Nature – Low et al. (2024): Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries
Sean Low, Livia Fritz, Chad M. Baum, Benjamin K. Sovacool IN: Nature Communications 15, 3453, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47853-w
Carbon removal is emerging as a pillar of governmental and industry commitments toward achieving Net Zero targets. Drawing from 44 focus groups in 22 countries, the authors map technical and societal issues that a representative sample of publics raise on five major types of carbon removal (forests, soils, direct air capture, enhanced weathering, and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage), and how these translate to preferences for governance actors, mechanisms, and rationales.