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Carbon Dioxide Removal


BECCS

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a technique where biomass is grown and converted into electricity, heat, or fuel, and the carbon emissions from this conversion are captured and stored in geological formations or embedded in long-lasting products. The capture and storage process is similar to the approach in a carbon capture and storage facility connected to a fossil fuel power plant.
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Immediate deployment opportunities for negative emissions with BECCS: a Swedish case study

2017
Scholarly Work
Henrik Karlsson, Timur Delahaye, Filip Johnsson, Jan Kjärstad, Johan Rootzén
This paper focuses on the critical short-term opportunities for immediate deployment of BECCS, considering solely existing bio-energy facilities in Sweden as a case study.

Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage in Global Climate Policy: Examining the Issues

2016
Scholarly Work
Robert Amos
This article explores some of the legal challenges in developing the bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) industry, specifically the land-use implications, trade and economic issues and the broader environmental legal context.

BECCS Potential in Brazil: Achieving Negative Emissions in Ethanol and Electricity Production Based on Sugar Cane Bagasse and Other Residues

2016
Scholarly Work
José Roberto Moreira, Viviane Romeiro, Sabine Fuss, Florian Kraxner, Sérgio A. Pacca
This paper assesses the potential and cost effectiveness of negative emissions in the joint production system of ethanol and electricity based on sugar cane, bagasse, and other residues in Brazil.

Human Rights Dimensions of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: A Framework for Climate Justice in the Realm of Climate Geoengineering

2016
Scholarly Work
Wil Burns
This chapter assesses the human rights implications of Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) climate geoengineering options.

On the Deployment of Bio-CCS in the EU: Barriers and Policy Requirements for a 2C Pathway

2016
Scholarly Work
Tom Berg
This thesis paper provides policy recommendations that seek to aid the European Commission and Member States to facilitate the uptake of BECCS by the private sector in the EU.

The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need for a Human Rights-Based Component

2016
Scholarly Work
Wil Burns
This paper suggests that a human rights-based approach to climate geoengineering may address the intrinsic issues of equity and justice that would necessarily arise should the world community opt to proceed down the path of climate engineering.

Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Potential Impacts and Regulatory Framework

2016
Scientific Report
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
This report provides an update, including regulatory developments, to the CBD's 2012 Technical Series No. 66: Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity report on the potential impacts of geoengineering.

The ‘best available science’ to inform 1.5 °C policy choices

2016
News/Commentary
Glen Peters
This commentary identifies why an IPCC Special Report on 1.5 °C should focus on resolving fundamental scientific and political uncertainties, not fixate on developing unachievable mitigation pathways.

Research priorities for negative emissions

2016
Scholarly Work
S Fuss, C D Jones, F Kraxner, G P Peters, P Smith, M Tavoni, D P van Vuuren, J G Canadell, R B Jackson, R B Jackson, J R Moreira, N Nakicenovic, A Sharifi, Y Yamagata
This paper identifies some urgent research needs around NETs, including in governance and policy, to provide a more complete picture for reaching ambitious climate targets and the role that NETs can play in reaching them.

“Negative Emissions”: A Challenge for Climate Policy

2016
Scholarly Work
Oliver Geden, Stefan Schäfer
This paper argues that it would be wise for the EU and Germany to proactively shape the debate around negative emissions technologies and increase funding for research and development into NETs.

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