Carbon removals: How to scale a new gigaton industry
CO2 removal (CDR) capacity is far from the gigaton scale needed to round out net-zero efforts by 2050. We explore a mature CDR market’s potential and possible first-mover advantages.
CO 2 去除 (CDR) 能力远未达到 2050 年企业实现净零排放所需的十亿吨规模。我们探索成熟的 CDR 市场的潜力和可能的先发优势。
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made it clear that CO2 removal (CDR) is a critical tool for achieving net zero by 20501 because they could enable businesses to neutralize residual carbon emissions once all emission reductions efforts have been exhausted. Thus, by 2050, CDR competency could be a core part of management responsibilities across all sectors.
This report provides an analysis of the market potential for CDR, the investment requirements, and market trends. It also identifies which actions are the most likely to lower barriers to scaling CDR and delineates potential advantages for first movers in different stakeholder groups.