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41 resources — books, reports, databases, and more.

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Book2026 · Overview
Carbon Removal
An overview of the science behind why CDR is necessary to meet climate goals, an overview of leading CDR approaches, and discussion on current policy and market frameworks
Howard Herzog and Niall MacDowell
Book2021 · Overview
CDR Primer
An overview of the science behind why CDR is necessary to meet climate goals, an overview of leading CDR approaches, a discussion on current policy and market frameworks, and discussion of social science behind scaling up removals
Jen Wilcox, Ben Koloz, Jeremy Freeman, et al
Book2021 · Overview
Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough
Exploration of how to think about removals beyond the conventional paradigm of net-zero and carbon markets
Holly Buck
Report2024 · Overview
State of CDR 2nd Edition
Current status of CDR science and deployments
State of CDR
Report2025 · Overview · CCUS
Global CCUS Status Report 2025
Current status of CCUS deployments and policy
Global CCS Institute
Database2026 · Science and innovation
A list of every CDR company in the world
Who is developing CDR solutions
Grant Faber
Database2026 · Science and innovation
GENIE – CDR Knowledge Hub
Repository of scientific information related to removals
GENIE Project — IIASA
Report2022 · Science and innovation
IPCC Assessment Report 6 Working Group 3
Most comprehensive and authoritative source summarizing the research behind why CDR is necessary for meeting climate goals
IPCC
Textbook2012 · Science and innovation · CCUS
Carbon Capture
If you really want to know how carbon capture works, this is the place to start
Jen Wilcox
Academic paper2024 · Science and innovation · DAC
Comparative review of Direct air capture technologies
Technical comparison of different DAC approaches
Houssam Bouaboula et al
Academic paper2023 · Science and innovation · Durable
Dataset on the adoption of historical technologies informs the scale-up of emerging CDR measures
What it will take to scale technological CDR using historical analogs of other technology scale up efforts
Greg Nemet et al
Report2023 · Science and innovation · Durable
The Applied Innovation Roadmap for CDR
What R&D is needed to get a portfolio of solutions to 10+ Gt/year scale by 2050
RMI
Report2019 · Science and innovation · mCDR
A Research Strategy for Ocean CDR and Sequestration
Overview of mCDR approaches, and what research is needed to commercialize these solutions
National Academies of Sciences
Academic paper2025 · Science and innovation · OAE
A framework for techno-economic and lifecycle assessment in OAE
In-depth technoeconomics for OAE, as a model for how technoeconomics can be done for other CDR solutions
Heriot Watt
White paper2025 · Science and innovation · OAE
OAE Primer
OAE 101, with links to additional sources for further reading
Frontier
Report2019 · Science and innovation · Terrestrial
Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda
What R&D is needed to get a portfolio of solutions to Gt/year scale by 2050
National Academies of Sciences
Report2025 · Policy
Carbon Capture Coalition Federal Policy Blueprint
US consensus position on federal policy changes to advance CCUS projects
Carbon Capture Coalition
Database2025 · Policy
Carbon removal policy tracker
Database of US federal policies related to removals
Carbon180
Report2023 · Policy
Roads to Removals
Spatially resolved exploration of carbon removal potential across the US
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Report2025 · Policy
US Department of Energy Carbon Removal Strategy
What the Biden Administration was planning to do to advance carbon removal at the beginning of 2025
US Department of Energy
Report2025 · Policy · Durable
Carbon Removal Alliance FY26 Appropriations Requests
What the US CDR industry thinks is possible for Congress to fund
Carbon Removal Alliance
Database2026 · Policy · Durable
C-QuIP Database
Global policy database on embedded carbon removal
Carbon Removal Standards Initiative
White paper2024 · Policy · Durable
Establishing Quality in Carbon Removal: A Roadmap for MMRV
Overview of what it will take to advance MMRV
Carbon Removal Alliance
White paper2025 · Policy · Durable
What do we mean when we say we need to integrate CDR into industry?
Overview of embedded CDR policy means
Carbon Removal Standards Initiative
Report2026 · Carbon markets
2026 State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets
What is the voluntary carbon market, and how does it relate to removals?
Carbon Direct
White paper2026 · Carbon markets
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: A Practical Primer
What is Article 6, and how does it relate to removals?
Carbon Direct
White paper2026 · Carbon markets
CDR 2.0: Five Pillars of Successful Project Deployment
What will it take for CDR suppliers to scale in the near future?
Carbon Direct
Website2026 · Carbon markets
CDR.FYI
Who is buying CDR credits? Who is selling CDR credits?
CDR.FYI
White paper2025 · Carbon markets
Criteria for high quality carbon removal
What does high-quality carbon removal purchasing look like?
Microsoft and Carbon Direct
White paper2024 · Carbon markets
Frontier CDR credit purchase offtake template
How can a purchaser write a good CDR offtake contract?
Frontier
White paper2026 · Carbon markets
The CDR Buyer's Guide
How can an interested CDR purchaser get started with buying credits?
CDR.FYI
White paper2026 · Carbon markets
The Open Standard Carbon Removal Agreement
How can a purchaser write a good CDR offtake contract?
CDR.FYI
Report2025 · Carbon markets
World Bank State and Trends of Carbon Pricing
Overview of the state of compliance carbon pricing mechanisms globally
World Bank
White paper2024 · Carbon markets · Biomass
Frontier Biomass Sourcing Principles
How to ensure biomass CDR projects deliver removals and avoid negative unintended consequences
Frontier
Technical document2026 · Carbon markets · Durable
Absolute Climate draft standard
Frontier of the MMRV conversation for removals
Absolute Climate
White paper2025 · Carbon markets · Durable
CDR Clean Energy Purchasing Principles
How to source clean energy for CDR in ways that balance carbon removal and innovation
Frontier
Report2024 · Carbon markets · Durable
Primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal Credits
Introduction to CDR credit markets
US Department of Energy
Report2026 · Investment
Climatetech investment trends 2025
How carbon removal fits into broader cleantech investment trends
Sightline Climate
White paper2021 · Community benefits
Removing Forward: Centering Equity and Justice in a Carbon-Removing Future
Overview of carbon removal and environmental justice
Carbon180
Academic paper2018 · Community benefits
The politics of negative emissions technologies and decarbonization in rural communities
Academic survey of politics of removal at local level
Holly Buck
White paper2023 · Community benefits · Durable
Frontier community benefit plan template
How to incorporate community benefits in CDR projects and CDR offtakes
Frontier