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 Dioxide Removal Centre
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be a vital bridge to a clean economy for future generations
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.
13
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.
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 reportResearch & Analysis
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.
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The road to large-scale durable CDR starts today.
Carson Fong
Manager, CDR Centre
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