Piotrowski, M.; Taraksa, G.; Langley, C. (2019): Technological Carbon Report. Recent Economic and Political Trends in the United States. April 2019. Climate Advisers. Online: https://www.climateadvisers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Carbon-Removal-Final-2.pdf.

"In this report,we assessthe current state of affairssurroundingtechnological carbon dioxide removal (CDR)—sometimes referred to as “engineered” CDR or negative emissions technologies (NETs)—in the United States. After defining what technologicalCDR is and why it matters, we examine the status of technological CDR in the U.S. economy—looking carefully at what companies and investors are doing currently. We then review the policy and political landscape for technologicalCDR before providing concrete policy recommendations for action at the Federal level."

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Lewis, S.; Wheeler, C.; Mitchard, E.; Koch, A. (2019): Restoring natural forests is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon. In: Nature 568 (7750), S. 25–28. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-01026-8.

"To stem global warming, deforestation must stop. And restoration programmes worldwide should return all degraded lands to natural forests — and protect them. More carbon must be stored on land, while recognizing competing pressures to deliver food, fuel, fodder and fibre."

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McDonald, J.; McGee, J.; Brent, K.; Burns, W. (2019): Governing geoengineering research for the Great Barrier Reef. In: Climate Policy 92 (10), S. 1–11. DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2019.1592742.

"Coral reefs are highly vulnerable to the impacts of rising marine temperatures and marine heatwaves. Mitigating dangerous climate change is essential and urgent, but many reef systems are already suffering on current levels of warming. Geoengineering options are worth exploring to protect the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) from extreme warming conditions, but we contend that they require strong governance and public consultation from the outset."

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Zhan, P.; Zhu, W.; Zhang, T.; Cui, X.; Li, N. (2019): Impacts of sulfate geoengineering on rice yield in China. Results from a multi‐model ensemble. In: Earth's Future. DOI: 10.1029/2018EF001094.

"In this study, we simulated the impacts of sulfate geoengineering on rice yield in China both with sufficient irrigation (irrigated) and without irrigation (rainfed). We used Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) G4 climates from 6 climate models to force the ORYZA version 3 crop model to simulate rice yields under sulfate geoengineering scenario."

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