This Week in CDR - Week 45, 2025

We are back with another edition of This Week in CDR, a weekly round-up of the top news, developments, and market updates from the world of durable carbon removal.

This week saw some key developments in durable CDR, as SBTi announced the draft of its next Corporate Net-Zero Standard, the Carbon Business Council launched a Latin America working group, and CSIRO released Australia’s first-ever carbon removal roadmap.

We are excited to announce that we recently released the 2025 Q3 Durable CDR Market Update, in which we analyze and uncover some key trends from the durable carbon removal market, across areas such as sales, deliveries, purchaser trends, investments, and retirements.

Read on to learn more in the newest edition of This Week in CDR!

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CDR.fyi DAC Market Snapshot 2025 H1
Explore insights from the DAC Market Snapshot (2025H1) to understand the dynamics behind DAC's role in the state of the durable CDR market.

Partnerships

[Image source: Altitude]

Voluntary Carbon Market Company (VCM) and CDR financier Altitude partnered to deliver large-scale, high-integrity carbon removals across the Global South, aiming to scale access to credits under leading verified methodologies.

The Carbon Business Council launched a Latin America working group to coordinate policy, market development, and community engagement for high-integrity carbon removal across the region’s emerging ecosystems.

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Projects

[Image source: NetZero]

NetZero opened a new biochar plant in Paraguaçu, Brazil, capable of processing 16,000 tonnes of biomass annually and removing over 6,000 tonnes of CO₂ while supporting over 250 local farmers.

Financing

[Image source: Avnos]

Avnos secured up to $17 million to build Project Cedar, a first-of-its-kind hybrid DAC facility. It is expected to deploy four modules capable of capturing 3,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year and is scheduled to come online by the end of 2026.

US-based mineralization company Verde closed a $2 million strategic investment from commercial partner Ergon, following a 10-year license to commercialize Verde’s emulsion-based carbon sequestering BioAsphalt™ technology.

remove announced the selection of 16 startups that are part of the 8th cohort of its Europe accelerator program. The teams will undergo a 2-stage process covering areas such as CDR policies, markets, and MRV through expert sessions.

Pricing Perception Gap in Durable CDR
Explore insights from the Durable CDR Pricing Survey, conducted in partnership with OPIS, to help market participants better understand pricing expectations for durable CDR credits.

Policy

[Image source: SBTi]

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) launched the draft of its next Corporate Net-Zero Standard, proposing to include a framework for using CDR but no specific requirement for its support, limited to addressing long-term residual emissions.

Research and Reports

[Image source: Carbonfuture]

Carbonfuture published a guide on what airlines must understand about carbon removal before 2026, emphasizing durable CDR’s role in meeting aviation climate targets and avoiding overreliance on short-lived offsetting solutions.

CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, released Australia’s first Carbon Dioxide Removal Roadmap, outlining scalable technologies like DAC and Alkanlinity Enhancement to help achieve up to 330 Mt CO₂ removal annually by 2050.

Isometric issued its first verified CDR credits powered by automated data sharing via Certify‘s Open API. A total of 291 credits were issued to Charm Industrial, facilitated via Mangrove System’s dMRV platform.

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CDR.fyi Updates and Research

• 2025 Q3 Durable CDR Market Update - Tacking into the Wind

This week, we released the 2025 Q3 Durable CDR Market Update, in which we analyzed and uncovered some key trends from the durable carbon removal market. At 8.5 million tonnes, this was the largest Q3 in durable CDR history, eclipsing the total contracted volume (8M tonnes) in 2024.

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• SBTi’s CNZS V2: A Disappointment for CDR and a Threat to the Net Zero Concept

Today, we released an article responding to the Science Based Targets initiative’s second consultation draft of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard (CNZS V2), which introduced some important steps forward, but also raises serious concerns for the future of durable carbon removal.

Read the blog post to learn more.

Poll of the week

In our latest poll, we're eager to hear from you: What stood out most to you in the durable CDR market this past quarter?

• The megatonne deals leading the market
• Growth in Global South suppliers
• Dominance of biomass-based removals
• Steady deliveries despite slower volumes

Click here to participate in the poll and share your thoughts in the comments.

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