Cortinovis et al. (2024): Scaling carbon removal systems: deploying direct air capture amidst Canada’s low-carbon transition
Stephanie Rose Cortinovis, Neil Craik, Juan Moreno-Cruz, Kasra Motlaghzadeh, Vanessa Schweizer IN: Front. Clim., 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1338647
While the literature on DACCS and other CDR technologies acknowledges the path-dependent nature of policy development, it has tended to focus on abstract policy prescriptions that are not rooted in the specific political, social and physical (infrastructural) context of the implementing state. To address this gap, this paper provides a country-level study of the emerging DACCS policy regime in Canada. Drawing on the existing literature that identifies idealized (acontextual) policy objectives that support DACCS development and effective regulation, the authors identify the actionable policy objectives across six issue domains: general climate mitigation strategies; energy and resource constraints; carbon storage and transport regulation and infrastructure; financing scale-up and supporting innovation; removal and capture technology availability and regulation; and addressing social acceptability and public interest.