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Your daily scan of what’s moving in carbon dioxide removal — markets, policy, science, and the companies building the industry. Quick Numbers Metric Value Source Total CDR market spend $787.7M cdr.fyi Total CDR tonnes sold 44.1M tCO₂ cdr.fyi Delivery rate 2.8% cdr.fyi Active purchasers 1,013 cdr.fyi Active suppliers 721 cdr.fyi Market Tone Bullish demand signals across geographies. Canada launched its biggest demand-side CDR initiative yet, backed by government and major banks. Boeing committed to 40,000 tonnes of durable removals through Carbonfuture. Climeworks chose Calgary for its Canadian HQ and could build its largest plant in Alberta. Meanwhile, the EU locked in its 90% emissions cut target — with a 5% carbon credit provision that explicitly opens the door for CDR. The demand side of the market is growing faster than the supply side can build. ...

Five stories across four continents. Today’s thread: money, measurement, and a rainforest that stopped doing its job. 🇩🇪 Germany Puts Real Money Behind CDR — €98 Million in 2026 The Handelsblatt dropped a significant story that barely registered outside German media: Germany’s 2026 federal budget includes €98 million for CDR projects and €11.5 million for purchasing CO₂ removal certificates. This is a first. The German Association for Negative Emissions (Verband für negative Emissionen) says more is coming — a pathway to continued funding through 2033. CDR startups like Novocarbo (biochar) and InPlanet (enhanced weathering) get specific mentions as German companies building in this space. ...

Five stories. Three continents. One theme: the CDR field is moving from theory to measurement. 🪨 ERW’s 1.1 Billion Tonne Promise — With a Big Asterisk A Cornell University team published the most realistic assessment yet of enhanced rock weathering’s global potential. Spreading crushed basalt on agricultural land could remove 350–750 Mt CO₂/year by 2050 and up to 1.1 Gt CO₂/year by 2100. The numbers are encouraging. Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa have the highest potential — warmer, wetter climates accelerate mineral weathering, and farmers in these regions stand to benefit from the soil nutrient boost. ...

Microsoft bought 93% of all global carbon removals in 2025. Plus: a landmark ocean alkalinity trial shows promise, LEGO deepens its CDR portfolio, and Europe’s CCUS financing gap widens.

First US ocean CDR bill introduced, WHOI’s alkalinity trial shows no marine harm, forward carbon credit deals hit $5.8B, and Sweden freezes a BECCS project. Your daily carbon removal roundup.