Investing in Carbon Removal: Demystifying Existing Approaches
The articles in this series provide in-depth assessments of seven major carbon removal approaches including opportunities and gaps in policy and finance.
A close look at the quality of REDD+ carbon credits
This paper seeks to provide some initial guidance on the technical features and advantages and risks of different carbon standards, focusing on criteria that influence the integrity of carbon credits around reforestation and avoided deforestation.
Learning from the past to improve landscape restoration governance in Ecuador
This article focuses on the scale challenges relating to the implementation of Ecuador’s restoration targets, by analyzing the implementation of the 2014–2017 National Forest Restoration Plan in the montane Chocó Andino and Bosque Seco landscapes.
Net-Zero and Geospheric Return: Actions Today for 2030 and Beyond
This report identifies a set of actions, investments, and policies that can best lay a foundation for growing deployment of CCS and large-scale carbon dioxide removal through engineered systems to meet net-zero global emissions targets.
The Law of Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal framework for enhanced weathering on land and in ocean waters.
Incentivizing Negative Emissions Through Carbon Shares
This paper describes a new climate change policy that replaces an emission tax with a bond used to fund an asset called a “carbon share,” which can optimally incentivize both emission reductions and emission removal.
Tensions in the energy transition: Swedish and Finnish company perspectives on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
This paper addresses the following research question: What are the barriers and driving forces to realize BECCS according to company representatives, including their views on policy and their role in contributing to national climate goals?
The US Section 45Q Tax Credit for Carbon Oxide Sequestration: An Update
This Global CCS Institute brief focuses on the latest developments with regards to the 45Q tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration in the US, including a summary of the guidance released so far.
An Action Plan for Carbon Capture and Storage in California: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions
This study provides policymakers with fundamental actions, key enablers, and opportunities for helping California meet its near-term emissions reduction goals with carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Proposed CLEAN Future Act
This bill would create a DOE carbon capture and utilization technology commercialization program to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, cost, and environmental performance of fossil fuel-fired facilities, and a DAC technology prize program.