Congratulations to colleagues for the launch of: The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal
Discover the first comprehensive global assessment of the current state of Carbon Dioxide Removal.
The report was launched on Thursday, 19 January 2022 and is a first-of-its kind, independent, scientific assessment, tracking the development of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) globally.
IIASA alumni @Oliver Geden, currently at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP, and @Gregory Nemet, currently at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, are among those who devised and convened the project.
IIASA is among the leading institutions and provided analytical support for this project. Additionally, Chapter 7 | Scenarios was led by @Matthew Gidden with fellow IIASA colleagues part of the chapter team @Thomas Gasser, @Yoga Pratamai, and @Keywan Riahi. And @Jan Steinhauser was part of the chapter team for Chapter 8 | The CDR Gap.
Also the GENIE, a Horizon 2020 Synergy Grant that @Keywan Riahi is a principal investigator of, supported the project.
This report is intended to regularly inform researchers, policymakers and practitioners on the state of progress, by systematically collecting and analyzing the vast amount of data and developments in many parts of the world.
“CDR is not something we could do, but something we absolutely have to do to reach the Paris Agreement temperature goal,” said author Dr. @Oliver Geden. “More than 120 national governments have a net-zero emissions target, which implies using CDR, but few governments have actionable plans for developing it. This presents a major shortfall.”
"Innovation in CDR has expanded dramatically in the past two years, as measured by investment in capacity, publicly funded research, and patents. But given the orders of magnitude the CDR industry needs to grow by mid-century to limit warming, there is an urgent need for comprehensive policy support to spur growth,” says co-author Professor @Gregory Nemet.
Download the report here or see attachment. Video of the launch event below: