At Carbon Drawdown Initiative our mission is to contribute to the creation and growth of the emerging carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry.
Why we do this
+1.4 °C
93% of the way to the 1.5 °C limit of the Paris Agreement.
2 million t
All of them together, from biochar to enhanced rock weathering.
3.5 billion t
More than 1,700 times as much as today.
Sources: Li and colleagues, Nature Climate Change, 2026. The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal, 3rd Edition, 2026.
What We Do
Philanthropically funded by a foundation, we use science, strategy, and optimism to create change.
Field and greenhouse experiments on enhanced rock weathering since 2020.
Four organisations we co-founded or support, in Brussels, Berlin, Delhi and worldwide.
Early-stage investments in more than 30 carbon removal companies since 2020.
Join in
Carbon removal is still a very small industry, and it has no choice but to grow more than a thousandfold by 2050. We want to infect you with our enthusiasm for climate projects and climate companies, and make you our accomplices.
Why the world needs negative emissions.
Field notes and results, the negative ones included.
Shops where anyone can buy durable removals online.
Open jobs across the industry on cdrjobs.earth.
Experiments with 17 research institutions, data published.
We invest at the angel and pre-seed stage.
Our Blog
The Commission's ETS proposal of July 2026 sets aside 250 million allowances for 2031 to 2040 and spends their revenue on bio-CCS and direct air capture with…
For ten months Captain Drawdown, our AI-based CDR evangelist, has been building a picture of the carbon removal industry: 913 companies in 65 countries and…
After 30-plus investments in CDR startups, one pattern keeps showing up. The companies that look most future-proof to me are not the ones with the biggest…
Let’s counteract the ongoing doomsday messaging about climate change with a hopeful and optimistic approach. This will get people out of their annoyed stasis and into action!
