Some ** million metric tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits had been sold worldwide as of July 2025. Global sales of CDR credits increased from just ****metric tons in January 2020 to approximately ** million metric tons by May 2024. Global CDR sales increased by some **** million metric tons that month, mainly due to Microsoft's record-breaking purchase of *** million CDR credits from Stockholm Exergi. There was also a significant jump in CDR purchases in May 2023, which was also a result of CDR purchases made by Microsoft.
Although CDR sales have risen considerably in recent years, they still only accounted for less than *** percent of the estimated ** billion metric tons that need to be removed annually from the atmosphere by 2050.
Can be both offtake agreements where no money changes hands today, pre-purchases where all or parts of payment happens now, or sale of ex-post credits. This number includes purchases where volume or price is known. If only price is known, then the average’s price per method is used to determine volume.
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