PhD-thesis: Missing Paths to Justice: The Knowledge Politics of Carbon Dioxide Removal
Natalia Rubiano, Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, https://portal.research.lu.se/en/publications/missing-paths-to-justice-the-knowledge-politics-of-carbon-dioxide
CDR has become a central component in the climate change mitigation scenarios assessed by the IPCC. These scenarios rely on the large-scale deployment of BECCS and Afforestation to keep global average temperatures below 2°C of warming, despite substantial concerns about their feasibility, scalability, and unwanted impacts.
In this thesis, a critical examination of policy-relevant knowledge production and its effects is provided, by scrutinizing CDR as the most recent manifestation of the politics of knowledge in climate change mitigation research.