A5079084697- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Space exploration and regulation
- Accounting and Organizational Management
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
- CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
- Information and Cyber Security
- Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- Law, logistics, and international trade
- Criminal Law and Evidence
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Technology Assessment and Management
- International Development and Aid
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Energy Efficiency and Management
Utrecht University
2020-2025
Climate Analytics
2020-2025
Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ
2017-2021
Negative emissions technologies (NETs), especially bioenergy with carbon capture and storage direct air storage, have been invoked as necessary to achieve the aspirational 1.5°C target of Paris Agreement. However, currently their costs are estimated be very high, NETs do not seem offer co-benefits besides mitigating climate change there significant concerns regarding possible negative impacts large-scale implementation on sustainable development. Costs can vary significantly due locational...
Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement stand as milestone diplomatic achievements. However, immense discrepancies between political commitments governmental action remain. Combined national climate fall far short of Agreement's 1.5/2°C targets. Similar ambition gaps persist across various areas sustainable development. Many therefore argue that actions by nonstate actors, such businesses investors, cities regions, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), are crucial. These voices...
As the international community's best expression of a collective vision desirable future, 2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present framework against which to assess broader impact emerging technologies. Implications technologies and practices for removing CO2 from atmosphere (CDR) are not fully understood have yet been mapped full range SDGs. CDR is widely seen as necessary achieve Paris Agreement's global goal limiting warming 1.5-2°C, local geographical, socio-economic,...
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) poses a significant and complex public policy challenge in the long-term. Presently treated as marginal aspect of climate policy, addressing CDR good is quickly becoming essential for limiting warming to well below 2 or 1.5°C by achieving net-zero emissions time – including mobilization private finance. In this practice review, we develop six functions jointly needed mixes mobilizing manner compatible with Paris Agreement's objectives. We discuss emerging...
Abstract Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is often characterized as separate from climate change mitigation. Discussion of CDR governance – despite enjoying growing interest tends to overlook how key provisions on mitigation apply. Similarly, many policy processes have ignored CDR. may been discursively held ‘mitigation’ due a partial conceptual overlap with ‘geoengineering’. We unpack the ‘mitigation change’ defined in United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change and its Paris Agreement...
Climate change mitigation actions, including those aimed at developing and scaling carbon dioxide removal (CDR) activities spanning the industrial, energy, agroforestry sector, emerge in a context of internationally shared norms that include governance objectives, legal provisions informal expectations, societal expectations. Established principles provide normative orientation for policy when targeting development CDR. Knowledge these can guide effective discussion evaluation options. To...
Carbon dioxide removal technologies are gaining prominence in academia, industry and policy, yet the need for substantial funding raises serious challenges. This comment outlines these issues charts a path effective, systematic fair mobilization of funds removals. discusses offers suggestions future efforts this area.
As it is increasingly uncertain whether humanity can limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) has been suggested as a potential temporary complement mitigation. While no replacement for mitigation, evidence date suggests that some SRM methods could contribute reducing climate risks and would be technically feasible. But such interventions also pose environmental unprecedented governance challenges. The of must carefully weighed against those change without SRM....
International carbon markets are potentially a very powerful tool for mobilizing dioxide removal in line with Paris Agreement ambitions to limit global warming well below 2°C. This requires reaching net-zero emissions between 2050 and 2070. Yet, market regulators have not approached removals systematic manner. review assesses the highly fragmented treatment of under compliance voluntary markets, including baseline, credit cap-and-trade systems. The Kyoto mechanisms large standards long...
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – the creation, enhancement, and upscaling of carbon sinks has become a pillar national corporate commitments towards Net Zero emissions, as well pathways realizing Paris Agreement's ambitious temperature targets. In this perspective, we explore CDR an emerging issue Earth System Governance (ESG). We draw on results workshop at 2022 conference that mapped range actors, activities, issues relevant to removal, refined them into research questions spanning four...
This study proposes a framework for the initial screening of most promising national and cross-border CCUS value chains at their very early stage development. It applies to eight case studies from Baltic Mediterranean Sea regions conducted by Horizon Europe CCUS-ZEN project. Technical non-technical data were first collected integrated into common GIS project countries in Region five Region. Internal external groups parameters developed apply SWOT analysis prospective cluster projects....
Abstract Climate change is a paradigmatic example of systemic risk. Recently, proposals for large‐scale interventions—carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM)—have started to redefine climate governance strategies. We describe how evolving modeling practices are trending toward optimized “best‐case” projections —portraying deployment schemes that create both technically slanted politically sanitized profiles risk, as well ideal objectives CDR SRM...
We propose a conceptual framework to explain why some technologies are more difficult govern than others in global environmental governance. start from the observation that pose transboundary risks, provide capacities for managing such and do both. For "ambiguous" technologies, potential risks risk management uncertain, unknown or even unknowable. Governance systems indeterminate towards ambiguous as existing norms, rules, scripts routines not imply default solutions under institutional...
Abstract Solar radiation modification, particularly stratospheric aerosol injection, holds the potential to reduce impacts of climate change on sustainable development, yet could itself generate negative and is subject intense scholarly debate based relatively little evidence. Based expert elicitation involving over 30 individuals with backgrounds across domains United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we identify a broad range implications solar modification for SDGs. Depending...
Attention to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in climate policy is growing, and many CDR methods such as direct air capture storage (DACCS) are controversial. As such, broadening knowledge creation include stakeholder perspectives upstream of important. This exploratory study provides insights into the engagement process a transdisciplinary research project its findings regarding co-creative design evaluation. It analyzes views participants workshop on an online survey. In all instances, experts...
This white paper resulted from a risk dialogue project with climate scientists and experts on the subject of engineering – conducted by neutral independent Risk-Dialogue Foundation St. Gallen between April 2016 March 2017. The aim was to identify current state research topic as well related evaluate potential need for wider public deliberation. carried out behalf Swiss Federal Office Environment (FOEN), Climate Division. In line views expressed during dialogue, sole objective this is argue...
Dieses Vorhaben untersucht fur das Umweltbundesamt die Moglichkeit, Rolle von Nachhaltigkeitszielen in den zukunftigen Marktmechanismen unter der UNFCCC zu starken. Die Ergebnisse des Vorhabens sollen Eingang offentliche Debatte finden um interessierten Parteien bei Meinungsbildung zum laufendem Prozess unterstutzen, insbesondere Bezug auf Artikel 6. Arbeit ist dabei drei Teile gegliedert: Im ersten Teil werden Positionen relevanter Akteure Debatten zur Ausgestaltung existierender und...