Call for Applications: ARPA-E: Funding Opportunity Announcements
Deadline: 22. July 2020
„O:Direct Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Oceanwater“ [&] „P: Direct Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Ambient Air“
Monat: Mai 2020
BBC Future: Planting trees doesn’t always help with climate change
„Reforestation is seen as a way to help cool the climate, sucking excess warming carbon out of the atmosphere. But it’s not always that simple.“
Geden, Oliver, and Felix Schenuit. 2020: “Unkonventioneller Klimaschutz: Gezielte CO2-Entnahme aus der Atmosphäre als neuer Ansatz in der EU-Klimapolitik.”
Geden, Oliver, and Felix Schenuit. 2020: “Unkonventioneller Klimaschutz: Gezielte CO2-Entnahme aus der Atmosphäre als neuer Ansatz in der EU-Klimapolitik.” SWP-Studie 10. May 2020. 2020. doi:10.18449/2020S10.
German-language[nbsp]publication on the role of atmospheric CDR in EU[nbsp]climate policy.[nbsp]
BBC Future: The remarkable power of the prickly pear
„A stalwart of the Mexican landscape is finding a second life powering up buildings in the desert, and it is proving to be an unusually sustainable biofuel.“
Offermann-van Heek, Julia; et al. 2020: “Assessing Public Acceptance of the Life Cycle of CO2-Based Fuels: Does Information Make the Difference?”
Offermann-van Heek, Julia, Katrin Arning, André Sternberg, André Bardow, and Martina Ziefle. 2020: “Assessing Public Acceptance of the Life Cycle of CO2-Based Fuels: Does Information Make the Difference?”[nbsp]Energy Policy[nbsp]143: 111586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111586.
“Besides technological feasibility of required process steps (CO2[nbsp]capture, CO2[nbsp]transport, fuel production infrastructure), a successful adoption requires acceptance of alternative CO2-based fuels and their infrastructure. This study focuses on public acceptance of CO2-based fuels‘ life cycle by laypeople (N[nbsp]=[nbsp]325) using conjoint analysis.“
McLaren, Duncan. 2020: “Quantifying the Potential Scale of Mitigation Deterrence from Greenhouse Gas Removal Techniques.”
McLaren, Duncan. 2020: “Quantifying the Potential Scale of Mitigation Deterrence from Greenhouse Gas Removal Techniques.”[nbsp]Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02732-3.
“The paper reviews the expectations of GGR implied by integrated assessment modelling, categorizes ways in which delivery or promises of GGR might instead deter or delay emissions reduction, and offers a preliminary estimate of the possible extent of three such forms of ‘mitigation deterrence’.“
Michaelowa, Axel. 2020: „The governance of solar geoengineering by Jesse L. Reynolds, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019.“
Michaelowa, Axel. 2020: „The governance of solar geoengineering[nbsp]by Jesse L. Reynolds, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019.“ Environmental Politics (29/4), 759-760.[nbsp]https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1757582.
„While there is a rapidly growing number of research articles on geoengineering as well as several books discussing its challenges aiming at a general audience, Reynolds’s book is the[nbsp]first that achieves a complete overview of the governance questions linked to SRM. It is a[nbsp]‘must read’[nbsp]for any political scientist or economist trying to understand how to manage SRM on various levels and will remain a key reference for the foreseeable future.“
Axios: Climate activists target Big Tech over fossil fuel work
„Big Tech is making splash with its[nbsp]aggressive carbon reduction goals, but some of[nbsp]its employees[nbsp]and climate activists are[nbsp]criticizing[nbsp]Google, Microsoft and[nbsp]Amazon[nbsp]for nonetheless partnering with fossil fuel companies to use artificial intelligence to find hidden hydrocarbons and bring them to market.“
Independent: Climate crisis: Tropical rainforest ‘tipping point’ identified as scientists call for immediate action to tackle global warming
„Tropical[nbsp]rainforests’ vital ability to store[nbsp]carbon[nbsp]is under threat due to rising global temperatures, and the[nbsp]Amazon[nbsp]is particularly at risk, scientists have warned.“
The New Yorker: What will it take to cool the planet?
„I pointed out last week that the[nbsp]covid-19 pandemic has taught us something interesting: even locking down most of the planet[nbsp]didn’t cut emissions[nbsp]as much as we might have thought.“