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Carbon Dioxide Removal


Direct Air Capture

Direct air capture is the technique of scrubbing carbon dioxide directly from the sky through large mechanical facilities. The technique can be used to obtain carbon for making a byproduct or fuel. Direct air capture and storage (DACS) means storing that carbon dioxide in a long-term reservoir. The two main approaches involve either (1) liquids or surfaces that chemically interact with carbon dioxide, or (2) membranes that physically trap the carbon dioxide on solid surfaces.
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THE LCFS AND CCS PROTOCOL: AN OVERVIEW FOR POLICYMAKERS AND PROJECT DEVELOPERS

2019
Think Tank Report
Global CCS Institute
This report provides a summary of the CCS Protocol of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard and how it compares to other significant regulations and policies in the US associated with the injection and geologic sequestration of CO2.

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, and direct air carbon capture and storage: Examining the evidence on deployment potential and costs in the UK

2019
Think Tank Report
The UK Energy Research Centre
This paper explores the deployment potential and costs of both BECCS and DACCS in the UK, and how these might compare with other regions.

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.

Technological Carbon Removal: Recent Economic and Political Trends in the United States

2019
Think Tank Report
Climate Advisers
This report assesses the current state of affairs surrounding technological CDR in the United States and provides concrete policy recommendations for action at the Federal level.

Carbon Removal: Comparing Historical Federal Research Investments with the National Academies’ Recommended Future Funding Levels

2019
Think Tank Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center
The objective of this analysis is to review the historical baseline estimates of federal RD&D investment related to carbon removal and assess how they compare with the recommended future funding levels from the 2018 National Academies Report on NETs.

Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want

2019
Scientific Report
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
UNEP's Global Resources Outlook highlights and supports climate policies to remove atmospheric carbon in its "Towards Sustainability" scenario, specifically policies targeted towards the deployment of BECCs, DAC, and reforestation activities.

Engineered CO2 Removal, Climate Restoration, and Humility

2019
Scholarly Work
Julio Friedmann
This article lays out how using engineered CDR techniques to achieve net-zero will require substantial cooperation between groups of people who commonly do not work together, including technical experts, financiers, and government officials.

The Potential Role of Direct Air Capture in the German Energy Research Program—Results of a Multi-Dimensional Analysis

2019
Scholarly Work
Peter Viebahn, Alexander Scholz, Ole Zelt
This articles explores the role of Direct Air Capture in Germany's 7th Federal Energy Research Program (ERP) and how it may contribute to the German government's energy and climate policy goals.

Direct Air Capture of CO2: A Key Technology for Ambitious Climate Change Mitigation

2019
Scholarly Work
Mahdi Fasihi, Felix Creutzig, Cyril Jose Escopete Bajamundi
This article identifies identifies how the solar photovoltaic policies, particularly the Feed-in Tariff legislation in Germany and the manufacturing scale-up backed by guarantees in China, can accelerate a similar deployment of DAC.

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