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Integrating carbon dioxide removal into EU climate policy: Prospects for a paradigm shift
Author(s) -
Geden Oliver,
Scott Vivian,
Palmer James
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.678
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1757-7799
pISSN - 1757-7780
DOI - 10.1002/wcc.521
Subject(s) - software deployment , carbon dioxide removal , climate change mitigation , corporate governance , carbon dioxide , climate change , european union , climate policy , climate governance , low carbon economy , bio energy with carbon capture and storage , environmental economics , carbon capture and storage (timeline) , carbon fibers , greenhouse gas , natural resource economics , political science , environmental resource management , environmental science , business , economic policy , economics , engineering , ecology , computer science , software engineering , finance , algorithm , composite number , biology
Scenarios meeting the Paris Agreement's temperature targets envisage a major and imminent deployment of technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, of which there has been almost no practical implementation to date. Here we explore the political dimensions and policy implications of expectations for “negative emissions” in the European Union (EU), considering its largely successful leadership role in mitigation action and corresponding low‐carbon technology development and deployment. Carbon dioxide removal and especially Bio‐Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage present significant challenges to the EU's dominant climate policy paradigm and low‐carbon policy experience. Considering this challenge, we assess expectations for widespread implementation of carbon dioxide removal in the EU to be unrealistic, and explore possible pathways for its more limited introduction. This article is categorized under: Policy and Governance > Multilevel and Transnational Climate Change Governance The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Policies, Instruments, Lifestyles, Behavior