Monat: Januar 2022

Science-Policy Documents

Nature-Mildenberger et al. (2022): Limited impacts of carbon tax rebate programmes on public support for carbon pricing

Matto Mildenberger, Erick Lachapelle, Kathryn Harrison, Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen IN: Nature Climate Change (2022); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01268-3

Here the authors used survey data from Canada and Switzerland, the only countries with climate rebate programmes, to show low public awareness and substantial underestimation of climate rebate amounts. In both countries, the authours found that perceptions of climate rebates were structured less by informed assessments of economic interest than by partisan identities. These results suggest limited effects of existing rebate programmes, to date, in reshaping the politics of carbon taxation.

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Snyder (2022): Biomass slurry fracture injection as a potential low-cost negative emissions technology

Brian Snyder IN: Environ. Res. Lett. in press https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac4c5c

The author modelled the life cycle emissions, geospatial potential, technoeconomic feasibility of a new negative emissions technology based on slurry fracture injection, a technique which has been used for decades in the oil and gas industry to dispose of wastes. In the proposed system, called biomass slurry fracture injection (BSFI), biogeneic wastes are injected into fractures created in permeable saline formations.

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Bellamy et al. (2021): Editorial – Governing Carbon Dioxide Removal

Rob Bellamy, Oliver Geden, Mathias Fridahl, Emily Cox, James Palmer IN: Frontiers in Climate 3, 816346, doi: 10.3389/fclim.2021.816346

The Editorial of this Research Topic in Frontiers seeks to address critical questions around CDR governance such as: how is CDR framed and what are the governance implications? How can we account for societal values and knowledges in CDR governance? How do existing governance regimes relate to CDR and how might they be reformed? What new governance designs are needed? Are existing institutions and systems suitable for governing CDR?

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Reports

Understanding Carbon Dioxide Removal and Storage (CDRS)

by Paul S. Anderson (at http://woodgas.energy/resources/)

Multiple inadequacies in the current terminology about carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods and negative emission technologies (NETs) are presented. An alternative, function-specific, less ambiguous system tentatively called CDRS is offered in written and graphic forms for increased understanding by the general public. This document and its approach are offered freely with no strings attached for possible sponsorship by one or more of the leading, recognized entities that are committed to solving the challenges of carbon dioxide removal (CDRS), including storage options.

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Jobs

Postdoctoral position Ocean-based solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change

Deadline: February 15, 2022

The post-doctoral fellow will conduct a systematic review of the scientific literature, according to the standards of the „Collaboration for Environmental Evidence“, on ocean-based solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Host: Center for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB-FRB), Montpellier, France; Start and duration of the contract: April 2022 for 2 years

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Media

arte documentary: „42 – The answer to almost everything: Can geoengineering save the climate?“ (in German)

by Petra Thurn (arte)

Do we need geoengineering? Jenni Stephens (Northeastern University, Boston), Christine Merk (Institute for the World Economy, Kiel), Julia Pongratz (University of Munich), Andreas Oschlies (GEOMAR, Kiel) and Alexander Proelß (University of Hamburg) explain the different aspects of this topic in interviews within a 30 minutes documentary on the TV channel arte on 22.01.22 .

Link available until 21.01.2023

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Calls

The Green Carbon Webinar is starting again

Deadline Call for speakers: 6th February 2022

The 5th webinar series (UK Biochar Research Centre, University of Edinburgh) will be running from February to June 2022 with 2 bi-weekly presentations. Therefore, they are looking for enthusiastic academics and professionals to present their work. The webinar series will focus on the production, characterisation and application of advanced carbon materials from biomass, i.e. biochar, hydrochar and activated carbon.

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Zuraiqi et al. (2022): Direct conversion of CO2 to solid carbon by Ga-based liquid metals

Karma Zuraiqi, Ali Zavabeti, Jonathan Clarke-Hannaford, Billy James Murdoch, Kalpit Shah, Michelle J. S. Spencer, Chris F. McConville, Torben Daeneke, Ken Chiang IN: Energy & Environmental Science, 2022; DOI: 10.1039/d1ee03283f

The authors report a robust and highly selective method for the direct conversion of CO2 to solid carbon over EGaIn liquid metal (LM) alloy. They concluded that the presented method creates a pathway to transforming CO2 to perpetually stored solid carbon and can therefore set a trajectory for making a measurable impact on carbon intensive industries.

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Calls

UK Request for Proposals On Emerging Climate Technology Projects

Deadline: 15 April 2022, informational webinar: on 1 February 2022

At the 2021 Global Investment Summit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Bill Gates, the Founder of Breakthrough Energy, announced a new partnership to mobilize public and private funding in emerging climate technology projects located in the United Kingdom. The RFP is expected to remain open for submissions until 31 December 2027 (RFP close date) or until all Catalyst funds are fully committed. All respondents seeking funding in the first half of 2023 must provide their Part I Submission by 15 April 2022.

Catalyst invites responses from projects located in the United Kingdom across the following four technology sectors:

  • Clean hydrogen
  • Direct air capture
  • Long duration energy storage
  • Sustainable aviation fuel

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