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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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A comparative global assessment of potential negative emissions technologies

2012
Scholarly Work
Duncan McLaren
This paper provides a global assessment of around 30 prospective NETs, drawing conclusions on how NETs will contribute to safe carbon budgets, the governance challenges of NETs, and the potential role of carbon markets.

Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS or Bio-CCS)

2011
Scholarly Work
Clair Gough, Paul Upham
This paper identifies some of the challenges facing BECCS deployment within the economic instruments of the European Union and existing global agreements.

Defining Biomass as a Source of Renewable Energy: The Life Cycle of Carbon Emissions of Biomass Energy and a Survey and Analysis of Biomass Definitions in States’ Renewable Portfolio Standards, Federal Law, and Proposed Legislation

2011
Scholarly Work
Christine Zeller-Powell
This thesis paper identifies that federal and state laws should incorporate a life cycle analyses of GHG emissions in order to more effectively incentivize bioenergy that reduces GHG emissions.

IPCC Expert Meeting on Geoengineering

2011
Scientific Report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
This meeting report summarizes discussions of three Working Groups to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) on geoengineering, including carbon dioxide removal.

The Regulation of Geoengineering: Fifth Report of Session 2009–10

2010
Scientific Report
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
This report, written in collaboration with the U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee, examines the need for the regulation of geoengineering activities and provides an outlines of future regulatory arrangements.

A Coordinated Strategy Could Focus Federal Geoengineering Research and Inform Governance Efforts

2010
Scientific Report
United States Government Accountability Office
This report examines the state of geoengineering science, federal involvement in geoengineering, the extent to which federal laws and international agreements apply to geoengineering, and any governance challenges around geoengineering activities.

Geoengineering the Climate: Science, Governance and Uncertainty

2009
Scientific Report
The Royal Society
This report presents an independent scientific review of the range of geoengineering methods and introduces and addresses the key policy questions surrounding geoengineering that the international community needs to confront.

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