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Moving toward Net-Zero Emissions Requires New Alliances for Carbon Dioxide Removal

2020
News/Commentary
Sabine Fuss, Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais, Robert B. Jackson, Chris D. Jones, Anders Lyngfelt, Glen P. Peters, Detlef P. Van Vuuren
This paper argues that for the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to move beyond an academic debate on CO2 removal (CDR), a broader alliance of research and policy communities, industry, and the public is needed.

Managing Land-based CDR: BECCS, Forests and Carbon Sequestration

2020
Scholarly Work
Duncan Brack, Richard King
This paper proposes policy measures for integrating land-based CDR approaches - under which circumstances forest areas are best left undisturbed, managed for conservation or wood products, and how these options affect the deployment of BECCS.

H.R. 4447 – Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
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

2020
Scholarly Work
S. Julio Friedmann, Alex Zapantis, Brad Page, Chris Consoli, Zhiyuan Fan, Ian Havercroft, Harry Liu, Emeka Ochu, Nabeela Raji, Dominic Rassool, Hadia Sheerazi, Alex Townsend
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.

Adaptation and Carbon Removal

2020
Scholarly Work
Holly J. Buck, Jay Furhman, David R. Morrow, Daniel L. Sanchez, Frances M. Wang
This paper identifies ways to foreground adaptation in carbon removal policies and project designs and to incorporate carbon removal into adaptation efforts.

Negative-Emission Technologies and Patent Rights after COVID-19

2020
Scholarly Work
Joshua D. Sarnoff
This article proposes various measures that can be adopted by national governments and private funders to minimize any forthcoming worldwide conflicts that will arise over balancing innovation incentives for, and affordable access to, patented NETs.