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Carbon Dioxide Removal

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques, or negative emission technologies (NETs), are a suite of natural and technological pathways to remove and sequester carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. Unlike carbon capture and storage, these techniques remove CO₂ directly from the atmosphere or enhance natural carbon sinks.
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Negative Emissions: Priorities for Research and Policy Design

2019
Scholarly Work
Mathilde Fajardy, Piera Patrizio, Habiba Ahut Daggash, Niall Mac Dowell
This report discusses the main technical, socio-economic and regulatory bottlenecks at a regional level, and provides direction for further research.

Beyond “Net-Zero”: A Case for Separate Targets for Emissions Reduction and Negative Emissions

2019
Scholarly Work
Duncan P. Mclaren, David P. Tyfield, Rebecca Willis, Bronislaw Szerszynski, Nils O. Markusson
This policy brief outlines a proposal for formal separation of negative emissions targets and accounting from emissions reduction.

Governance of Marine Geoengineering

2019
Think Tank Report
Kerryn Brent, Wil Burns, Jeffrey McGee
This report surveys the different types of marine geoengineering proposals that have appeared in the scientific literature and the few that have been the subject of field testing and analyzes the various rules of applicable international law.

Fuel to the Fire: How Geoengineering Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Accelerate the Climate Crisis

2019
Think Tank Report
Center for International Environmental Law
This report investigates the early, ongoing, and often surprising role of the fossil fuel industry in developing, patenting, and promoting key geoengineering technologies.

International Legislative Framework for Sequestration of Organic Carbon in Agricultural Soil as a Climate Change Tool

2019
Scholarly Work
Matus Michalovic
The article presents the most important international treaties in the area of battling climate change and links them to the protection of agriculture soil.

S.383 – Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies Act or the “USE IT Act”

2019
Proposed Legislation
116th Congress
The USE IT Act would support carbon utilization and direct air capture research. The bill would also support federal, state, and non-governmental collaboration in the construction and development of CCUS facilities and carbon dioxide pipelines.

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.

Declaration on Nordic Carbon Neutrality

2019
Declaration
The Nordic governments
A declaration by Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark to catalyze the development of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and to maintain or enhance natural carbon sinks.

Stripe’s Pledge

2019
Declaration
As part of Stripe's environmental program, the company will fully offset greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing verified carbon offsets and paying for the direct removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Policy Brief: Governing Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal

2019
Think Tank Report
Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)
This policy brief addresses the readiness of various carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques and the governance challenges in their deployment.

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