Why Enhanced Rock Weathering May Scale Faster in Brazil Than in Europe
Europe has one of the world’s most advanced carbon markets, yet the EU ETS currently creates no direct compliance demand for ERW credits. Brazil, by contrast, combines tropical weathering conditions, large agricultural areas and potential agronomic co-benefits with access to global premium CDR buyers. InPlanet’s Brazilian model and Microsoft’s offtake strategy illustrate why ERW deployment may increasingly follow physics and economics rather than the geography of the buyer.