Buildings as a Global Carbon Sink? A Reality Check on Feasibility Limits
This commentary reflects on the capacity of global forests to supply bio-based building materials that store carbon as a climate solution.
Restoring Abandoned Farmland to Mitigate Climate Change on a Full Earth
This paper presents an overview of how carbon capture and storage on abandoned farmland can be accelerated and maximized and how emerging policy and market initiatives can facilitate adoption of farmland carbon sequestration strategies.
Managing Land-based CDR: BECCS, Forests and Carbon Sequestration
This paper proposes policy measures for integrating land-based CDR approaches - under which circumstances forest areas are best left undisturbed, managed for conservation or wood products, and how these options affect the deployment of BECCS.
The Future of (Negative) Emissions Trading in the European Union
This paper explores various design options for integrating negative emissions technologies (NETs) into the EU Emissions Trading System.
Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission
This report proposes that the U.S. federal government should triple its funding for energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) over the next five years, which includes a federal RD&D initiative for carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
H.R. 4447 – Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
This legislation combines several bills that aim to invest in green infrastructure and energy efficiency, renewable technologies, energy sources, and workforce training, including sections to further develop negative emission technologies and CCS.
Reframing the Climate Change Problem: Evaluating the Political, Technological, and Ethical Management of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the United States
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.
H.R. 5883 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an increased credit for carbon oxide sequestration for direct air capture facilities, and for other purposes.
This bill would make permanent the Section 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration systems installed at power plants and other industrial facilities and would increase a tax credit for direct air capture of carbon emissions.
Forest Law Amendment to Transform China’s Forest Sector
This article reviews the history and provisions of China's revised Forest Law, which includes new sections on afforestation and the restoration of forest ecosystems.
S. 4875 – Carbon Farming Tax Credit
This bill establishes a tax credit for farmers who maximize carbon sequestration potential through a "carbon farming" land management strategy.