Public evaluations of four approaches to ocean-based carbon dioxide removal DOI Creative Commons
Sara Nawaz, Guillaume Peterson St‐Laurent, Terre Satterfield

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Climate Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(3), P. 379 - 394

Published: Feb. 24, 2023

In the face of mounting global climatic pressures, negative emission technologies (NETs) for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) are increasingly proposed as necessary meeting climate targets. While initial work has identified potential terrestrial NETs, a diverse set marine/ocean-based NETs gaining new and particular attention. Emerging studies on feasibility marine urgently needed, especially to explore logics that public groups use judge different approaches, ensure design governance these align with values priorities. This study explores factors interest in understanding views four both perceptions severity urgency, beliefs about environments. It uses quantitative survey how representative sample people British Columbia, Canada Washington state, United States evaluate NETs: coastal restoration; ocean alkalinity enhancement; fertilization; offshore direct air capture storage. We find perceived urgency change predicts greater comfort all studied, environments adaptable, fragile manageable vary predicting lesser comfort. Drawing upon insights, paper offers reflections conditional thinking linked emerging concluding methodological suggestions future research concerns deployment ocean-based CDR near long term. Incorporating insights into policy will be important ensuring responsible technologies.Key accompanying policies.Public Columbia expressed high levels restoration, some storage, discomfort enhancement fertilization.Perceived predicted approaches; this evidence aligns small but growing body scholarship indicating openness environmental intervention amongst concerned impacts.Beliefs environments, namely whether they 'adaptable', 'manageable' or 'fragile', also comfort, suggesting contexts requires further examination regarding perceptions.

Language: Английский

The meaning of net zero and how to get it right DOI Open Access
Samuel Fankhauser,

Stephen M. Smith,

Myles Allen

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Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 12(1), P. 15 - 21

Published: Dec. 20, 2021

Language: Английский

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Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve? DOI
Isak Stoddard, Kevin Anderson, Stuart Capstick

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Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 46(1), P. 653 - 689

Published: June 29, 2021

Despite three decades of political efforts and a wealth research on the causes catastrophic impacts climate change, global carbon dioxide emissions have continued to rise are 60% higher today than they were in 1990. Exploring this through nine thematic lenses—covering issues governance, fossil fuel industry, geopolitics, economics, mitigation modeling, energy systems, inequity, lifestyles, social imaginaries—draws out multifaceted reasons for our collective failure bend curve. However, common thread that emerges across reviewed literature is central role power, manifest many forms, from dogmatic political-economic hegemony influential vested interests narrow techno-economic mindsets ideologies control. Synthesizing various impediments reveals how delivering commitments enshrined Paris Agreement now requires an urgent unprecedented transformation away today's carbon- energy-intensive development paradigm.

Language: Английский

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Accelerating the energy transition to achieve carbon neutrality DOI

Lizette De La Peña,

Ru Guo,

Xiaojing Cao

et al.

Resources Conservation and Recycling, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 177, P. 105957 - 105957

Published: Oct. 14, 2021

Language: Английский

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Solar geoengineering: The case for an international non‐use agreement DOI Creative Commons
Frank Biermann, Jeroen Oomen, Aarti Gupta

et al.

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(3)

Published: Jan. 17, 2022

Abstract Solar geoengineering is gaining prominence in climate change debates as an issue worth studying; for some it even a potential future policy option. We argue here against this increasing normalization of solar speculative part the portfolio. contend, particular, that at planetary scale not governable globally inclusive and just manner within current international political system. therefore call upon governments United Nations to take immediate effective control over development technologies. Specifically, we advocate International Non‐Use Agreement on Geoengineering outline core elements proposal. This article categorized under: Policy Governance > Framework

Language: Английский

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Carbon Dioxide Removal Policy in the Making: Assessing Developments in 9 OECD Cases DOI Creative Commons
Felix Schenuit, Rebecca Colvin, Mathias Fridahl

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Frontiers in Climate, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: March 4, 2021

Since the adoption of Paris Agreement in 2015, spurred by 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming 1.5°C, net zero emission targets have emerged as a new organizing principle climate policy. In this context, policymakers and stakeholders been shifting their attention to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) an inevitable component targets. The importance CDR would increase further if countries other entities set net-negative emissions scientific literature governance policy is still rather scarce, with empirical case studies comparisons largely missing. Based analytical framework that draws multi-level perspective sociotechnical transitions well existing work governance, we gathered assessed material until early 2021 from 9 Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (OECD) cases: European Union three its Member States (Ireland, Germany, Sweden), Norway, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, States. synthesis differences commonalities, propose tripartite conceptual typology varieties policymaking: (1) incremental modification national mixes, (2) integration treats reductions removals fungible, (3) proactive entrepreneurship support niche development. Although these types do not necessarily cover all dimensions relevant are based limited cases, might spur future comparative more fine-grained case-studies established emerging policies.

Language: Английский

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Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100 DOI Creative Commons
Christopher J. Lyon, Erin E. Saupe, Chris Smith

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Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 28(2), P. 349 - 361

Published: Sept. 24, 2021

Anthropogenic activity is changing Earth's climate and ecosystems in ways that are potentially dangerous disruptive to humans. Greenhouse gas concentrations the atmosphere continue rise, ensuring these changes will be felt for centuries beyond 2100, current benchmark projection. Estimating effects of past, current, potential future emissions only 2100 therefore short-sighted. Critical problems food production climate-forced human migration projected arise well before raising questions regarding habitability some regions Earth after turn century. To highlight need more distant horizon scanning, we model change 2500 under a suite emission scenarios quantify associated projections crop viability heat stress. Together, our show global impacts increase significantly without rapid mitigation. As result, argue its on well-being governance policy must framed 2100.

Language: Английский

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The governance of sociotechnical transformations to sustainability DOI Creative Commons
Silke Beck, Sheila Jasanoff, Andy Stirling

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 49, P. 143 - 152

Published: April 1, 2021

The contribution makes use of a sociotechnical imaginaries (STI) framework to expose crucial but neglected governance issues in areas key relevance sustainability transformations such as energy systems. It explores how the STI concept can contribute understanding (T2S) by illustrating their multidimensionality and temporality. takes its starting point 'co-productionist' view illuminating collective visions desirable (or resisted) environmental futures limit or enable political imagination search for alternative transformative practices. demonstrates focus on help reveal complex human needs, expectations, uses natural resources — associated societal phenomena T2S. By more explicitly addressing technical well normative dimensions T2S, this approach helps uncover taken-for-granted assumptions that often shut down potentially promising imaginations, visible alternate pathways possible constitutional relationships triad state society.

Language: Английский

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Advances in technology and utilization of natural resources for achieving carbon neutrality and a sustainable solution to neutral environment DOI
Saleem Raza, Ehsan Ghasali, Muslim Raza

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Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 220, P. 115135 - 115135

Published: Dec. 22, 2022

Language: Английский

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Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions? DOI
Wim Carton, Inge‐Merete Hougaard, Nils Markusson

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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(4)

Published: Jan. 24, 2023

Abstract Carbon dioxide removal is rapidly becoming a key focus in climate research and politics. This raising concerns of “moral hazard” or “mitigation deterrence,” that is, the risk promises and/or efforts to pursue carbon end up reducing delaying near‐term mitigation efforts. Some, however, contest this risk, arguing it overstated lacking evidence. In review, we explore reasons behind disagreement literature. We unpack different ways which moral hazard/mitigation deterrence (MH/MD) conceptualized examine how these conceptualizations inform assessments MH/MD risks. find commonly recognized feature modeled pathways but conclusions as real‐world existence diverge on individualistic versus structural approaches examining it. Individualistic favor narrow MH/MD, tend exclude wider political‐economic contexts emerges. exclusion limits value relevance such approaches. argue for broader understanding what counts evidence practices propose agenda complements theoretical accounts with empirical studies structures may drive dynamics. article categorized under: The Economy Climate Mitigation > Benefits Social Status Change Knowledge Sociology/Anthropology Policy Governance Multilevel Transnational

Language: Английский

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Net zero and the unexplored politics of residual emissions DOI Creative Commons
Jens Friis Lund, Nils Markusson, Wim Carton

et al.

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 98, P. 103035 - 103035

Published: March 9, 2023

In this perspective article, we call for more engagement with the unexplored politics of residual emissions. Residual emissions are those that remain at point net zero, despite abatement efforts. Unlike carbon dioxide removal, which has been focus a lively research and policy debate, notion remains relatively so far. With mainstreaming zero as long-term goal climate policy, set to become key contestation. Claims about tend revolve around notions necessity possibility, i.e. derive from activities deemed socially necessary yet impossible fully abate. highlight how such claims constructed ultimately contingent on values, norms interests. We upon researchers help render visible geographically historically possibility underpin projected see an important means repoliticize debates limits possibilities abatement, suggest entry points

Language: Английский

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