Catalyzing a Political Shift from Low to Negative Carbon
This commentary suggests ways to catalyze a political conversation around and business investment in carbon dioxide removal.
The political economy of negative emissions technologies: consequences for international policy design
This paper sees the market mechanism under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement – colloquially called ‘Sustainable Development Mechanism’ – as a possible cornerstone policy instrument to incentivize NET activities at a global scale.
The ‘best available science’ to inform 1.5 °C policy choices
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.
Bridging the gap: improving the economic and policy framework for carbon capture and storage in the European Union
This policy brief identifies the key factors that currently hold back CCS investment in the European Union and explores ways that CCS can be made viable.
The Emergence of the Geoengineering Debate Within the IPCC
This article looks at IPCC Assessment Reports to review how the IPCC has addressed geoengineering up to the Fifth Assessment Report in 2014.
Investigating afforestation and bioenergy CCS as climate change mitigation strategies
This paper examines how different levels of a global tax on GHG emissions incentivizes afforestation and BECCS, finding that afforestation is a cost-efficient strategy at relatively low carbon prices, while BECCS becomes competitive at higher prices.
Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS or Bio-CCS)
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
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.
Net Expectations: Assessing the role of carbon dioxide removal in companies’ climate plans
This briefing aims to help investors and others interpret and assess the feasibility of the role of CDR in companies’ climate plans.
Fair-share carbon dioxide removal increases major emitter responsibility
This paper applies two common burden-sharing principles to show how CDR responsibility could be shared between regions in 1.5 °C and 2 °C mitigation pathways.