Munir et al. (2026): Enhanced weathering for carbon dioxide removal: mechanistic advances, field evidence, and governance challenges
Bushra Munir, Seong Hyeon Nam, Byung Jun Park, Seok Soon Jeong, Jung-Hwan Yoon, Jinah Moon, Jae Yang and Hyuck Soo Kim, IN: Episodes, https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2026/026005
Achieving net-zero emissions will require scalable and durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) alongside deep mitigation. Enhanced weathering (EW) has long been proposed as a land-based CDR option, but its real-world performance and governance readiness have remained uncertain. This review assesses whether EW has progressed from theoretical promise to a credible CDR pathway by synthesizing recent advances in field evidence, monitoring–reporting–verification (MRV), life-cycle performance, risk management, and policy frameworks.