Kim et al. (2024): Provincial-scale assessment of direct air capture to meet China’s climate neutrality goal under limited bioenergy supply
Hanwoong Kim, Yang Qiu, Haewon McJeon, Andres Clarens, Parisa Javadi, Can Wang, Rui Wang, Jiachen Wang, Hanying Jiang, Andy Miller IN: Environmental Research Letters, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad77e7
This study uses a spatially detailed integrated energy-economy-climate model to evaluate DACCS for 31 provinces in China as the country pursues its goal of climate neutrality by 2060. The authors find that DACCS could expand China’s negative emissions capacity, particularly under sustainability-minded limits on bioenergy supply that are informed by bottom-up studies. For decision-makers and the energy-economy models guiding them, the results highlight the value of expanding beyond the current reliance on biomass for negative emissions in China.