by Helen Bunting | Dec 31, 2024
When upscaling novel techniques for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), public attitudes are crucial, yet there is a serious lack of social science research outside of Western nations. CDR research can clearly benefit from maximising inclusion and opening up to diverse...
by Helen Bunting | Jan 17, 2024
In early 2024, the Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators (GGR-D) programme responded to the Climate Change Committee’s call for evidence to inform the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget, which sets out a recommended limit for the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions...
by Caroline Kennedy | Nov 30, 2023
Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW), a technology based on amending soils with crushed calcium- and magnesium-rich silicate minerals has substantial CO2 removal potential. Evaluation of the available resources of these minerals and current production capacity is crucial...
by Caroline Kennedy | Oct 12, 2023
All pathways to achieving the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5 ∘C or 2 ∘C require the large-scale removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Many CO2 removal (CDR) strategies have been proposed, which vary widely in both price per ton...
by Caroline Kennedy | Jul 10, 2023
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero (NZ) as rapidly as possible is imperative to limiting climate change, and this requires an unprecedented transformation of socio-technical-political systems which govern the energy system. To guide this transition,...
