Anderson, K.; Peters, G. (2016): The trouble with negative emissions

Anderson, K.; Peters, G. (2016): The trouble with negative emissions. In Science 354 (6309), pp. 182–183. DOI 10.1126/science.aah4567.

„The Paris Agreement requires that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission sources and sinks are balanced by the second half of this century. Because some nonzero sources are unavoidable, this leads to the abstract concept of “negative emissions,” the removal of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere through technical means. The Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) informing policy-makers assume the large-scale use of negative-emission technologies. If we rely on these and they are not deployed or are unsuccessful at removing CO₂ from the atmosphere at the levels assumed, society will be locked into a high-temperature pathway.“

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