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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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Negative Emissions and Land-Based Carbon Sequestration: Implications for Climate and Energy Scenarios

2018
Think Tank Report
Rocky Mountain Institute
The paper focuses on how natural climate solutions could contribute to emissions reduction goals in the United States and seeks to provide policymakers with a useful overview of how negative emissions can be incorporated into national climate policy.

Assessing Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities and Implementation Strategies for Agricultural Land Management in the United States

2011
Scholarly Work
Lydia P. Olander, Alison J. Eagle, Justin S. Baker, Karen Haugen-Kozyra, Brian C. Murray, Alexandra Kravchenko, Lucy R. Henry, Robert B. Jackson
Provides a roadmap and resource for programs and initiatives that are designing protocols, metrics, or incentives to engage farmers and ranchers in large-scale efforts to enhance GHG mitigation on working agricultural land in the United States.

Microsoft’s Pledge

2020
Declaration
Microsoft is committing to remove more carbon than it emits through a portfolio of negative emission technologies including afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, BECCS, and direct air capture.

2020 Democratic Party Platform (Draft)

2020
Policy Proposal
Democratic National Committee Platform Drafting Committee
This is the United States Democratic Party’s draft policy platform that includes sections on the potential role of carbon dioxide removal/negative emissions technologies to combat climate change.

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks

2020
Scientific Report
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The report presents data on carbon sequestration from the Land Use, Land-Use change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sector and from enhanced oil recovery in the United States.

Proposed regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law)

2020
Proposed Legislation
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
Article 2 of this regulatory proposal sets the EU 2050 climate-neutrality objectives, recognizing that removals of greenhouse gases will be needed to compensate for emissions from sectors where decarbonization is the most challenging.

Congressional Testimony of Sasha Mackler, Bipartisan Policy Center

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

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 Nature-Based Solutions to Carbon Dioxide Removal

2019
Think Tank Report
Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)
This policy brief identifies the governance challenges around Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) to carbon dioxide removal including techniques such as large-scale planting of forests, replacing previously lost forests, and restoring wetlands.

Making Terrestrial Geoengineering Technologies Viable: An Opportunity for India-Canada Climate Leadership

2019
Think Tank Report
Chaitanya Giri
This report makes the case that India and Canada must work together on geoengineering governance in advancement of climate goals, while seeking to collaborate on new carbon-materials industries to harness the potential of terrestrial geoengineering.

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