Net Expectations: Assessing the role of carbon dioxide removal in companies’ climate plans
This briefing aims to help investors and others interpret and assess the feasibility of the role of CDR in companies’ climate plans.
European Carbon Dioxide Removal Policy: Current Status and Future Opportunities
This paper highlights that policy must fill the accounting and the commercialization gaps for the near-term development of a comprehensive CDR policy framework.
S. 1608 – Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act
This bill would support markets for aviation fuels with low carbon intensity through tax credits and DOD procurement.
Microsoft’s Pledge
Microsoft is committing to remove more carbon than it emits through a portfolio of negative emission technologies including afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, BECCS, and direct air capture.
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.
Options for supporting Carbon Dioxide Removal
This report sets out to examine the broad policy frameworks that can support the development and upscaling of CDR and, in particular, whether CDR can be supported by offsetting schemes.
Governance of land-based negative-emission technologies to promote biodiversity conservation: lessons from Australia
This paper argues that domestic laws should be used to maximize the benefits of NETs while minimizing trade-offs for biodiversity.
Lessons from Renewable Energy Diffusion for Carbon Dioxide Removal Development
This paper focuses on price regulations, typically in the form of price subsidies (FITs) or tenders (competitive auctions), in developing carbon dioxide removal technologies.
The UK net-zero target: Insights into procedural justice for greenhouse gas removal
This study comprises an analysis of relevant legislation, combined with a series of interviews conducted in the community of Selby (a proposed location for BECCS development), to investigate procedural justice in the context of carbon removal.
S.4341 – CREATE Act of 2020
This bill would establish an executive committee at the National Science and Technology Council to coordinate interagency efforts on carbon removal research and development.