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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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Exploring Negative Territory Carbon Dioxide Removal and Climate Policy Initiatives

2013
Scholarly Work
James Meadowcroft
This article explores the place for carbon dioxide removal in long term climate policy and considers nearer term policy issues.

The Regulation of Geoengineering: Fifth Report of Session 2009–10

2010
Scientific Report
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
This report, written in collaboration with the U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee, examines the need for the regulation of geoengineering activities and provides an outlines of future regulatory arrangements.

Adaptation and Carbon Removal

2020
Scholarly Work
Holly J. Buck, Jay Furhman, David R. Morrow, Daniel L. Sanchez, Frances M. Wang
This paper identifies ways to foreground adaptation in carbon removal policies and project designs and to incorporate carbon removal into adaptation efforts.

H.R.3607 – Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019

2019
Proposed Legislation
This bill expands Department of Energy (DOE) research, development, and demonstration programs for fossil energy, including CCS, carbon utilization, and carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere.

Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda

2019
Scientific Report
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
This comprehensive National Academies of Sciences report covers all aspects of Negative Emission Technologies from fundamental science to full-scale deployment and defines the essential components of a research and development program.

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.

Report of the International Law Commission A/73/10

2018
International Legal Instrument
International Law Commission
Text of the draft guidelines on the protection of the atmosphere and intentional large-scale modification of the atmosphere that states carbon dioxide removal activities shall be conducted with prudence and caution.

Incentivize Negative Emissions Responsibly

2018
Scholarly Work
Rob Bellamy
This article explores why nation states need to incentivize negative emissions technologies if they are to take the decarbonization of whole energy systems seriously.

Knowledge gaps on climate-related geoengineering in relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

2018
Think Tank Report
Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2)
This technical briefing presents an assessment of knowledge gaps around ethics, governance, deployment and research related to geoengineering, including carbon removal technologies, and the Convention on Biological Diversity.

The Emissions Gap Report 2017 Chapter 7: Bridging the Gap – Carbon Dioxide Removal

2017
Scholarly Work
Pete Smith, Julio Friedmann
This chapter explores how governments can play a key role in providing the funding and incentives needed for investments in carbon dioxide removal research, development, and deployment.

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