22.10.2020

# New Publications

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Rodriguez, Emily; et al. (2020): Tensions in the energy transition: Swedish and Finnish company perspectives on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage

Rodriguez, Emily; Lefvert, Adrian; Fridahl, Mathias; Grönkvist, Stefan; Haikola, Simon; Hansson, Anders (2020): Tensions in the energy transition: Swedish and Finnish company perspectives on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. In Journal of Cleaner Production, p. 124527. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124527.

"In the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, Sweden and Finland reported 64% and 51% biogenic emissions, respectively, in facilities emitting over 100 kt of carbon dioxide in 2017, while the corresponding collective figure for all European states in the database is 6%. This qualitative study highlights company actors’ perspectives on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage within a Nordic regional context and explores their perspective on emerging tensions in the energy transition."

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09.10.2020

# Political Papers

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ICEF (2020): Roadmap Project on “Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage (BiCRS)”

ICEF (2020): Roadmap Project on “Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage (BiCRS)”. (Draft for comment).

"We introduce a new term -- biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) – which we believe better describes this topic than the traditional term -- bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)."

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22.09.2020

# Media

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The Economist: Investing in Carbon Removal: Demystifying Existing Approaches

"We face a stark reality. We urgently need to slash greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, but this alone will not be enough to keep global temperatures in line with the Paris Agreement goals."

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16.09.2020

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Medium: Carbon 180: Welcoming our inaugural class of Senior Policy Fellows

"Over the next 12 months, fellows will tackle some of the biggest obstacles facing carbon removal and work to develop and socialize ambitious policy ideas that will enable carbon removal solutions to scale over the coming decade."

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09.09.2020

# New Publications

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Brack, Duncan; King, Richard (2020): Managing Land‐based CDR: BECCS, Forests and Carbon Sequestration

Brack, Duncan; King, Richard (2020): Managing Land‐based CDR: BECCS, Forests and Carbon Sequestration. In Global Policy. DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12827.

"To date there has been little focus on the optimum strategies for integrating land‐based CDR approaches – under which circumstances forest areas are best left undisturbed, managed for conservation, and/or managed for harvested wood products, and how these options affect the availability of residual feedstocks for BECCS. This paper reviews this debate and suggests appropriate policy measures."

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09.09.2020

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C2G Guest Post: Land-based Carbon Dioxide Removal: as urgent and as difficult a policy challenge as ever

"In our new article Managing Land‐based CDR, we outline three key messages for the policy communities considering the sequestration potentials of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) – the main technology currently considered by climate models – and how these interact with more nature-based solutions such as forest management and afforestation."

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09.09.2020

# Political Papers

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Morrow, David (2020): Integrated Assessment Modeling of Carbon Removal at ICRLP

Morrow, David (2020): Integrated Assessment Modeling of Carbon Removal at ICRLP. Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy, September 2020. 

"The Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy is helping to push the boundaries of integrated assessment modeling of carbon removal with two ongoing projects."

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09.09.2020

# New Publications

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Rickels, Wilfried; et al. (2020): The Future of (Negative) Emissions Trading in the European Union

Rickels, Wilfried; Proelss, Alexander; Geden, Oliver; Burhenne, Julian; Fridahl, Mathias (2020): The Future of (Negative) Emissions Trading in the European Union. In Kiel Working Paper (2164).

"This conceptual paper explores various design options for integrating negative emissions technologies (NETs) into the EU ETS. We discuss their potential implications for emissions trading at large and address the specificity of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS); repealing the provision that installations exclusively using biomass are not covered by the ETS Directive, BE(CCS) installations could in principle fall within the scope of the ETS Directive."

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01.09.2020

# New Publications

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Hasegawa, Tomoko; et al. (2020): Food security under high bioenergy demand toward long-term climate goals

Hasegawa, Tomoko; Sands, Ronald D.; Brunelle, Thierry; Cui, Yiyun; Frank, Stefan; Fujimori, Shinichiro; Popp, Alexander (2020): Food security under high bioenergy demand toward long-term climate goals. In Climatic Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02838-8.

"Using a multi-model framework, we assess the effects of high bioenergy demand on global food production, food security, and competition for agricultural land."

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25.08.2020

# Political Papers

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Ricardo Energy and Environment (2020): The potential of bioenergy with carbon capture

Ricardo Energy and Environment (2020): The potential of bioenergy with carbon capture. Summary for policymakers. For the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). 

"The purpose of this study is to evaluate the costs and benefits of BECCS and analyse what the UK needs to consider in the coming decade to speed the deployment of BECCS."

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