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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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A Post-Paris Literature Review of Negative Emissions Technology, and Potential for Ireland

2018
Scholarly Work
Paul Price, Alwynne McGeever, Mike Jones , Barry McMullin
This report presents a comprehensive review of the existing literature on the potential forms of negative emissions technology (NET), with a particular focus on technology options suitable for deployment in Ireland.

Negative Emission Technologies: What Role in Meeting Paris Agreement Targets?

2018
Think Tank Report
European Academies Science Advisory Council
This report brings together experts from the European Academies Science Advisory Council to review the available technologies for carbon dioxide removal and how they frame the EU's position within the Paris Agreement.

Global Climate Governance: The Politics of Terrestrial Carbon Mitigation in the Paris Agreement

2018
Scholarly Work
Kate Dooley
This thesis analyses the contested politics of including (and accounting for) land-based mitigation in a post-2020 climate agreement, and the consequences for future mitigation pathways over the course of this century.

Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering: Potential implications for delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals

2018
Think Tank Report
Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2)
This report explores the potential implications which two groups of experimental technologies aimed at managing global climate risk, known as Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering, could have for delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Greenhouse Gas Removal

2018
Scientific Report
Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering
This report presents the findings from an exploration of the opportunities and barriers for greenhouse gas removal methods in both a UK and global context.

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.

Towards an EU Regulatory Framework for Climate-Smart Agriculture: The Example of Soil Carbon Sequestration

2018
Scholarly Work
Jonathan Verschuuren
This article assesses current and proposed EU climate and environmental law, and the legal instruments associated with the Common Agricultural Policy, to see whether soil carbon sequestration is a promising example of "climate-smart agriculture."

A Clean Planet for all: A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy

2018
Policy Proposal
European Commission
This policy document outlines a vision of the economic and societal transformations required in the European Union, including the role of carbon sinks and CCS, to achieve the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Carbon Removal in Forests and Farms in the United States

2018
Think Tank Report
World Resources Institute
The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential for carbon removal in forests and farms in the United States, to identify needs likely to arise on the pathway to large-scale deployment, and to consider ways to begin addressing those needs.

HB 2182 – Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force

2018
Enacted Legislation
State of Hawaii
This bill establishes the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force to identify land use practices that would promote increased greenhouse gas sequestration and develop incentives and funding mechanisms for these practices.

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