Sovacool et al. (2023): Reviewing the sociotechnical dynamics of carbon removal
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Chad M. Baum, Sean Low IN: Joule 7 (1), pp. 57-82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.11.008
This study offers a sociotechnical assessment of seven carbon-removal options—afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, marine biomass and blue carbon, direct air capture with carbon storage, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, enhanced weathering, and biochar—based on an extensive synthesis of the current literature. From this evidence base, it investigates four specific dimensions critical to the future deployment and governance of carbon removal, cutting across modeling, social acceptance, innovation, and policy. The study also reveals ongoing focus of these areas as well as of topics and themes insufficiently considered.