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Regional implications of carbon dioxide removal in meeting net zero targets for the United States
| Title: | Regional implications of carbon dioxide removal in meeting net zero targets for the United States |
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| Authors: | Chloé Fauvel, Jay Fuhrman, Yang Ou, William Shobe, Scott Doney, Haewon McJeon, Andrés Clarens |
| Source: | Environmental Research Letters, Vol 18, Iss 9, p 094019 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | IOP Publishing, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering LCC:Environmental sciences LCC:Science LCC:Physics |
| Subject Terms: | negative emissions technologies, integrated assessment modeling, carbon dioxide removal, regional impacts, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066, Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Science, Physics, QC1-999 |
| More Details: | Net-zero greenhouse gas emission targets are central to current international efforts to stabilize global climate, and many of these plans rely on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to meet mid-century goals. CDR can be performed via nature-based approaches, such as afforestation, or engineered approaches, such as direct air capture. Both will have large impacts in the regions where they are sited. We used the Global Change Analysis Model for the United States to analyze how regional resources will influence and be influenced by CDR deployment in service of United States national net-zero targets. Our modeling suggests that CDR will be deployed extensively, but unevenly, across the country. A number of US states have the resources, such as geologic carbon storage capacity and agricultural land, needed to become net exporters of negative emissions. But this will require reallocation of resources, such as natural gas and electricity, and dramatically increase water and fertilizer use in many places. Modeling these kinds of regional or sub-national impacts associated with CDR, as intrinsically uncertain as it is at this time, is critical for understanding its true potential in meeting decarbonization commitments. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1748-9326 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1748-9326/aced18 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/50fb1b0303db47129772216aaa0cbc1e |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.50fb1b0303db47129772216aaa0cbc1e |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 17489326 |
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| DOI: | 10.1088/1748-9326/aced18 |
| Published in: | Environmental Research Letters |
| Language: | English |