Land Use and Agriculture: Pitfalls and Precautions on the Road to Net Zero
This paper examines some of the major risks, applicable safeguards, and potential pathways for agriculture and land use in realizing net zero emissions targets.
Restoring Abandoned Farmland to Mitigate Climate Change on a Full Earth
This paper presents an overview of how carbon capture and storage on abandoned farmland can be accelerated and maximized and how emerging policy and market initiatives can facilitate adoption of farmland carbon sequestration strategies.
Towards a Low/Zero Carbon Society for the Asia-Pacific Region: Policy and Legal Development for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Japan
This study aims at identifying a number of key approaches to developing the existing CCS policy and legal framework in Japan to commercialize CCS deployment.
Mapping Multi-Level Policy Incentives for Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage in Sweden
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.
Sweden’s Carbon Removal Strategy: The pathway to a climate- positive future – strategy and action plan for achieving negative greenhouse gas emissions after 2045
This strategy sets out principles and targets for Swedish policy in the area of negative emissions measures and an action plan for achieving them.
House Bill No. 2640 – Carbon Farming Tax Credit
This bill would establish an income tax credit for carbon farming in Kansas to incentivize agricultural practices that sequester carbon in the soil.
Tensions in the energy transition: Swedish and Finnish company perspectives on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
This paper addresses the following research question: What are the barriers and driving forces to realize BECCS according to company representatives, including their views on policy and their role in contributing to national climate goals?
Fair-share carbon dioxide removal increases major emitter responsibility
This paper applies two common burden-sharing principles to show how CDR responsibility could be shared between regions in 1.5 °C and 2 °C mitigation pathways.
Political Perspectives on Geoengineering: Navigating Problem Definition and Institutional Fit
This study identifies that common elements of geoengineering problem definitions conflict with the institutional setting of policy makers, and provides examples of how policy makers act as agents in creating institutional fit.
S.3894 – Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020
The Growing Climate Solutions Act creates a certification program at USDA to help solve technical entry barriers to farmer and forest landowner participation in carbon credit markets.