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Carbon Dioxide Removal


Ocean and Coastal CDR

Ocean based carbon dioxide removal methods include ocean alkalinization or enhancement, ocean up-welling, and enhanced kelp farming. Coastal blue carbon is the carbon captured by living coastal and marine organisms and stored in coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, mangroves, and seagrass beds.
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S.4341 – CREATE Act of 2020

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This bill would establish an executive committee at the National Science and Technology Council to coordinate interagency efforts on carbon removal research and development.

Marine Carbon Sinks in Decarbonization Pathways

2020
Scholarly Work
A. Oschlies, G. Rehder, M. Rhein
Detailed text of a mission proposal to study whether and to what extent the ocean can play a substantial role in removing and storing CO2 from the atmosphere, including the potential political and legal implications.

Delta Airlines Pledge

2020
Declaration
The airline will focus on the removal of carbon emissions from the atmosphere by investing in forestry, wetland restoration, grassland conservation, marine and soil capture, and other NETs to make its business carbon neutral.

Climate change mitigation potential of wetlands and the cost-effectiveness of their restoration

2020
Scholarly Work
Pierre Taillardat, Benjamin S. Thompson, Michelle Garneau, Karelle Trottier, Daniel A. Friess
This paper conducts a meta-analysis on wetland carbon dynamics to determine their suitability for inclusion in climate policy as negative emission technologies.

Strategies for mitigation of climate change: a review

2020
Scholarly Work
Samer Fawzy, Ahmed I. Osman, John Doran, David W. Rooney
This article reviews the main strategies for climate change abatement, including a comprehensive section on negative emission technologies; the current state of development, perceived limitations and risks as well as social and policy implications.

Who rules climate intervention on the high seas?

2020
News/Commentary
Olive Heffernan
This article discusses how research and deployment of marine geoengineering should be governed as more field trials begin to move forward.

Apple’s Pledge

2020
Declaration
Apple has announced the creation of a carbon solutions fund to invest in forests and other nature-based solutions around the world to remove carbon from the atmosphere.

SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America

2020
Policy Proposal
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Majority Staff
This report lays out a framework for comprehensive congressional action on climate change and identifies the need to develop and deploy a suite of natural and technological carbon removal solutions to reduce carbon pollution as quickly as possible.

Unconventional Mitigation: Carbon Dioxide Removal as a New Approach in EU Climate Policy

2020
Scholarly Work
Oliver Geden, Felix Schenuit
This study investigates the question of how the currently still unconventional carbon removal approach can be integrated into EU climate policy.

Congressional Testimony of Dr. S. Julio Friedmann, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Julio Friedmann
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for large-scale carbon management.

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