| Name | Publisher | Publishing/Release Date | Source | Summary | Tag(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A dangerous distraction: why offsetting will worsen the climate and nature emergencies | Resource | |||||
Carbon removal hype is becoming a dangerous distraction | MIT Technology Review | July 8, 2021 | CriticismCorporate pledges | Article | ||
Five rules for evidence communication | Nature | November 19, 2020 | A comment article in Nature, offering quick tips and experience from evidence communication. In short: inform, not persuade; offer balance, not false balance; disclose uncertainties; state evidence quality and inoculate against misinformation (i.e. "prebunking" - address concerns or potential misunderstandings directly). | Evidence communication | Article | |
Nan Ransohoff and Ryan Orbuch, Stripe Climate Team | My Climate Journey | September 4, 2020 | A conversation with two key members of Stripe's climate team, who are responsible for the company's negative emissions commitment made in 2019. | Corporate pledgesPolicyOffsetsEconomics | Podcast | |
Too Many Companies Are Banking on Carbon Capture to Reach Net Zero | Bloomberg | January 15, 2021 | "Net zero is only as good as the net" - explores the problems of some companies over-relying on CDR to reach climate goals, which could lead to some troubling greenwash and ineffective CDR | Moral hazards | Article | |
Is your team embedding equity considerations into its carbon removal projects? | GreenBiz | January 18, 2021 | How much are we considering environmental justice in our carbon removal projects and investments? At this nascent stage of the industry, we have a real opportunity to embed these considerations, to the benefit of generations to come. | Environmental justiceScaling up | Article | |
What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil? | The Economist | July 4, 2020 | Article | |||
Moving toward Net-Zero Emissions Requires New Alliances for Carbon Dioxide Removal | OneEarth | August 21, 2020 | This gives some overview of CDR technologies and the barriers we face in scaling up their deployment (governance, policy, acceptability). It argues that industry, researchers, policy-makers and the public must come together to deliver. | EconomicsScaling upEvidence communicationPolicy | Academic Journal | |
Removing CO2 from the atmosphere won't save us | The Conversation | December 7, 2015 | An article from two climate scientists, explaining why we must prioritise emission reductions over carbon removals. Published during the Paris climate conference in 2015. | CriticismScaling up | Article | |
From tree planting to CO2-sucking machines: How could ‘negative emissions’ help to tackle the climate crisis? | The Independent | February 10, 2021 | A good overview of negative emissions in general, including the challenges faced by each NET | Overview | Article | |
Public perceptions of carbon dioxide removal in the United States and the United Kingdom | Nature | July 1, 2020 | A study of public perceptions of CDR in the UK and US - lots of interesting findings to dig into, including outlining some of the objections that the public may raise to the use of CDR. | Public perceptions | Academic Journal | |
Carbon Dioxide Removal Primer | Various authors | January 1, 2021 | A summary of all things carbon dioxide removal related, written by several experts in the field. An invaluable resource, available as a book or freely available online. | Overview | Resource | |
The Trouble with Negative Emissions | Science | October 14, 2016 | General | Article | ||
In defence of effective carbon offsetting | Emilien Hoet | April 27, 2021 | This article argues that our theoretical opposition to offsetting must be overcome, for us to accept that offsetting forms at least a part of our trajectory to net zero. The author argues that fears of being accused of "greenwashing" can even put companies off taking any action. | CriticismOffsetsCorporate pledges | Article | |
Is there value in temporary carbon removal? | Robert Hoglund | August 11, 2021 | This article argues that temporary carbon removal credits do very little in contributing to solving or slowing the carbon crisis, and offers some alternative strategies (especially for companies) for contributing towards solving the situation. | AgriculturePermanenceCorporate pledgesMeasuring CO2OffsetsCriticism | Article | |
Carbon Capture and Storage: technically possible, but politically and economically a bad idea | Richard Jones | June 23, 2019 | An argument outlining the perils of reliance on CCS technology to reach net zero emissions | CCSBECCSCriticism | Article | |
Offset-Task-Force-Comment-Letter-01-05-2021 | Various authors | January 5, 2021 | A letter expressing that the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets should, for now, focus on quality of existing offsets, rather than scaling up a market (with justification). | OffsetsCriticismScaling upEconomics | Letter | |
'Silver bullet' ruled out | The Guardian | February 1, 2018 | Scientists say climate targets cannot be met using the technologies, which either risk huge damage to the environment or are very costly | Criticism | Article | |
With Big Oil declining, carbon removal industry could take its place | Bloomberg | October 27, 2020 | Article | |||
Decrement carbon: Stripe's negative emissions commitment | Stripe | August 15, 2019 | Stripe's announcement and rationale behind their negative emissions commitment | OffsetsCorporate pledges | Article |