suggestions on navigating your role as an engagement practitioner when interacting with both participants and technology\/project developers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-75e83b82bb00340638dbe502f75137d1\">Shares examples of questions you might expect to receive when conducting engagement activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Describes three case studies of engagement on ocean alkalinity enhancement that the authors have conducted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e15cc2ad4946f7c5c1a12eb0737efef9 wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first version of this guide. We may update the guide in the future with additional resources, tools and guidance as these become available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUTHORS Sara Nawaz and Giulia Belotti ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was made possible through the generous supportof ClimateWorks Foundation. DESIGN AND LAYOUT BeeSpring Designs, Annie Dore SUGGESTED CITATION Nawaz, S., &amp; Belotti, G. (2025, July). Engaging coastal communities on ocean alkalinity enhancement: A how- to best practice guide. 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