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Carbon capture and storage in the USA: the role of US innovation leadership in climate-technology commercialization

2020
Think Tank Report
Lee Beck
This paper seeks to provide an overview of CCS deployment in the USA while assessing the maturity of the US deployment framework, including policies and infrastructure.

Adaptation and Carbon Removal

2020
Scholarly Work
Holly J. Buck, Jay Furhman, David R. Morrow, Daniel L. Sanchez, Frances M. Wang
This paper identifies ways to foreground adaptation in carbon removal policies and project designs and to incorporate carbon removal into adaptation efforts.

Negative-Emission Technologies and Patent Rights after COVID-19

2020
Scholarly Work
Joshua D. Sarnoff
This article proposes various measures that can be adopted by national governments and private funders to minimize any forthcoming worldwide conflicts that will arise over balancing innovation incentives for, and affordable access to, patented NETs.

Mapping Multi-Level Policy Incentives for Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage in Sweden

2020
Scholarly Work
Mathias Fridahl, Rob Bellamy, Anders Hansson, Simon Haikola
This paper asks to what extent and how existing UN, EU, and Swedish climate policy instruments incentivize BECCS research, development, demonstration, and deployment in Sweden.

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: Existing and Emerging Legal Principles

2019
Scholarly Work
Benoit Mayer
The article addresses the international legal issues surrounding the large-scale deployment of BECCS, while proposing steps to avoid detrimental impacts.

Overcoming Impediments to Offshore CO2 Storage: Legal Issues in the United States and Canada

2019
Scholarly Work
Romany Webb, Michael Gerrard
This article explores the legal frameworks governing sub-seabed carbon dioxide injection (offshore CCS) in U.S. and Canadian waters, particularly in the Cascadia Basin.

BECCS Deployment: A Reality Check

2019
Think Tank Report
Mathilde Fajardy, Alexandre Köberle, Niall Mac Dowell, Andrea Fantuzzi
This paper explores some of the questions that emerge in relation to BECCS around governance and scale.

Perceptions of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage in Different Policy Scenarios

2019
Scholarly Work
Rob Bellamy, Javier Lezaun, James Palmer
This paper investigates how different policies and incentives impact the public perception of BECCS.

Preconditions for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) in sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Tanzania

2019
Scholarly Work
Anders Hansson, Mathias Fridahl, Simon Haikola, Pius Yanda, Noah Pauline, Edmund Mabhuye
This paper analyzes the pre-conditions for BECCS in Tanzania, and argues that negative BECCS-related emissions from Tanzania should not be assumed in global climate mitigation scenarios.

Transnational Legal Processes, the EU and RED II: Strengthening the Global Governance of Bioenergy

2019
Scholarly Work
Emily Webster
This paper argues that the emergence of a transnational legal process that strengthens the sustainable production of biomass, balances the benefits of BECCS with the negative social and environmental externalities associated with biomass production.

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