EASAC report: Forest bioenergy update – BECCS and its role in integrated assessment models
by the European Acadamies Science Advisory Council, 24 pp.
This commentary looks at the latest evidence on the ability of BECCS to deliver net removals of CO2 from the atmosphere and finds that there are substantial risks of it failing to achieve net removals at all, or that any removals are delayed beyond the critical period during which the world is seeking to meet Paris Agreement targets to limit warming to 1.5–2°C.