Full Title: Carbon Dioxide Removal Solutions
Author(s): Stephen Naimoli
Publisher(s): Center for Strategic & International Studies
Publication Date: February 16, 2021
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Description (excerpt):
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, both dramatic reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the large-scale removal of CO2 from the atmosphere will be necessary to stabilize the climate by 2050 and have a chance of keeping temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. The amount of CO2 removal (CDR) or negative emissions required depends on the extent and speed to which emissions are reduced and how far temperature “overshoots” the 1.5-degree target. Critically, the longer it takes to reduce emissions, the greater the need for CDR. The IPCC estimates that a future with low energy demand and a rapid transition to zero-carbon fuels could require removing an average of 1.25 billion tons of CO2 per year by 2100, whereas a fossil fuel-dependent future could require ramping up to 20 billion tons of CO2 removed each year by the midcentury and beyond.