Webinar: CDR needs debate

How can carbon dioxide removal (CDR) be anchored in society? This question is the focus of a CDRterra webinar on June 4, 2025 from 14:00 to 15:00. CDR will be necessary to achieve the climate targets – but there is still no broad societal discussion about it. The webinar will address this challenge and provide ideas for an open, informed and fair debate on the topic.

The starting point is CDRterra’s new policy brief, which formulates specific recommendations on information, participation and policy design. In the webinar, our experts will provide insights into key statements from the policy brief and discuss with participants why CDR is not just a technical challenge, but above all a social one.

Focus of the webinar:

• Why a public debate on CDR is needed now
• How participation succeeds and trust is created
• What politics and research can contribute to social anchoring

With following CDRterra experts:

• Dr. Juliane El Zohbi from GERICS – Climate Service Centre Germany
  Researcher in the CDRSynTra project on the use of CO₂ removal in agriculture
• Dr. Maximilian Witting from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich
  Researcher in the STEPSEC project on the potential and limits of land-based CO₂ removal
• Dr. Nils Matzner from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) & the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig (UFZ)
  Researcher in the BioNET project on the social science aspects of biomass-based CO₂ removal

Agenda

• Welcome
• Introduction of the speakers & short impulse
• Insight into the key messages of the policy brief
• Open discussion and Q&A session

Date: June 4, 2025
Time: 14:00-15:00
Location: Online (Zoom)

We look forward to your participation and perspective!