Monat: März 2019

Media

Nature: The race to remove CO 2 needs more contestants

„With the ongoing failure of emissions reduction to adequately address growing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), increasing attention has focused on the possibility of conducting CO2 removal (CDR) from the atmosphere (‘negative emissions’). Indeed, modelling suggests that hundreds to thousands of gigatonnes (Gt) of CO2 will need to be removed over this century depending on global mean temperature goals and the success of emissions reduction.“

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Kaya, Y.; et al. (2019): Towards net zero CO2 emissions without relying on massive carbon dioxide removal

Kaya, Y.; Yamaguchi, M.; Geden, O. (2019): Towards net zero CO2 emissions without relying on massive carbon dioxide removal. In: Sustain Sci 354 (5), S. 182. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-019-00680-1.

„Current emission scenarios that allow keeping the global temperature increase below 2[nbsp]°C or even 1.5[nbsp]°C—as foreseen by the Paris Agreement—are based on very optimistic assumptions, including enormous volumes of carbon dioxide removal (CDR). A closer look at the globally most important emission sectors—power, transport and industry—shows manifold barriers for very ambitious mitigation.“

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