Delta Airlines Pledge
The airline will focus on the removal of carbon emissions from the atmosphere by investing in forestry, wetland restoration, grassland conservation, marine and soil capture, and other NETs to make its business carbon neutral.
Southern Company Pledge
To achieve a net-zero goal emissions reduction goal by 2050, the company will incorporate negative carbon solutions including technology-based approaches such as direct air capture and nature-based solutions such as afforestation.
Royal Dutch Shell Pledge
Royal Dutch Shell plans to offset its own emissions by trapping as much carbon as its business operations cause through new carbon capture technologies or through nature-based solutions such as forestation.
Equity in allocating carbon dioxide removal quotas
Drawing on existing equity frameworks, this paper allocates CDR quotas globally according to Responsibility, Capability and Equality principles.
Forest policy and management approaches for carbon dioxide removal
The goal of this paper is to review a range of policy tools in place to support use of forests for CDR and demonstrate how concepts from the policy design literature can inform our understanding of this domain.
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.
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.
Strategies for mitigation of climate change: a review
This article reviews the main strategies for climate change abatement, including a comprehensive section on negative emission technologies; the current state of development, perceived limitations and risks as well as social and policy implications.
What role can forests play in tackling climate change?
This discussion paper consolidates knowledge on the potential environmental, economic and societal benefits of using trees to reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and identifies the key policy decisions for climate-smart tree planting.
Consumers Energy Pledge
Consumers Energy announced a goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, in part using strategies such as carbon capture and sequestration and large-scale tree planting.