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.
Governing Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal:
Are we ready?
Infographics
Publications
The policy briefs and report on governing large-scale carbon dioxide removal are also available in:
C2G-supported paper
Blogs
Climate Colonialism and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
Guest post by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Georgetown University
DiCaprio film heralds the era of carbon dioxide removal
by Cynthia Scharf and Mark Turner
Building networks to scale up carbon dioxide removal
Guest Post by by Mark Workman and Steve Hall
Videos/Podcasts
Large-scale CO2 removal: What is it and how can the youth help govern it?
What role can young people play in governing large-scale CO2 removal? Kai-Uwe B. Schmidt from C2G and Bindu Bhandari from Climate Interactive shared their experience and insights into this challenge and opportunity in an ECOS Community Call facilitated by Viktor Jósa,...
What is Carbon Dioxide Removal? – Janos Pasztor
C2G Executive Director Janos Pasztor talks about Carbon Dioxide Removal and why it requires governance.
The Need to Govern Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal – Janos Pasztor
Janos Pasztor discusses C2G’s work on the governance of emerging technologies that intentionally seek to change the Earth’s climate system at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. In this video, he focuses on large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal...
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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Past Events
Pathways to a sustainable future: governance of CO2 removal & mitigation strategies for industry
UNFCCC COP25 SIDE EVENT
11 Dec 2019
Is the world ready for large-scale CO2 removal?
UNFCCC COP25 PRESS CONFERENCE
4 Dec 2019
ClimateVision: A Model-UN Style Role-play Game on Reducing and Removing Carbon
In support of the UN Youth Climate Summit
22 Sep 2019