Carbon dioxide removal in Danish climate policy

Technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere, so-called negative emissions, or carbon dioxide removal (CDR), will play an important role in combating climate change and complying with the Paris Agreement.

CONCITO provides four recomendations on how to include carbon dioxide removal in Danish climate policy

Introduce a fixed negative CO₂ tax, which is awarded as a subsidy per ton of CO₂ permanently removed from the atmosphere
Phase in a tax on the net emissions from burning biomass, which encourages a reduction in the consumption of biomass for combined heat and power, and at the same time ensures that subsidies for CDR are awarded where it has the greatest climate effect
Introduce a support ceiling for CDR at the level of the sustainable amount of carbon available for negative emissions
Define CDR and how these must be included in Danish climate targets in the short and long term.

Read a summary of the analysis here:

Carbon dioxide removal in Danish climate policy (Summary)

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