The Giga Ten

The Giga Ten

By: Leila Conners & Sebastian Manhart

Language: en

Categories: Technology, Science, Earth

The Giga Ten is a conversation between the author of the Giga Ten, Sebastian Manhart, and Leila Conners, Founder of Tree Media and director and producer of Legion 44. More on Sebastian Manhart: he is the world’s most followed carbon dioxide removal (CDR) expert, providing daily market & policy insights to >33,000 followers. He is the Senior Policy Advisor of Carbonfuture, the leading platform for high-quality CDR credits. Sebastian is also the Chair of the Board of the DVNE, the German CDR Association, as well as a founding Director of the US Biochar Coalition and the Enhanced Weathering Alliance. Sebastian also founded an...

Episodes

The GigaTen Episode #13 December 2025
Dec 13, 2025

In the 13th Episode of the GigaTen, as the number might suggest, there are headwinds in the CDR industry, but overall there is forward movement.  Who said building a new industry would be easy? Listen in on this month's GigaTen with Sebastian Manhart and Leila Conners.

Duration: 00:23:50
The GigaTen Episode #12 November 2025
Nov 23, 2025

It's been one year of The Giga 10!  In this episode we talk about the headwinds DACCS is experiencing as well as Bill Gates pivot on climate. And much more.  

Duration: 00:23:20
The GigaTen Episode #11 October 2025
Oct 15, 2025

Duration: 00:25:21
The Giga Ten Episode #10 September 2025
Sep 22, 2025

In this 10th episode of The Giga Ten we discuss how marine MRV (mMRV) is maturing and an update on CO2 storage.  This and much more in the following episode with Sebastian Manhart and Leila Conners.

Thank you for watching!

Relevant Links:


Tree+  https://treemedia.vhx.tv/browse 


http://www.legion44.world

http://www.Sebstianmanhart.com

http://www.treemedia.com

Duration: 00:17:55
The Giga Ten Episode #9 August 2025
Aug 29, 2025

Duration: 00:18:22
The Giga Ten Episode #8 July 2025
Aug 09, 2025

Duration: 00:16:06
The Giga Ten Episode #7 June 2025
Jun 18, 2025

In the 7th Episode of The Giga Ten, a discussion with Sebastian Manhart,  we get into how *little* funding CDR gets if one considers the funds allocated to the whole green transition, even though many people assume otherwise.  We get through other pressing topics, like the importance of keeping the EU-ETS tech neutral, SO important.  Watch or listen to the next Giga Ten!

Duration: 00:21:47
The Giga Ten Ep 6. May 2025
May 21, 2025

In this 6th episode of The Giga Ten we discuss how Microsoft is a huge buyer of removals in the space, how Climeworks might want to respond to that Icelandic paper and other CDR policy mechanisms emerging from the EU.  This and much more in the following episode with Sebastian Manhart and Leila Conners.

Duration: 00:32:09
The Giga Ten Episode #5 April 2025
Apr 13, 2025

In this 5th episode of The Giga Ten we discuss how Germany and Denmark are setting CDR benchmarks as well as standards. The Global South has a seat at the table and ERW and the carbon molecule is complex!  This and much more in the following episode with Sebastian Manhart and Leila Conners.


Thank you for listening!

Relevant Links:

https://tracker.carbongap.org/funding...

legion44.world

Sebstianmanhart.com

treemedia.com

Duration: 00:30:06
The GigaTen Episode #4 March 2025
Mar 21, 2025

Carbon Gap has launched a funding tracker for CDR in Europe which is mighty helpful given it is hard to find pockets of funding for this important innovation. In this 4th episode of The Giga Ten Sebastian Manhart and I discuss this as well as the need to grow CDR companies post pilot. The rest of the conversation covers policies that emerged recently and we end wondering about the new CDR project in Wyoming, Spiritus, that just received $30 million.  

Duration: 00:25:30
The GigaTen Episode #3 February 2025
Feb 14, 2025

Sebastian Manhart updates us on the CDR (carbon dioxide removal) industry in conversation with Leila Conners. The GigaTen is a newsletter that Sebastian posts monthly and Leila thought it would be an interesting conversation to update monthly as well. We think that CDR is important and a unifying pathway as it creates jobs, proposes new ways to manufacture materials and can remove CO2 as needed. 
Thank you for watching! 
Relevant Links for Episode 3: 
𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 (𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗔) 
https://www.acra-program.com/ 
Octavia Carbon 
https://octaviacarbon.com/ 
CDR.FYI 
https://www.cdr.fyi/ 
Puro Earth 
https://puro.earth/ 
Carbon Gap 
https://carbongap.org/ 
Sebastian Manhart 
http://www.sebastianm...

Duration: 00:26:44
The GigaTen Episode #2 January 2025
Jan 15, 2025

Sebastian Manhart updates us on the CDR (carbon dioxide removal)  industry  in conversation with Leila Conners.   The GigaTen is a newsletter that Sebastian posts monthly and Leila thought it would be an interesting conversation to update monthly as well.  We think that CDR is important and a unifying pathway as it creates jobs, proposes new ways to manufacture materials and can remove CO2 as needed.
Thank you for listening!

Relevant Links for Episode 2:

http://www.cdr.fyi
  / roberthoglund 
http://www.carbonremovalalliance.org
http://www.milkywire.com
http://www.milkywire.com/impact...

Duration: 00:30:48
The GigaTen Episode #1 December 2024
Jan 15, 2025

Sebastian Manhart updates us on the CDR (carbon dioxide removal)  industry  in conversation with Leila Conners.   The GigaTen is a newsletter that Sebastian posts monthly and Leila thought it would be an interesting conversation to update monthly as well.  We think that CDR is important and a unifying pathway as it creates jobs, proposes new ways to manufacture materials and can remove CO2 as needed. **Technical note, Leila's computer decided to lose it's ability to charge and the disk spun so it interrupted the recording bit rate, hence it's blurry, apologies, it is fixed for future episodes.
Thank you...

Duration: 00:32:54