TY - JOUR
T1 - Framework for Assessing the Feasibility of Carbon Dioxide Removal Options Within the National Context of Germany
AU - Förster, Johannes
AU - Beck, Silke
AU - Borchers, Malgorzata
AU - Gawel, Erik
AU - Korte, Klaas
AU - Markus, Till
AU - Mengis, Nadine
AU - Oschlies, Andreas
AU - Schaller, Romina
AU - Stevenson, Angela
AU - Thoni, Terese
AU - Thrän, Daniela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Förster, Beck, Borchers, Gawel, Korte, Markus, Mengis, Oschlies, Schaller, Stevenson, Thoni and Thrän.
PY - 2022/5/2
Y1 - 2022/5/2
N2 - Removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will be required over the next decades to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C aiming at not exceeding 1.5°C. Technological and ecosystem-based options are considered for generating negative emissions through carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and several nations have already included these in their Long-Term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategies. However, strategies for development, implementation, and upscaling of CDR options often remain vague. Considering the scale at which CDR deployment is envisioned in emission pathways for limiting global warming to 1.5°C, significant environmental, social, and institutional implications are to be expected and need to be included in national feasibility assessments of CDR options. Following a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive approach, we created a framework that considers the environmental, technological, economic, social, institutional, and systemic implications of upscaling CDR options. We propose the framework as a tool to help guide decision-relevant feasibility assessments of CDR options, as well as identify challenges and opportunities within the national context. As such, the framework can serve as a means to inform and support decision makers and stakeholders in the iterative science-policy process of determining the role of CDR options in national strategies of achieving net-zero carbon emissions.
AB - Removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere will be required over the next decades to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C aiming at not exceeding 1.5°C. Technological and ecosystem-based options are considered for generating negative emissions through carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and several nations have already included these in their Long-Term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategies. However, strategies for development, implementation, and upscaling of CDR options often remain vague. Considering the scale at which CDR deployment is envisioned in emission pathways for limiting global warming to 1.5°C, significant environmental, social, and institutional implications are to be expected and need to be included in national feasibility assessments of CDR options. Following a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive approach, we created a framework that considers the environmental, technological, economic, social, institutional, and systemic implications of upscaling CDR options. We propose the framework as a tool to help guide decision-relevant feasibility assessments of CDR options, as well as identify challenges and opportunities within the national context. As such, the framework can serve as a means to inform and support decision makers and stakeholders in the iterative science-policy process of determining the role of CDR options in national strategies of achieving net-zero carbon emissions.
KW - carbon dioxide removal (CDR)
KW - climate change mitigation action
KW - feasibility assessment
KW - integrated assessment (IA) frameworks
KW - national climate strategies
KW - net-zero
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U2 - 10.3389/fclim.2022.758628
DO - 10.3389/fclim.2022.758628
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130304968
SN - 2624-9553
VL - 4
JO - Frontiers in Climate
JF - Frontiers in Climate
M1 - 758628
ER -