Germany's Ministry of Economics and Climate is formulating a long-term strategy to achieve negative emissions, including substantial CO2 removal from the atmosphere. In a draft document set to be presented later this year, the ministry underscores the need for a strategy beyond achieving the country's net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2045. The draft highlights the urgency of continuous CO2 removal, given the depletion of the global CO2 budget to limit warming to 1.5°C by 2030, as indicated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).