Land Use and Agriculture: Pitfalls and Precautions on the Road to Net Zero
This paper examines some of the major risks, applicable safeguards, and potential pathways for agriculture and land use in realizing net zero emissions targets.
Moving toward Net-Zero Emissions Requires New Alliances for Carbon Dioxide Removal
This paper argues that for the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to move beyond an academic debate on CO2 removal (CDR), a broader alliance of research and policy communities, industry, and the public is needed.
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.
Evidence Brief: Governing Nature-Based Solutions to Carbon Dioxide Removal
This briefing summarizes the latest evidence relating to the governance of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) to Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) along with the governance frameworks and other socio-political considerations.
Negative Emissions: Priorities for Research and Policy Design
This report discusses the main technical, socio-economic and regulatory bottlenecks at a regional level, and provides direction for further research.
Fuel to the Fire: How Geoengineering Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Accelerate the Climate Crisis
This report investigates the early, ongoing, and often surprising role of the fossil fuel industry in developing, patenting, and promoting key geoengineering technologies.
Using Renewable Portfolio Standards to Accelerate Development of Negative Emission Technologies
This article discusses how states can use Renewable Portfolio Standards to incentivize the development of negative emission technologies.
Federal research, development, and demonstration priorities for carbon dioxide removal in the United States
This paper presents a synthesis of research and development needs, relevant agency authority, barriers to coordination, and interventions to enhance RD&D across the federal government of the US.
Umweltbundesamt, Options and Proposals for the International Governance of Geoengineering
In this research project for the German Federal Environment Agency, the Ecologic Institute develops specific proposals for the governance of the main currently discussed geoengineering concepts at the international level.
S.4341 – CREATE Act of 2020
This bill would establish an executive committee at the National Science and Technology Council to coordinate interagency efforts on carbon removal research and development.