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Carbon Dioxide Removal


Soil Carbon Sequestration

Soil carbon sequestration is a process in which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and stored in the soil carbon pool. This process is primarily mediated by plants through photosynthesis, with carbon stored in the form of soil organic carbon.
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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.

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.

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.

Research priorities for negative emissions

2016
Scholarly Work
S Fuss, C D Jones, F Kraxner, G P Peters, P Smith, M Tavoni, D P van Vuuren, J G Canadell, R B Jackson, R B Jackson, J R Moreira, N Nakicenovic, A Sharifi, Y Yamagata
This paper identifies some urgent research needs around NETs, including in governance and policy, to provide a more complete picture for reaching ambitious climate targets and the role that NETs can play in reaching them.

Regulatory Framework for Climate-Related Geoengineering Relevant to the Convention on Biological Diversity

2012
Scientific Report
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
This study describes the current regulatory and legal framework that may apply to climate-related geoengineering, and identifies the gaps in science based global, transparent and effective control and regulatory mechanisms.

Lessons from Renewable Energy Diffusion for Carbon Dioxide Removal Development

2020
Scholarly Work
Anthony E. Chavez
This paper focuses on price regulations, typically in the form of price subsidies (FITs) or tenders (competitive auctions), in developing carbon dioxide removal technologies.

Strategies for mitigation of climate change: a review

2020
Scholarly Work
Samer Fawzy, Ahmed I. Osman, John Doran, David W. Rooney
This article reviews the main strategies for climate change abatement, including a comprehensive section on negative emission technologies; the current state of development, perceived limitations and risks as well as social and policy implications.

SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America

2020
Policy Proposal
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Majority Staff
This report lays out a framework for comprehensive congressional action on climate change and identifies the need to develop and deploy a suite of natural and technological carbon removal solutions to reduce carbon pollution as quickly as possible.

Unconventional Mitigation: Carbon Dioxide Removal as a New Approach in EU Climate Policy

2020
Scholarly Work
Oliver Geden, Felix Schenuit
This study investigates the question of how the currently still unconventional carbon removal approach can be integrated into EU climate policy.

Congressional Testimony of Dr. S. Julio Friedmann, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Julio Friedmann
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for large-scale carbon management.

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