Neue Zürcher Zeitung: An experiment to control climate causes a stir beforehand (German)
German article about SRM and SCoPEx.
Monat: Juli 2020
Mining Magazine: Cardiff Uni trialling carbon capture in coal seams
„Research engineers at Cardiff University have started work on a research facility in Poland which can demonstrate CO2 injection into coal seams.“
Today: How Singapore can tap carbon capture technology to fight climate change post-Covid-19 Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/how-singapore-can-use-carbon-capture-technology-tackle-climate-change-post-pandemic-world
„Whether our post-pandemic rebound will restore CO2 emissions to their initial, unabated increase will depend heavily on government action, economic incentives and the use of innovative technology to mitigate the effects of atmospheric greenhouse gases.“
Financial Times: Start-ups test ideas to suck CO2 from atmosphere
„Widespread targets to reduce emissions to net zero have boosted interest in ‘direct air capture’ technology.“
Podcast: Nori: Appropriations & carbon removal, the Biden-Sanders climate plan, & enhanced rock weathering in croplands
„Here are the articles we discussed this week:
- Carbon removal represented in the Appropriations process in both[nbsp]Energy [&] Water[nbsp]and[nbsp]Agriculture.
- The Biden-Sanders climate plan: „Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations: Combating the Climate Crisis and Pursuing Environmental Justice“.
- „Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands“ in[nbsp]Nature.“
Initiative: Carbon to Value Initiative
„Carbontech—technologies that capture and convert carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable end products or services—represents the next major frontier in climate change solutions.“
Initiative: Transform to Net Zero
„Transform to Net Zero[nbsp]aims to deliver guidance and business plans to enable a transformation to net zero emissions, as well as research, advocacy, and best practices to make it easier for the private sector to not only set ambitious goals–but also[nbsp]deliver meaningful emissions reductions and economic success.“
FlightGlobal: UK government consults on post-Brexit ETS replacement
„Aviation emissions could be included in a new carbon tax under consideration by the UK government to replace the EU Emissions Trading System, which the country is set to leave when its Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.“
Johns, Christopher (2020): Atmospheric Carbon Drawdown – A Global Imperative
Johns, Christopher (2020): Atmospheric Carbon Drawdown – A Global Imperative. Strategic Analysis Paper. Future Directions International.
„It is unlikely and, indeed, possibly unadvisable that only one carbon sequestration solution be employed. A varied and tailored approach is likely to produce the most productive and the most resilient overall solution.“
Microsoft: Important new steps on our path to be carbon negative by 2030
„We’ve taken concrete steps to reduce our carbon emissions by reducing our dependence on diesel-fuel backup power at our datacenters by 2030 and also remove 1 million metric tons of carbon from the environment this fiscal year.“