„His greatest concern is that decisions that have repercussions for the most vulnerable will be taken without them having a chance to take part in the discussion, so it is extremely important that climate vulnerable nations have a say when decisions are taken regarding climate-altering approaches, including carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification.“
„CO2 has become famous in a sad way. Carbon Recycling International from Iceland, LanzaTech from USA and Covestro from Germany transform it into usable raw materials.“
„A group of Senators led by Tina Smith (D-MN) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the 45Q Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act of 2021, a “crucial piece of legislation that optimizes the 45Q tax credit to support carbon capture, removal, and storage as a critical means for achieving a net-zero U.S.,” said Lee Beck, CCUS Policy Innovation Director at Clean Air Task Force.“
„The world’s biggest energy exporter—and home to billions of trees—is coming under international pressure over emissions ahead of United Nations climate change talks later this year.“
„The United Nations last month laid bare how badly the world is doing on its climate targets. Today the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) says such slow progress means the US should launch a $100-$200 million research programme on solar geoengineering, a controversial set of techniques to reflect sunlight back to space in order to cool the Earth.“
„SilverLining applauds the NAS, the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC), and the study’s committee members for their hard work on this complex and important topic.“
„The NAS report’s vision for global governance is clear: it is the United States that should lead the way, at least for now.“
„Facing runaway global warming, individual nations will surely develop and deploy new technologies to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and the planet’s exposure to solar radiation.“
CSSN Briefing (2021): CSSN Position Paper 2021:2 Solar Geoengineering Research in the United States: Key Critical Questions. Climate Social Science Network.
„In anticipation of the March 25th release of the National Academies report: Reflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance, this brief primer outlines three areas of key questions to ask about any effort to advance solar geoengineering research using public funds.“
Carton, Wim; Lund, Jens Friis; Dooley, Kate (2021): Undoing equivalence: Rethinking carbon accounting for just carbon removal. In Front. Clim. 3, p. 30. DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2021.664130.
„Yet the conflation of emission reductions and removals is only one among several implicit equivalences in carbon removal accounting. Here we examine three other forms – carbon, geographical and temporal equivalence – and discuss their implications for climate justice and the environmental risks with carbon removal.“
