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A Policy Agenda for Gigaton-Scale Carbon Management

A Policy Agenda for Gigaton-Scale Carbon Management

Full Title: A Policy Agenda for Gigaton-Scale Carbon Management
Author(s): Sasha Mackler, Xan Fishman, Danny Broberg
Publisher(s): The Electricity Journal
Publication Date: September 1, 2021
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Description (excerpt):

Transitioning our economy to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 will be difficult and will require significant advancements not just in emissions reductions, but also in carbon management, which we define as the capture, removal, transport, storage, and utilization of CO2. Scaling carbon management to the necessary gigaton-scale will require a comprehensive policy agenda as well as an accurate accounting framework to catalyze innovation and deployment. This paper describes the need for a carbon management agenda, discusses the current state of play of carbon management and finally suggests a suite of policy tools which, in combination, would spur commercial-scale deployment this decade on the path to gigaton-scale deployment by 2050.

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