Carbon Dioxide Removal Options: Policies and Ethics

The research project envisaged principle-based, stakeholder-led, transparent research into possible political instruments and fairness implications for carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The work sought to structure and inform deliberation of CDR in the (sub)national and international policy space by providing a set of guiding principles applicable to CDR policy, a set of assessment criteria, a set of possible CDR policy instruments on multiple levels, a set of fair-share approaches for assessing international responsibility and a transparent assessment of selected CDR-policy options and approaches. Stakeholder engagement underpinned the entire project. The conceptual considerations were applied to three CDR cases ranging from purely technological (direct air carbon capture and storage- DACCS) to ecosystem-based (agroforestry, re-afforestation) approaches, and bioenergy (BECCS) in the middle ground.

• Project lead Matthias Honegger
• Expert Malte Winkler
• Expert Matthias Poralla
• Expert Cathrin Arenz