Direct Air Capture Archives

Emergency deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis

2021

Scholarly Work

Ryan Hanna, Ahmed Abdulla, Yangyang Xu, David G. Victor

This paper models a wartime-like crash deployment of direct air capture (DAC) as a policy response to the climate crisis, calculating funding, net CO2 removal, and climate impacts.

H.R. 5205 – NET Zero Act of 2021

2021

Proposed Legislation

U.S. Congress

This bill would amend the 45Q tax credit by removing the deadline for DAC to geologic storage and enforcing a 10-year deadline for DAC to EOR.

Technical, policy and stakeholder analysis of direct air capture

2020

Scholarly Work

Alexander Caskie

This thesis paper seeks to answer where Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology fits into current policy and how can DAC companies can best position themselves to maximize the potential of their technology.

Investing in Climate Innovation: The Environmental Case for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide

2020

Think Tank Report

Bipartisan Policy Center's Direct Air Capture Advisory Council

This white paper makes the environmental case for an ambitious, targeted, and diversified program of near-term investment in DAC as part of a comprehensive strategy for achieving international climate goals over the next several decades.

Direct air capture: An emerging necessity to fight climate change

2020

Scholarly Work

Michael B. Gerrard

This article provides an overview of the need for direct air capture in fighting climate change and highlights some of the emerging legal and regulatory issues of deploying the technology at scale.

Reframing the Climate Change Problem: Evaluating the Political, Technological, and Ethical Management of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the United States

2020

Scholarly Work

Evvan V. Morton

This dissertation argues that climate change must be reframed as a two-part problem: preventing new CO2 emissions and reducing concentrations, which demands increased investment in DAC research, development, and deployment.

Direct Air Carbon Capture and Sequestration: How It Works and How It Could Contribute to Climate-Change Mitigation

2019

Scholarly Work

Ajay Gambhir, Massimo Tavoni

The paper discusses the role of Direct Air Capture in meeting the Paris Agreement, while noting the ecological and ethical considerations, and the potential trade-offs and uncertainties that deserve further investigation.

Capturing Leadership Policies for the US to Advance Direct Air Capture Technology

2019

Think Tank Report

John Larsen, Whitney Herndon, Mikhail Grant , Peter Marsters

This is a report prepared by the Rhodium Group to asses the role of Direct Air Capture technology in the US response to climate change and identify near and medium-term policy actions to advance the deployment of Direct Air Capture technology.

Shopify Pledge

2019

Declaration

Shopify has committed to investing at least $1 million each year into carbon sequestration.

The Role of Direct Air Capture in Mitigation of Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2019

Scholarly Work

Christoph Beuttler, Louise Charles, Jan Wurzbacher

This paper discusses the potential co-benefits of Direct Air Capture, in particular in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations and suggests some policy approaches on how a climate relevant scale could be achieved.

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