Nature – Shindell et al. (2025): Preserving carbon dioxide removal to serve critical needs
Drew Shindell, Joeri Rogelj IN: Nature CLimate Change, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02251-y
Land-based CDR, which is the most widely deployed currently and in future projections, requires extensive land and water. Here the authors examine least-cost 1.5 °C overshoot pathways, finding that 78 of 81 scenarios would require all available sustainable CDR to compensate for H2A emissions and overshoot.