Nature – Nemet et al. (2023): Dataset on the adoption of historical technologies informs the scale-up of emerging carbon dioxide removal measures

Gregory Nemet, Jenna Greene, Finn Müller-Hansen, Jan C. Minx IN: Communications Earth & Environment 4, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01056-1

Here the authors present the Historical Adoption of Technology dataset—a set of harmonized global annual time series from the early 20th century to present. They use three growth metrics to compare historical growth to that of carbon removal in emissions scenarios and future targets. The authors find heterogeneity in growth rates in the diffusion of historical technologies, ranging from 1.1 to 14.3% (median 6.2%) for their preferred growth metric based on a logistic function.

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