Carbon Dioxide Removal Centre

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be a vital bridge to a clean economy for future generations

The CDR Centre provides information and support to business leaders who want to seize this economic opportunity, building on Canada’s world-leading CDR status while simultaneously providing jobs and reducing our climate impact.

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Carbon removal beyond net-zero

Once we’ve reduced our emissions down to zero, or as close as possible to zero, CDR will help us pull out some of the carbon dioxide that has built up in the atmosphere from the last century of human activity.

Key numbers

5 –10 gigatonnes

of carbon dioxide need to be pulled out of the air annually by 2050 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

organizations worldwide have purchased more than 100,000 tonnes of advanced CDR credits.

300,000

CDR-related jobs could be created in Canada by 2050.

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Carbon Catalyst Event Report Summary

Carbon Catalyst, held on April 30, 2025, in Calgary, marked the beginning of what the CDR Centre envisions as a series of collaborative forums aimed at fostering education, dialogue and action in the emerging carbon dioxide removal sector. Find out what the sold-out crowd of market leaders said about the opportunities and challenges facing this growing space.

Read the report

Research & Analysis

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Carbon Removal

May 20, 2025

Publication

Direct Air Carbon Capture and Geological Storage: Clarity and Expansion Opportunities

Pembina Institute comments and recommendations

Carbon Removal

March 13, 2025

Op-ed

Under Trump, the U.S. scores own goal in carbon removal game

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Carbon Removal

March 4, 2025

Publication

Balancing Integrity and Feasibility of Carbon Dioxide Storage in B.C.

Pembina Institute comments and recommendations

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Why work on carbon removal?

It’s critical for companies and institutions to reduce their carbon emissions as much as possible, but we also need to remove some of the carbon dioxide already built up in the atmosphere to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Carbon dioxide removal is key to that mission.