The German Carbon Management Initiative (DCMI) is the central platform for solution providers in the CO2 value chain in Germany. It pools expertise along the entire CO2 value chain – from capture technologies, trading, transportation and storage to the use of CO2 – to promote carbon management in Germany. The initiative promotes dialog between industry, science, environmental associations and politics. The aim is to establish carbon management as an effective climate protection instrument and to create the political and economic framework conditions for the market ramp-up.