Removing Carbon from the atmosphere
To achieve the Paris Goals humankind will have to reach net-zero
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is therefore unavodable in order to limit yemperaure rise to less than 2°C.
There are two main categories of CDR, natural and technological
Natural CDR processes
Technological CDR processes
Risks of CDR
Mitigation deterrence
From the Sep 17th WRI webinar
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- recorded and will be posted to the event page in the next 24 hours: https://www.wri.org/events/2024/9/understanding-role-carbon-dioxide-removal-long-term-climate-planning
- Systems Change Lab – Technological Carbon Removal System: https://systemschangelab.org/technological-carbon-removal
- WRI Insights Article on how countries plan for CDR in climate strategies: [https://www.wri.org/insights/carbon-removal-countries-climate-goals](https://www.wri.org/insights/carbon-removal-countries-climate-goals
- Working Paper on the International Governance of Technological CDR: https://www.wri.org/research/international-carbon-removal-governance?auHash=8kaNFkzBoQl4EyBLBxY7zANsRk-Hs89EUFljTOjsySk
- Insights Article on International Governance of Novel/Technological CDR: https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/international-carbon-removal-governance
- Insights Article on Separate Targets for Emissions Reductions and Carbon Removal: https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/separate-climate-targets-carbon-dioxide-removal
- ocean based CDR in 2022: https://www.wri.org/research/responsible-informed-ocean-based-carbon-dioxide-remo
- Is anyone aware of group(s) tracking the level of government investment in CDR RD&D?
-Katie Lebling17:24
There is no centralized database that we are aware of. We've looked at it in the U.S. and EU context here (with Carbon Gap): https://tracker.carbongap.org/eu-us-comparison/cdr-funding-programmes-eu-u
Natural Carbon sinks
Photosynthesis
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Antropogenic carbon sinks
DQC . Direct Air Capture
Williams, “THE ECONOMICS OF DIRECT AIR CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE.”
Home - Global CCS Institute [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/ (accessed 8.12.24).
CCS Europe [WWW Document], n.d. . CCS Europe. URL https://www.ccs-europe.eu/ (accessed 8.12.24).
Carbon Capture & Storage Europe (CCS Europe) is a political advocacy and communications campaign body.
Our objective is to secure recognition by policymakers and citizens across Europe of the urgent need to deploy carbon capture technologies to curb CO2 emissions from energy-intensive and industrial sources that are hard to decarbonise by other means, and to achieve negative emissions by removing CO2 directly from the atmosphere or from sustainable biogenic sources.