Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

Pete Smith; Steven J Davis; Detlef P van Vuuren; Joeri Rogelj; Philippe Ciais; Jennifer Milne; Josep G Canadell; David McCollum; Glen Peters; Robbie Andrew; Volker Krey; Gyami Shrestha; Felix Creutzig; Pierre Friedlingstein; Thomas Gasser; Arnulf Grübler; Wolfgang K Heidug; Matthias Jonas; Chris D Jones; Florian Kraxner; Emma Littleton; Jason Lowe; José Roberto Moreira; Sabine Fuss; Nebojsa Nakicenovic; Michael Obersteiner; Anand Patwardhan; Mathis Rogner; Ed Rubin; Ayyoob Sharifi; Asbjørn Torvanger; Yoshiki Yamagata; Jae Edmonds; Cho Yongsung; Jan Minx; Benoit Gabrielle; Etsushi Kato; Robert B. Jackson; Annette Cowie; Elmar Kriegler

doi:10.1038/nclimate2870

Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

Pete Smith
, Steven J Davis
, Detlef P van Vuuren
, Joeri Rogelj
, Philippe Ciais
, Jennifer Milne
, Josep G Canadell
, David McCollum
, Glen Peters
, Robbie Andrew
, Volker Krey
, Gyami Shrestha
, Felix Creutzig
, Pierre Friedlingstein
, Thomas Gasser
, Arnulf Grübler
, Wolfgang K Heidug
, Matthias Jonas
, Chris D Jones
, Florian Kraxner

Emma Littleton, Jason Lowe, José Roberto Moreira, Sabine Fuss, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Michael Obersteiner, Anand Patwardhan, Mathis Rogner, Ed Rubin, Ayyoob Sharifi, Asbjørn Torvanger, Yoshiki Yamagata, Jae Edmonds, Cho Yongsung, Jan Minx, Benoit Gabrielle, Etsushi Kato, Robert B. Jackson, Annette Cowie, Elmar Kriegler

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To have a >50% chance of limiting warming below 2 °C, most recent scenarios from integrated assessment models (IAMs) require large-scale deployment of negative emissions technologies (NETs). These are technologies that result in the net removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. We quantify potential global impacts of the different NETs on various factors (such as land, greenhouse gas emissions, water, albedo, nutrients and energy) to determine the biophysical limits to, and economic costs of, their widespread application. Resource implications vary between technologies and need to be satisfactorily addressed if NETs are to have a significant role in achieving climate goals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	42-50
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2870
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Smith, P., Davis, S. J., van Vuuren, D. P., Rogelj, J., Ciais, P., Milne, J., Canadell, J. G., McCollum, D., Peters, G., Andrew, R., Krey, V., Shrestha, G., Creutzig, F., Friedlingstein, P., Gasser, T., Grübler, A., Heidug, W. K., Jonas, M., Jones, C. D., ... Kriegler, E. (2015). Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions. Nature Climate Change, 6(1), 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2870

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