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Smith, Pete (2016): Soil carbon sequestration and biochar as negative emission technologies

Smith, Pete (2016): Soil carbon sequestration and biochar as negative emission technologies. In Global Change Biology. DOI 10.1111/gcb.13178.

„In this paper, I assess the potential for negative emissions from soil carbon sequestration and biochar addition to land, and also the potential global impacts on land use, water, nutrients, albedo, energy and cost. Results indicate that soil carbon sequestration and biochar have useful negative emission potential (each 0.7 GtCeq. yr⁻¹) and that they potentially have lower impact on land, water use, nutrients, albedo, energy requirement and cost, so have fewer disadvantages than many NETs.“

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12.01.2016

# Peer-reviewed Publications

Met Office: Can we rely on the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere to combat climate change?

Press release to Smith, Pete; et al. (2015). „Large scale carbon capture technology is not the answer to climate change“

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11.01.2016

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Business Green: Academics call for geoengineering preparation in wake of Paris Agreement’s deadly flaws

„Scientists say failure of agreement to immediately implement emissions cuts means geoengineering must be seriously explored, despite the enormous risks it entails“

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11.01.2016

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Envirotidings: Geo-engineering the climate: Possible remedy or colossal catastrophe?

„The application of geo-engineering as a proposed solution to climate change must be exercised with caution, as it can have numerous damaging and unknown consequences. In a desperate effort to produce innovative ideas to combat climate change, scientists are proposing solutions that range from practical to colossally extreme in their impacts. […] It appears that rather than promoting solutions on smaller scales, such as at the individual and community levels, a number of scientists are looking to engage in grand solutions that appear promising, but can in fact be disastrous. Doug Parr, chief scientist for Greenpeace UK, strengthens this argument by saying that: “the scientific community is becoming so scared of our collective inability to tackle climate emissions that such outlandish schemes are being considered for serious study.”“

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11.01.2016

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Bauer, Stefanie; Matzner, Nils (2016): Time, Democracy and Climate Engineering (German)

Bauer, Stefanie; Matzner, Nils (2016): Zeit, Demokratie und Climate Engineering. In Zeitpresse (Winter 15/16), pp. 32–34.

German article on time and democracy problems related to climate engineering.

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09.01.2016

# Peer-reviewed Publications

Project: Beyond Carbon Neutral

„Beyond Carbon Neutral is a major new initiative to develop technologies, programs and policies to rapidly raise the rate at which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere.“ University of Michigan

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09.01.2016

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Neue Energie: Reaching for the Clouds (German)

German magazine article on CE and climate policy.

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09.01.2016

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Independent: COP21: Paris deal far too weak to prevent devastating climate change, academics warn

„Some of the world’s top climate scientists have launched a blistering attack on the deal“

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09.01.2016

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MIT Tech Review: The Dubious Promise of Bioenergy Plus Carbon Capture

„Climate change agreements rest on negative emissions technologies that may be unachievable.“

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09.01.2016

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Washington Post: If we’re going to fix climate change, we’ll have to get creative

„The developing world deserves reparations from wealthier nations as compensation for the harmful climate change effects that are mostly our fault. It’s us who have tainted our global commons by emitting vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and us whose actions have led to extreme weather and other disasters in the world’s most vulnerable regions.„

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09.01.2016

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