Jacobs et al. (2023): Governing-by-aspiration? Assessing the nature and implications of including negative emission technologies (NETs) in country long-term climate strategies
Heather Jacobs, Aarti Gupta, Ina Möller IN: Global Environmental Change 81, 102691, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102691
The authors assess here how NETs are discussed in 29 long-term climate strategies, in order to ascertain the risk that including the promise of future NETs may delay the taking of short-term mitigation actions. Their analysis shows that almost all countries plan to rely on NETs, particularly enhanced use of natural carbon sinks, even as a wide array of challenges and trade-offs in doing so are highlighted.