Carbon removal
Basic concepts / state of the field:
The CDR Primer offers a basic introduction to carbon removal approaches.
The State of CDR Report includes chapters on policy and social perceptions of carbon removal.
The Roads to Removal report from the US National Laboratories maps out carbon removal opportunities in the US.
On responsible / progressive carbon removal:
The Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, based at American University in Washington DC, has many resources, including a recent report on an “Agenda for a Progressive Political Economy of Carbon Removal.”
Data for Progress has a progressive platform on carbon removal that includes social considerations.
Carbon180 has a ton of carbon removal explainers and policy reports, including materials on environmental justice and carbon removal.
The Carbon Business Council offers resources and training in responsible carbon removal deployment.
Books:
Rob Jackson has a new book on greenhouse gas removal and atmospheric restoration, Into the Clear Blue Sky (Summer 2024).
Elizabeth Kolbert’s Under A White Sky (2021) talks about carbon removal, as well as solar geoengineering and other environmental interventions.
Recent social science scholarship:
“Is carbon removal delaying emissions reductions?” An overview of mitigation deterrence, by Wim Carton and colleagues (2023).
“Mitigation Deterrence and Carbon Removal in the Age of Net Zero” is a special issue of Environmental Science and Policy, with several articles.
“An independent public engagement body is needed to responsibly scale carbon removal in the US”, arugues Sara Nawaz and colleagues (2023).
“Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States”, by Celina Scott-Buechler and colleagues (2024), discusses procedural justice.
“Carbon removal demonstrations and problems of public perception” by Waller and colleagues (2023) discusses challenges of demonstration projects.
“Public attitudes and emotions toward novel carbon removal methods in alternative sociotechnical scenarios”, by Cox and colleagues (2024), discusses emotions.
“Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries”, by Low et al (2024), reports on focus group research.