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Capturing Opportunity: Law and Policy Solutions to Accelerate Engineered Carbon Removal in California

2020

Policy Proposal

Ethan N. Elkind, Ted Lamm, Katie Segal

This policy brief outlines policy proposals for deploying engineered carbon removal technologies in California, including the key barriers limiting development progress and actionable solutions to overcome those barriers.

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: Existing and Emerging Legal Principles

2019

Scholarly Work

Benoit Mayer

The article addresses the international legal issues surrounding the large-scale deployment of BECCS, while proposing steps to avoid detrimental impacts.

BECCS Deployment: A Reality Check

2019

Think Tank Report

Mathilde Fajardy, Alexandre Köberle, Niall Mac Dowell, Andrea Fantuzzi

This paper explores some of the questions that emerge in relation to BECCS around governance and scale.

Perceptions of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage in Different Policy Scenarios

2019

Scholarly Work

Rob Bellamy, Javier Lezaun, James Palmer

This paper investigates how different policies and incentives impact the public perception of BECCS.

Preconditions for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) in sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Tanzania

2019

Scholarly Work

Anders Hansson, Mathias Fridahl, Simon Haikola, Pius Yanda, Noah Pauline, Edmund Mabhuye

This paper analyzes the pre-conditions for BECCS in Tanzania, and argues that negative BECCS-related emissions from Tanzania should not be assumed in global climate mitigation scenarios.

Transnational Legal Processes, the EU and RED II: Strengthening the Global Governance of Bioenergy

2019

Scholarly Work

Emily Webster

This paper argues that the emergence of a transnational legal process that strengthens the sustainable production of biomass, balances the benefits of BECCS with the negative social and environmental externalities associated with biomass production.

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS): The Distracting Injustice of an Infeasible and Unlikely Technofix

2019

Scholarly Work

Rachel Smolker

This article, through the case study of BECCS, argues how indulging the concept of a technofix violates human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Carbon Dioxide Removal After Paris

2019

Scholarly Work

Albert Lin

This article explores key issues of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) governance, such as promoting the generation of information, mainstreaming CDR into public and policy discussions, and furthering CDR development while avoiding lock-in of technology.

Negative Emissions: Priorities for Research and Policy Design

2019

Scholarly Work

Mathilde Fajardy, Piera Patrizio, Habiba Ahut Daggash, Niall Mac Dowell

This report discusses the main technical, socio-economic and regulatory bottlenecks at a regional level, and provides direction for further research.

Beyond “Net-Zero”: A Case for Separate Targets for Emissions Reduction and Negative Emissions

2019

Scholarly Work

Duncan P. Mclaren, David P. Tyfield, Rebecca Willis, Bronislaw Szerszynski, Nils O. Markusson

This policy brief outlines a proposal for formal separation of negative emissions targets and accounting from emissions reduction.

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