# Australia's CDR Roadmap - with Andrew Lenton

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Podcast: [The CDR Policy Scoop](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-cdr-policy-scoop-7168165)
Published: 2026-04-12T23:03:36+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, co-hosts Sebastian Manhart and Eve Tamme are joined by Dr Andrew Lenton, Director of CSIRO's CarbonLock Future Science Platform, to discuss Australia's newly published CDR roadmap and its first novel CDR workforce report. Andrew walks through what it took to build a credible national roadmap and why the coalition of partners, including Google as the sole private sector contributor, may matter as much as the findings themselves. He covers the technologies that surprised him most and what Australia's unique geography means for the CDR opportunity. The conversation turns to early policy signals: a new Australia-Canada CDR agreement, fresh federal and state-level funding, and how Australia's co-presidency of COP31 is shaping the agenda. Andrew reflects on what it has taken to build basic CDR literacy across government as a foundation for any of this to stick. The episode closes on workforce, Australia's first novel CDR workforce report just landed, and Andrew outlines the four recommendations at its core. Sebastian brings in data from CDRjobs and European parallels to show why getting this right, and soon, matters. Links: Eve Tamme: LinkedIn and Website Sebastian Manhart: LinkedIn and Website Dr Andrew Lentoni: LinkedIn Australian CDR Roadmap Australia CDR Workforce Report Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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