Scaling up Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

Researchers from all seven Helmholtz centers Earth & Environment came together in the Magnus-Haus in the center of Berlin for the kick-off meeting of the SynCom Project ‘Scaling up Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)’.

Mark Lawrence and Kathleen Mar (RIFS) introduced CDR in the context of CO₂ budgets and climate goals and discussed challenges that CDR faces. After this scene-setting talk, terrestrial (Daniela Thrän, UFZ) and marine (Klaus Wallmann, GEOMAR) CDR concepts and highlights of research were presented. Oliver Geden (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) provided valuable insights into the politics of CDR policymaking.

The second day was dedicated to work on the objectives of the SynCom project and to organize the next steps. Fruitful discussions led to three different formats regarding i) research synthesis, ii) connection of science and industry, and iii) policy dialog. We are looking forward to the progress of these formats in the upcoming months and to the next workshop of the SynCom Project ‘Scaling up Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)’.