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Q&A: Germany prepares long-term strategy for carbon removals j.wettengel Wed, 5 Aug 2026 - 10:54 What are negative emissions? Negative emissions – commonly known as carbon dioxide removals (CDR), or simply ‘removals’ – are practices or technologies that remove CO 2 from the atmosphere and store it permanently. The CO 2 must come from the atmosphere, not from fossil sources such as exhaust gas from coal power plants; storage must be durable; and the removal must result from human intervention tha