Countries need to provide clarity on the role of carbon dioxide removal in their climate pledges
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) involves capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it for decades to millennia. Alongside deep emissions reductions, CDR is required for meeting the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement (IPCC 2022). However, parties to the agreement do not currently distinguish CDR from emissions reductions in their climate pledges. In this perspective, we argue that this lowers transparency and hinders the assessment of how credible and ambitious mitigation plans are.
LAMB William;
SCHLEUSSNER Carl-Friedrich;
GRASSI Giacomo;
SMITH Stephen M.;
GIDDEN Matthew;
GEDEN Oliver;
RUNGE-METZGER Artur;
VAUGHAN Naomi E.;
NEMET Gregory F.;
JOHNSTONE Injy;
SCHULTE Ingrid;
MINX Jan;
2025-12-01
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
JRC139797
1748-9326 (online),
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad91c7,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC139797,
10.1088/1748-9326/ad91c7 (online),
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