Carbon Dioxide Removal
Large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), also known as negative emissions, or carbon drawdown, aims to address the primary human source of climate change by removing carbon dioxide permanently from the atmosphere to be stored underground or under the ocean floor. If deployed at a planetary scale, CDR could help prevent ocean acidification and slow the rate of global warming. CDR is not a substitute for rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which is essential under any scenario.
Infographics
Publications
- 23 August 2021 Policy Brief: Direct Air Carbon Dioxide Capture & Storage (DACCS)
- 23 August 2021 Evidence Brief: Direct Air Carbon Dioxide Capture & Storage (DACCS)
- 2 August 2021 Evidence Brief: Climate-altering Approaches and the Arctic
- 17 Mar 2021 Policy Brief: Climate-Altering Approaches and the Arctic (中文) (Français) (Español) (Pусский)
- 2 Mar 2021 Evidence Brief: Carbon Dioxide Removal and its Governance
- 11 Feb 2021 Governing large-scale carbon dioxide removal: are we ready? – an update (full report)
- 11 Feb 2021 Governing large-scale carbon dioxide removal: are we ready? – an update (Executive Summary) (中文) (Français) (Español)
- 24 Nov 2020 Potential implications of carbon dioxide removal for the sustainable development goals
- 28 Jul 2020 Discussion paper: Options for supporting Carbon Dioxide Removal
- 21 Nov 2019 Policy Brief: Governing Large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal (中文) (Français) (Español)
- 24 Sep 2019 Evidence Brief: Governing Nature-Based Solutions to Carbon Dioxide Removal
- 9 Aug 2019 Evidence Brief: Governing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and Solar Radiation Modification
- 5 Aug 2019 Policy Brief: Governing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (中文) (Français) (Español)
- 25 May 2018 Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering: Potential implications for delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals
Blogs
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Videos
Governing Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal
Countries and communities around the world are pledging to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The IPCC says achieving this requires urgent CO2 emissions reductions as well as large-scale removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. How does the world get ready for governing...
Hacking the planet: A discussion on geoengineering
In this episode of Custodians of the Planet, C2G's Janos Pasztor delves into the intertwined issues of ethics, governance and public participation in the context of climate-altering technologies.
The need for large-scale carbon dioxide removal governance – Cynthia Scharf
On 4 November 2019, C2G’s senior strategy director Cynthia Scharf spoke at the World Bank Law, Justice and Development Week 2019 – Rights, Technology and Development, highlighting the need for large-scale carbon dioxide removal governance on a panel on “Technology...
Icons
In the interest of promoting global discussion about the need for governance of large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal, C2G developed a set of icons representing these approaches, available to all to use freely.
The icons are available in png and svg file formats.

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