Negative Emissions and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) increasingly becomes mainstream mitigation policy.

To meet the climate ambitions, the emerging CDR industry must grow fast and become sizeable as will the need for permanent geological storage of CO₂ that comes with it. This industry will need to be developed on terms that are acceptable to the natural systems which our human systems rely on.

“What we are basically looking at is how to develop a CDR industry probably using both nature-based solutions and industrial techniques like the fossil fuels industry and establishing social practices in an economy at record pace. So, it is a fundamental challenge.” — J. Røttereng, Enova SF

This policy brief summarizes highlights from the workshop on Negative Emissions and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) including Ocean Scenarios held 1 April during the NTNU Energy Transition Week 2022. The workshop is the second in the series.

The brief takes a closer look at the drivers, uncertainties, and deployment potentials of three CDR solutions that all can make a difference at scale: Seaweed farming, BioEnergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), and Direct Air Capture (DAC). By including seaweed farming it pinpoints the ocean’s significant carbon sink potential.

Download Policy Brief - Negative Emissions and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) including Ocean Scenarios

Main editor: Astrid Sørensen