🚨 BREAKING: German Parliament signs-off almost €500m for carbon dioxide removal 🚨

🇩🇪 Today, the German Bundestag approved its 2026 budget and with it a €476m package for CDR. €156m will be spent in 2026 with the rest between 2027-2033.

💪 This matters: at a time when other countries are hesitating, Germany is sending a clear signal that it is planning to go big on CDR!

Here’s how the 2026 funds break down:

📈 €98m to support and scale projects

📄 €11.5m for the purchase of CDR certificates

📋 €2m for administration

🌱 €44.6m to strengthen soils as long-term carbon sinks

2026 is really shaping up to be a breakthrough year for CDR in Germany:

💶€476m with its own CDR budget line

🏢 A CDR department

🤝 Inclusion in the coalition treaty, etc.

🙋🏻‍♀️ So how did Germany - a country where CDR barely registered just a few years ago - move from laggard to leader? The short answer: people.

👏 First and foremost, the team at Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen e.V. (DVNE) - especially Stefan Schlosser and Nadine Saken-Walsh - who have been advocating relentlessly for CDR in Germany. Secondly, the 60+ DVNE member companies which are showing politicians that CDR is not a pipedream, it is being built in Germany today. Finally, my fellow DVNE board members Lisa Mangertseder, Magnus Drewelies, Aaron Neuville, and Stefanie Hauer , who have been volunteering countless hours to keep the ship on the right track.

🏗️ CDR got a mandate and funding in Germany. Time to build!

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