日本の成人の過半数が、気候目標の達成に向けた手段として CO2 除去（カーボンダイオキサイド・リムーバル、CDR）を支持していることが、Carbon Business Council（カーボン・ビジネス・カウンシル）が本日発表した最新の全国を代表する調査で明らかになった。本調査はBellwether Research 社および、日本を代表する市場調査会社であるインテージとの協力のもとで実施された。2026 年 5 月に実施された本調査は、日本全国の成人 1,061 人を対象に行われ、気候変動への懸念は広く、かつ切実であることを示している。

A majority of Japanese adults expressed support for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as a tool to help meet the country's climate goals, according to a new nationally representative survey released today by the Carbon Business Council, conducted in partnership with Bellwether Research and Intage, Japan's leading market research firm. The survey of 1,061 adults across Japan, fielded in May 2026, finds that public concern about climate change is broad and genuine.

The Carbon Business Council welcomes the European Commission's decision to integrate high-integrity carbon removals into the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), a significant step toward a climate framework that reflects the full scope of what net zero requires.

The Carbon Business Council will work to ensure implementation reflects the integrity standards the market requires and the ambition this moment demands.

Direct storage of biomass (DSB) offers an alternate option: bury or vault the waste material and lock its stored carbon away for centuries rather than releasing it back into the atmosphere. A new issue brief from the Carbon Business Council, Direct Storage of Biomass: Assessing the Carbon Removal Opportunity, explores the carbon removal pathway and offers recommendations for both public and private sector decision makers to drive investment and deployment.

The Carbon Business Council welcomes the Science Based Targets initiative's new Corporate Net-Zero Standard and its recognition that carbon removal must play an essential role alongside deep emissions reductions in achieving net zero. Under the new standard, companies are expected to use eligible carbon removals to neutralize all remaining residual emissions by their net-zero target year.

Developed with input from Tribal representatives and CDR experts, these resources are designed to support Tribes in deciding whether and how carbon removal may serve their environmental, cultural, and economic priorities.

The resources include a report written for Tribal leaders evaluating CDR proposals and considering project ownership, a guardrails guide for developers on engaging with Tribes, and a marine CDR reference guide on Tribal rights and interests.

The Carbon Business Council commissioned research to speak with Fortune 1,000 companies who have a net zero pledge but have not yet purchased carbon removal. The findings are based on 25 in-depth interviews with sustainability leaders across sectors including retail, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, construction, transportation, and real estate. Our goal is to understand what opportunities exist for carbon removal and what is holding buyers back.

The Carbon Business Council releases the Latin America Carbon Removal Investment Roadmap, a new resource designed to support CDR practitioners, policymakers and investors as they work to unlock capital, achieve bankability, and scale CDR in the region.

Published in English, Spanish and Portuguese, this roadmap is the result of eight months of structured dialogue within the Latin America Carbon Removal Working Group, an initiative convened by the Carbon Business Council to catalyze the region’s potential as a global leader in carbon removal.

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and international trade both center on balance. By removing excess carbon dioxide, built up in the atmosphere over decades, we can re-balance Earth’s natural systems. Meanwhile, the goal of international trade is to match what one country can efficiently produce with what another needs, so both sides gain from exchange. Combining CDR and international trade is a powerful tool to benefit national economies and the environment globally.

DOE awardees are showing what carbon management innovation looks like in practice. Across major CDR pathways, companies are securing financing, advancing technologies, and integrating projects into sectors like agriculture, waste management, and energy production.

Microsoft has been a market leader in scaling carbon removal. Microsoft has clarified that their carbon removal programing is not ending, but media reports indicate that the company is temporarily pausing the purchase of new carbon removals. The following statement can be attributed to Ben Rubin, Executive Director of the Carbon Business Council, a global coalition of more than 100 carbon management organizations.

Carbon Business Council announced the launch of the Direct Storage of Biomass (DSB) Coalition, a new industry working group bringing together leading companies to advance understanding, credibility, and responsible deployment of direct biomass storage as a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) pathway.

The Government of Canada launched a call for bids to enable the federal departments to purchase at least $10 million CAD of durable carbon dioxide removal credits from projects in Canada. As the only government in the world with an active carbon dioxide removal procurement program, Canada is taking an important leadership role. The following statement can be attributed to Ben Rubin, Executive Director of the Carbon Business Council, a global coalition of more than 100 organizations working to accelerate carbon dioxide removal market development.

Canada has the building blocks to become a global leader in carbon dioxide removal, and momentum is building.

This was the backdrop during the Carbon Business Council’s in-person convening of our Canada Working Group in Ottawa. Over two packed days, companies representing the breadth of carbon dioxide removal pathways, alongside buyers and ecosystem partners, met with senior decision-makers across government to share a unified vision for Canada’s emerging carbon removal industry.

The Carbon Business Council (CO2BC) and Emerald Climate have launched Asia-Pacific Carbon Dioxide Removal (APACdr), a new regional initiative designed to accelerate the responsible scale-up of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) across Asia-Pacific.

Today, the Carbon Business Council and the Potential Energy Coalition are releasing new polling data and a practical Carbon Dioxide Removal Messaging and Lexicon Guide to help close that gap. The guide draws on large-scale public research in the United States and the United Kingdom to understand how people perceive carbon dioxide removal, what builds trust, and which explanations improve clarity rather than confusion.

The Government of Quebec has taken a meaningful step toward deployment of durable carbon removal by introducing a legislative framework for the safe and effective storage of carbon dioxide. This draft framework sends an encouraging signal to innovators, investors, and communities that Quebec is evaluating the role of carbon removal in meeting long-term climate goals. The Carbon Business Council is grateful to the Quebec government for creating a framework to scale carbon removal. Continuing to advance clear and predictable regulations will enable Quebec to unlock significant regional economic development and develop its growing carbon removal industry.

Carbon removal is forecast to be a trillion dollar industry and is poised to create jobs in provinces that establish clear, predictable pathways for deployment.  As Quebec evaluates the environmental and economic potential of carbon removal, we would assert that the Province has the potential to support multiple carbon removal pathways, and that these should be explored in parallel. Quebec's carbon removal potential should be based on its rivers, coastlines, rocks, soils and forests.

Marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) is a rapidly evolving field, spanning early-stage research, in-water field trials, and in some cases, early deployments. As interest grows across academia, industry, philanthropy, governments, and civil society, so do questions around governance, environmental integrity, accountability, equity, and public trust.

It’s increasingly essential to have a neutral space to share knowledge and resources, raise questions, and convene conversations around mCDR across sectors and perspectives.

Conversations on mCDR are often siloed across research, advocacy, and policy. The mCDR Forum aims to address this gap by creating a dedicated space where diverse actors can share information, surface concerns, identify knowledge gaps, and explore what responsible pathways forward might look like without requiring alignment on a single vision or outcome.

Carbon removal is maturing into a truly global industry - but one with local benefits.

Last year, we saw high-quality carbon removal projects take shape around the world, with nations jockeying for position to lead the industry. As carbon markets and investment tools grew more sophisticated, the sector crossed a major milestone: 1 million tons of durable carbon removal delivered. The year also brought progress on responsible deployment, integrated into existing industries and economies, and delivered benefits for people, communities, and the planet.

Now, it’s time to turn our attention to the future. The carbon removal industry will doubtlessly face new challenges, from emerging policies to economic shifts. But also many new opportunities. The lessons from 2025 provide a roadmap for what to expect - and what to prioritize - in 2026.

COP30 in Belém marked the strongest recognition yet that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is becoming an essential component to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement. With the Amazon rainforest as its backdrop, global leaders arrived in Brazil to discuss both the urgency of meeting global climate goals and the reality that the world remains far off track