Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
The report presents data on carbon sequestration from the Land Use, Land-Use change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sector and from enhanced oil recovery in the United States.
CarbonShot: Federal Policy Options for Carbon Removal in the United States
The purpose of this working paper is to provide a consolidated set of high-priority, near-term federal policy options to advance carbon removal capabilities and deployment in the United States.
Contested framings of greenhouse gas removal and its feasibility: Social and political dimensions
This paper conducts a review of the international peer-reviewed literature pertaining to the social and political dimensions of large-scale CDR, with a specific focus on two predominant approaches: BECCS and afforestation/reforestation.
H.R. 4447 – Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
This legislation combines several bills that aim to invest in green infrastructure and energy efficiency, renewable technologies, energy sources, and workforce training, including sections to further develop negative emission technologies and CCS.
Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage – Status, Barriers and Potential
This IEA Clean Coal Centre report identifies the financial and regulatory CCUS framework needed to deliver more positive carbon pricing signals, provide for investment in transport and storage infrastructure, and enable projects to access financing.
An Action Plan for Carbon Capture and Storage in California: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions
This study provides policymakers with fundamental actions, key enablers, and opportunities for helping California meet its near-term emissions reduction goals with carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands
This article identifies how the deployment of enhanced rock weathering within existing croplands offers opportunities to align agriculture and climate policy, while needing to overcome political inertia to develop regulatory and incentive frameworks.
Capturing Investment: Policy Design to Finance CCUS Projects in the US Power Sector
This study attempts to answer the question: What are the specific US policy design parameters that could provide investors and lenders with net cash flows that are both high enough and certain enough to attract private capital to CCUS projects?
Study on Legal Systems for Transboundary CCS Implementation and Transboundary Environmental Liability regarding CCS
This paper proposes a transboundary CCS liability framework that accounts for prepared standards and procedures around notification, risk impact assessment, and monitoring.
Carbon capture and storage in the USA: the role of US innovation leadership in climate-technology commercialization
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.