Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

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

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Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

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

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To have a >50% chance of limiting warming below 2 degrees 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
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	6
Early online date	7 Dec 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2870
Publication status	Published - Jan 2016

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The views expressed herein are those of the authors, and do not represent those of a particular governmental agency or interagency body. This analysis was initiated at a Global Carbon Project meeting on NETs in Laxenburg, Austria, in April 2013 and contributes to the MaGNET program (http://www.cger.nies.go.jp/gcp/magnet.html). G.P.P. was supported by the Norwegian Research Council (236296). C.D.J. was supported by the Joint UK DECC/Defra Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme (GA01101). J.G.C. acknowledges support from the Australian Climate Change Science Program. E.Ka. and Y.Y. were supported by the ERTDF (S-10) from the Ministry of the Environment, Japan.

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Smith, P., Davis, S. J., Creutzig, F., Fuss, S., Minx, J., Gabrielle, B., Kato, E., Jackson, R. B., Cowie, A., Kriegler, E., van Vuuren, D. P., Rogelj, J., Ciais, P., Milne, J., Canadell, J. G., McCollum, D., Peters, G., Andrew, R., Krey, V., ... Cho, Y. (2016). Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions. Nature Climate Change, 6, 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2870

Smith, P, Davis, SJ, Creutzig, F, Fuss, S, Minx, J, Gabrielle, B, Kato, E, Jackson, RB, Cowie, A, Kriegler, E, van Vuuren, DP, Rogelj, J, Ciais, P, Milne, J, Canadell, JG, McCollum, D, Peters, G, Andrew, R, Krey, V, Shrestha, G, Friedlingstein, P, Gasser, T, Gruebler, A, Heidug, WK, Jonas, M, Jones, CD, Kraxner, F, Littleton, E, Lowe, J, Moreira, JR, Nakicenovic, N, Obersteiner, M, Patwardhan, A, Rogner, M, Rubin, E, Sharifi, A, Torvanger, A, Yamagata, Y, Edmonds, J & Cho, Y 2016, 'Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions', Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, pp. 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2870

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