Handelsblatt: Carbon capture subsidies are a waste of money (German)
German article on rsisks and problems related to CDR.
Monat: August 2020
Hanssen, S.V.; et al. (2020): The climate change mitigation potential of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
Hanssen, S. V.; Daioglou, V.; Steinmann, Z. J. N.; Doelman, J. C.; van Vuuren, D. P.; Huijbregts, M. A. J. (2020): The climate change mitigation potential of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. In Nat. Clim. Chang. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0885-y.
„Here we perform a global spatially explicit analysis of life-cycle GHG emissions for lignocellulosic crop-based BECCS. We show that negative emissions greatly depend on biomass cultivation location, treatment of original vegetation, the final energy carrier produced and the evaluation period considered.“
Fuhrman, Jay; et al. (2020): Food–energy–water implications of negative emissions technologies in a +1.5 °C future
Fuhrman, Jay; McJeon, Haewon; Patel, Pralit; Doney, Scott C.; Shobe, William M.; Clarens, Andres F. (2020): Food–energy–water implications of negative emissions technologies in a +1.5 °C future. In Nat. Clim. Chang. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0876-z.
„Here we show that DAC could provide up to 3 GtCO2[nbsp]yr−1[nbsp]of negative emissions by 2035—equivalent to 7% of 2019 global CO2[nbsp]emissions—based on current-day assumptions regarding price and performance.“
Gosnell, Hannah; et al. (2020): Climate change mitigation as a co-benefit of regenerative ranching: insights from Australia and the United States
Gosnell, Hannah; Charnley, Susan; Stanley, Paige (2020): Climate change mitigation as a co-benefit of regenerative ranching: insights from Australia and the United States. In Interface Focus. 10 (5), p. 20200027. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2020.0027.
„In this paper, we explore principles and practices associated with the larger enterprise of ‘regenerative ranching’ (RR), which includes managed grazing but infuses the practice with holistic decision-making. We argue that this broader approach is appealing due to a suite of ecological, economic and social benefits, making climate change mitigation an afterthought, or ‘co-benefit’.“
vonHedemann, Nicolena; et al. (2020): Forest policy and management approaches for carbon dioxide removal
vonHedemann, Nicolena; Wurtzebach, Zachary; Timberlake, Thomas J.; Sinkular, Emily; Schultz, Courtney A. (2020): Forest policy and management approaches for carbon dioxide removal. In Interface Focus. 10 (5), p. 20200001. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2020.0001.
„We explore how the utilization of different policy tools shapes our ability to use forests to mitigate and adapt to climate change and consider the challenges of policy mixes and integration, taking a close look at three areas of international forest policy, including the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and voluntary carbon offset markets.“
Shrum, Trisha R.; et al. (2020): Behavioural frameworks to understand public perceptions of and risk response to carbon dioxide removal
Shrum, Trisha R.; Markowitz, Ezra; Buck, Holly; Gregory, Robin; van der Linden, Sander; Attari, Shahzeen Z.; van Boven, Leaf (2020): Behavioural frameworks to understand public perceptions of and risk response to carbon dioxide removal. In Interface Focus. 10 (5), p. 20200002. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2020.0002.
„In this paper, we review behavioural decision theory and discuss how public reactions to CDR will be different from and more complex than that implied by rational choice theory.“
Schmelz, William J.; et al. (2020): Total cost of carbon capture and storage implemented at a regional scale: northeastern and midwestern United States
Schmelz, William J.; Hochman, Gal; Miller, Kenneth G. (2020): Total cost of carbon capture and storage implemented at a regional scale: northeastern and midwestern United States. In Interface Focus. 10 (5), p. 20190065. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0065.
„We model the costs of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in subsurface geological formations for emissions from 138 northeastern and midwestern electricity-generating power plants.“
Buck, Holly Jean (2020): Should carbon removal be treated as waste management? Lessons from the cultural history of waste
Buck, Holly Jean (2020): Should carbon removal be treated as waste management? Lessons from the cultural history of waste. In Interface Focus. 10 (5), p. 20200010. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2020.0010.
„This paper looks at the historical evolution of solid and liquid waste regimes to draw lessons for the future evolution of a gaseous waste regime. It finds that social decisions to clean up solid and liquid waste were driven by both culture and industry.“
Taillardat, Pierre; et al. (2020): Climate change mitigation potential of wetlands and the cost-effectiveness of their restoration
Taillardat, Pierre; Thompson, Benjamin S.; Garneau, Michelle; Trottier, Karelle; Friess, Daniel A. (2020): Climate change mitigation potential of wetlands and the cost-effectiveness of their restoration. In Interface Focus. 10 (5), p. 20190129. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0129.
„Here, we conducted a meta-analysis on wetland carbon dynamics to (i) determine their impact on climate using different metrics and time horizons, (ii) investigate the cost-effectiveness of wetland restoration for climate change mitigation, and (iii) discuss their suitability for inclusion in climate policy as negative emission technologies.“
Dowell, Glen; et al. (2020): Rooting carbon dioxide removal research in the social sciences
Dowell, Glen; Niederdeppe, Jeff; Vanucchi, Jamie; Dogan, Timur; Donaghy, Kieran; Jacobson, Rory et al. (2020): Rooting carbon dioxide removal research in the social sciences. In Interface Focus. 10 (5), p. 20190138. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0138.
„As the need for rapid, effective and successful CDR has only increased since that time, we argue that CDR researchers from across the spectrum must come together in ways that simultaneously address the technical, social, political, economic and cultural elements of CDR development, commercialization, adoption and diffusion if the academy is to have a material impact on climate change in the increasingly limited window we have to address it.“