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Carbon Dioxide Removal


Afforestation / Reforestation

Afforestation is the conversion of abandoned and degraded agricultural lands into forests, while reforestation is the replantation of trees in deforested land. Both practices can contribute to negative emissions since the growth of additional plant sequesters atmospheric carbon dioxide and naturally sink it in their biomass and in the soil.
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Green Papers of Model Laws (Tree Planting Incentive Bill)

2020
Proposed Legislation
The Chancery Lane Project
This publication includes a model UK law to provide for infrastructure scale investment in tree planting as a way to capture and store carbon in order to transition the UK to net zero emissions and mitigate climate change.

H.R.5859 – Trillion Trees Act

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This bill would commit the United States to the global One Trillion Trees Initiative and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to set domestic wood growth targets for the purposes of capturing and storing carbon.

S.4341 – CREATE Act of 2020

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This bill would establish an executive committee at the National Science and Technology Council to coordinate interagency efforts on carbon removal research and development.

Land Use: Policies for a Net Zero UK

2020
Policy Proposal
Committee on Climate Change
This report focuses on the policies to reduce land-based emissions of greenhouse gases such that around one-fifth of agricultural land in the UK is released by 2050 for actions that reduce emissions and sequester carbon.

Policy framework for deep emissions reductions and carbon removals in agriculture and land use in the UK

2020
Think Tank Report
Vivid Economics
This report's objective is to identify policy options to drive emissions reductions and carbon removal within existing agricultural systems and through changes in land use.

Biomass, afforestation and energy demand reduction: trade-offs in the route to decarbonisation

2020
Think Tank Report
UK Energy Research Centre
This paper explores the sensitivity of energy system decarbonization pathways to the role of afforestation and reduced energy demands as a means to lessen reliance on carbon dioxide removal.

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives

2020
Policy Proposal
European Commission
This strategy sets out new ways to implement existing legislation more effectively, new commitments, measures, targets and governance mechanisms to protect nature and reverse the degradation of ecosystems.

Proposed regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law)

2020
Proposed Legislation
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
Article 2 of this regulatory proposal sets the EU 2050 climate-neutrality objectives, recognizing that removals of greenhouse gases will be needed to compensate for emissions from sectors where decarbonization is the most challenging.

Sweden’s Carbon Removal Strategy: The pathway to a climate- positive future – strategy and action plan for achieving negative greenhouse gas emissions after 2045

2020
Policy Proposal
This strategy sets out principles and targets for Swedish policy in the area of negative emissions measures and an action plan for achieving them.

EasyJet Pledge

2020
Declaration
EasyJet will offset the carbon from the fuel used for every flight, by investing in projects that include reforestation, protecting against deforestation, and renewable energies.

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