Negative Emissions: Priorities for Research and Policy Design
This report discusses the main technical, socio-economic and regulatory bottlenecks at a regional level, and provides direction for further research.
Fuel to the Fire: How Geoengineering Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Accelerate the Climate Crisis
This report investigates the early, ongoing, and often surprising role of the fossil fuel industry in developing, patenting, and promoting key geoengineering technologies.
Using Renewable Portfolio Standards to Accelerate Development of Negative Emission Technologies
This article discusses how states can use Renewable Portfolio Standards to incentivize the development of negative emission technologies.
Federal research, development, and demonstration priorities for carbon dioxide removal in the United States
This paper presents a synthesis of research and development needs, relevant agency authority, barriers to coordination, and interventions to enhance RD&D across the federal government of the US.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Net-Zero and Geospheric Return: Actions Today for 2030 and Beyond
This report identifies a set of actions, investments, and policies that can best lay a foundation for growing deployment of CCS and large-scale carbon dioxide removal through engineered systems to meet net-zero global emissions targets.
Technological Carbon Removal: Recent Economic and Political Trends in the United States
This report assesses the current state of affairs surrounding technological CDR in the United States and provides concrete policy recommendations for action at the Federal level.