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The Global CDR Action Network (CDRANet)

WE NEED A PLAN NOW

The IPCC has explained for years that we need to remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from our Earth’s atmosphere every year between about 2050 and 2100. If we don’t, we’re cooked, literally. And yet, we’re nowhere remotely close to being able to do this. In fact, we haven’t even started developing a workable plan. In the meantime, the need for large-scale C02 removal has become more urgent than ever because we’ve missed all our emissions targets, and will likely miss more.

The global CDR Action Network (CDRANet) is the world’s first and only effort designed to bring together all key stakeholders from across climate policy, industry, research, government and finance to develop a workable plan for pulling CO2 out of our atmosphere quickly, safely, and at scale. Over 250 of the world’s top climate leaders and experts are part of CDRANet. Our work started in November 2024 and will continue for at least five years, hopefully longer. For more information, please see the CDRANet website at https://cdranet.org.

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A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP

The global CDR Action Network (CDRANet, pronounced see-drah-net) is new partnership between countries, industries and institutions who are working together to create workable global policy for removing carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere at scale. This network is unique and vital in five key respects:

  1. CDRANet is focused on CO2 removal. There are many important tangents, like the underground storage of industrial emissions, and the need to address other GHGs like methane, but we are focused on carbon dioxide so we can connect the dots of the CDR ecosystem in the most powerful way possible.
  2. This network is action focused. Our goal isn’t to generate endless debate, but action — a workable, global approach to scaling CDR now. All aspects of this issue are being addressed — environmental, technical, financial, social, moral-ethical, sustainability, and other vital considerations.
  3. We are global. Every country has their own ideas and priorities, but atmospheric CO2 removal is going to require global cooperation and collaboration. This network brings together a wide range of global actors who are willing to work together now on creating a realistic, global solutions.
  4. We are empowered for action. Network delegates are high level representatives of their countries and institutions, in positions of authority to develop policy and not only debate details. And finally,
  5. Our work is ongoing. Our work has just started and we will contiue growing and building connections. The conferences we are organizing (beginning with CDR26 in October of 2026), will serve as annual showcases for global policy and technical progress in CDR.