Advancing technology to remove carbon pollution from the atmosphere

The document outlines various carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies, categorising them into natural/biotic and technological/abiotic approaches. It highlights the United States' leadership in the sector, supported by billions of dollars in public investment and tax incentives, while noting a significant gap between current trajectories and midcentury needs.

• Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) encompasses a diverse portfolio of technological and nature-based methods, including direct air capture, carbon mineralization, ocean-based methods, and biomass-based approaches, with the potential to remove over one billion tonnes of CO2 annually in the United States.
• The United States is a global leader in CDR research, development, and deployment (RD&D), hosting more than half of the world's direct air capture (DAC) companies.
• Direct Air Capture (DAC) is the most policy-supported CDR approach in the U.S., benefiting from the $3.5 billion Regional DAC Hubs program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and 45Q tax credits providing $130-180 per tonne of CO2.
• Other CDR methods receive varying levels of support: Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is eligible for 45Q tax credits of $60-85 per tonne, while carbon mineralization and direct ocean capture rely on smaller funding pools like the Department of Energy’s Purchase Pilot Prize.
• Marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) currently receives relatively little federal funding; for example, the National Oceanographic Partnership Program allocated $24 million to 17 mCDR research projects in 2023.

APA

World Resources Institute (2025). Advancing technology to remove carbon pollution from the atmosphere. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2025-03/advancing-technology-remove-carbon-dioxide-from-atmosphere-2-pager.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Advancing technology to remove carbon pollution from the atmosphere. 2025. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2025-03/advancing-technology-remove-carbon-dioxide-from-atmosphere-2-pager.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2025advancing, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Advancing technology to remove carbon pollution from the atmosphere}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2025}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2025-03/advancing-technology-remove-carbon-dioxide-from-atmosphere-2-pager.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }