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2025 brought real headwinds: DAC Hubs projects paused or scaled back, federal programs unwound, and an openly hostile policy environment. Yet a decade of durable, bipartisan work held. The 45Q tax credit was protected. Marine carbon removal reached real regulatory milestones. New bills on soil health, government procurement, and ocean research found bipartisan sponsors even as Congress grew more divided. Our 2025 Annual Report tells that story: not a year of unprecedented growth, but a year that showed our work is more durable than a single moment. We are not at square one. We are now beyond year ten, and our work continues to equitably bring carbon removal to gigaton scale.

Scientists agree: avoiding the worst impacts of climate change requires both cutting emissions and actively pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and durably storing it. The US has made early strides, but many key challenges remain. Critically, the market remains too small, too concentrated, and too dependent on a handful of voluntary buyers to reach the scale we need. Carbon removal is a public good, not a traditional commodity, which means that growth will largely depend on supportive public policy that bolsters demand. Without a durable, diversified base of buyers, developers will struggle to finance new projects, costs stay high, and the industry stalls.