Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: Resources

The Carbon Business Council published an issue brief about Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR). When responsibly deployed, mCDR has the potential to offer significant climate benefits, while also contributing to sustainable economic development for coastal communities, maritime nations, and small island developing states.

In this Issue Brief, a coalition of Carbon Business Council mCDR member companies and partners highlight the opportunity of mCDR; identify pathways to enable research, development, and deployment; and offer focused recommendations for policymakers, NGOs, and businesses, to responsibly accelerate the advancement of mCDR.

Read the Issue Brief below, which was first published in 2024. For additional mCDR and carbon removal updates, subscribe to the Carbon Fix, a biweekly no-cost newsletter rounding up updates for the carbon removal community. Questions or comments? Let us know at info@carbonbusinesscouncil.org.

Thank you to our members for their input and time in making this brief happen, along with a variety of stakeholders who provided invaluable feedback. Toby Bryce served as lead author. Working group members include: Douglas Edwards, Vesta; Edward Sanders, Equatic; Frances Simpson-Allen, Ebb Carbon; Garrett Boudinot, Vycarb; Jeanine Ash, Capture6; Julian Sachs, Banyu Carbon; Kelly Erhart, Vesta; Leo Park, Capture6; Tara Bojdak, Captura; Zach Cockrum, Vesta. Internal reviewers include: Ben Swainbank, OceanidMRV; Nico Julian, Phykos; Paddy Estridge, Seaweed Generation.

Observers include: Christopher Mann, Carbon to Sea; Diane Hoskins, Carbon to Sea; Jill Storey, World Ocean Council; Matthew Long, [C]Worthy; Paul Holthus, World Ocean Council; Romany Webb, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University; Wil Burns, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy at American University. External reviewers include: Sifang Chen, Carbon180; Savita Bowman and Jasmine Yu, ClearPath; Cara Maesano, RMI; Katie Lebling, WRI.