🔥🇩🇪 BREAKING: German government sets up dedicated CDR Department 🇩🇪🔥

😮 Today, the government officially finalised its ministerial set-up. Big news for carbon removal: for the first time, CDR will get a dedicated sub-department within the Ministry for the Environment (BMUKN).

💶 This makes perfect sense, given the almost €500m the government intends to spend on CDR, starting with €150m in 2026 (note: the Cabinet approved this budget on Wednesday. It now rests with the legislative process in the fall).

📈 Within the BMUKN there will also be a sub-department focused on emissions trading, a clear sign that the government sees a central role for regulated carbon markets within national and European climate policy.

💡 Interestingly, carbon capture and storage will reside within the Ministry of Economic Affairs (BMWE). It is also still unclear how CCS will be managed and whether it will receive its own department.

🤩 Cannot wait to see who will be placed in and recruited for this CDR team. Yet another sign that the current government is planning to take CDR seriously. We at the Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen e.V. (DVNE) are ready to support this department and its work.

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