05.10.2020

# Political Papers

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Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils (2020): EU Framework for CO2 Removals – Targets and Commitments

Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils 2020: EU Framework for CO2 Removals – Targets and Commitments. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

"The new EU climate architecture should include a separate CDR target that builds primarily on restoring degraded ecosystems. This target should be legally binding and quantified – for the EU and Member States. It should not be a combined target which treats reductions and CDRs equally. This EU's CDR target should be enshrined in the European Climate Law."

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02.10.2020

# Media

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The Hill: Is Trump really planting a billion trees?

"Following President Trump’s comment surrounding the “billion tree project,” many wonder if the U.S. has undertaken the project."

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12.08.2020

# Media

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Progressive International: Holly Jean Buck: How to Decolonize the Atmosphere

"But discussion of carbon removal approaches must not be merely technical, but explicitly political. There are two reasons for this. First, the default approach to carbon removal under existing power structures both (a) risks further harm to frontline communities and ecosystems; and (b) probably won’t remove climate-significant amounts of carbon."

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29.06.2020

# Media

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Deutscher Bundestag: Press release about CE research (German)

Deutscher Bundestag, the German federal parliament, released a short press release in answer to a query about CE research. 

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09.06.2020

# New Publications

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Möller, Ina. 2020: “Political Perspectives on Geoengineering: Navigating Problem Definition and Institutional Fit.”

Möller, Ina. 2020: “Political Perspectives on Geoengineering: Navigating Problem Definition and Institutional Fit.” Global Environmental Politics (20/2). 

‌"This study provides an in-depth, theoretically informed analysis of the obstacles that policymakers face when addressing geoengineering governance."

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23.05.2020

# New Publications

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Waller, Laurie; et al. 2020: “Contested Framings of Greenhouse Gas Removal and Its Feasibility: Social and Political Dimensions.”

Waller, Laurie, Tim Rayner, Jason Chilvers, Clair Amanda Gough, Irene Lorenzoni, Andrew Jordan, and Naomi Vaughan. 2020: “Contested Framings of Greenhouse Gas Removal and Its Feasibility: Social and Political Dimensions.” WIREs Climate Change, May. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.649.

"‌We conduct one of the first reviews of the international peer‐reviewed literature pertaining to the social and political dimensions of large‐scale GGR, with a specific focus on two predominant approaches: Biomass energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and afforestation/reforestation (AR). "

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24.04.2020

# New Publications

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Lockley, Andrew John; et al. 2020: “Politically Relevant Geoengineering Scenarios.”

Lockley, Andrew John, Yangyang Xu, and Simone Tilmes. 2020: “Politically Relevant Geoengineering Scenarios.” Earth and Space Science Open Archive. https://www.essoar.org/doi/10.1002/essoar.10502864.1.

"This paper discusses various scenarios, which appear to be broadly plausible from both a political and Earth-system standpoint. "

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20.04.2020

# New Publications

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Surprise, Kevin. 2020: “Geopolitical Ecology of Solar Geoengineering: From a ‘logic of Multilateralism’ to Logics of Militarization.”

Surprise, Kevin. 2020: “Geopolitical Ecology of Solar Geoengineering: From a ‘logic of Multilateralism’ to Logics of Militarization.” Journal of Political Ecology 27 (1): 213–35. https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/23583/22372.

"I detail recent involvement in solar geoengineering development on the part of U.S. defense, intelligence, and foreign policy institutions, geoengineering scenarios that adopt militarized logics and expertise, and Realist international relations theories that undergird leading governance scenarios."

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02.04.2020

# Media

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Washington Examiner: Industry and Democrats seek to add renewable energy tax credits to fast-moving pandemic stimulus bill

"Wind, solar, storage, and other renewable energy developers are seeking emergency relief from Congress as they worry supply chain disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic will delay shovels in the ground for new projects, preventing them from taking advantage of soon-expiring tax credits."

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27.03.2020

# Media

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Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy: Press release: Continuing the operation of the Technology Centre for CO2 capture at Mongstad

"The state and the industrial companies have now agreed to continue the operation of TCM from the expiration date of the current agreement until the end of 2023."

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