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Developing a Research Agenda for Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration

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This committee aims to dentify the most urgent unanswered scientific and technical questions needed to assess the benefits, risks, and sustainable scale potential for carbon dioxide removal and sequestration approaches in terrestrial and coastal environments; increase the commercial viability of carbon dioxide removal and sequestration;define the essential components of a research and development program and specific tasks required to answer these questions; estimate the costs and potential impacts of such a research and development program to the extent possible in the timeframe of the study; and recommend ways to implement such a research and development program.

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An ad hoc committee will conduct a study to:

  • 1. Identify the most urgent unanswered scientific and technical questions needed to:

a. assess the benefits, risks, and sustainable scale potential for carbon dioxide removal and sequestration approaches in terrestrial and coastal environments; and

b. increase the commercial viability of carbon dioxide removal and sequestration;

  • 2. Define the essential components of a research and development program and specific tasks required to answer these questions;
  • 3. Estimate the costs and potential impacts of such a research and development program to the extent possible in the timeframe of the study.
  • 4. Recommend ways to implement such a research and development program.

The list of CDR approaches to be examined would include land and coastal (i.e., tidal wetlands, seagrass meadows, and mangroves) ecosystems management, accelerated weathering, bioenergy with capture, direct air capture, geologic sequestration, and other approaches deemed by the study committee to be of similar viability in terrestrial and coastal environments.

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Sponsors

Department of Commerce

Department of Energy

Internal Funding

National Science Foundation

Other, Federal

Private: Non Profit

Staff

Katherine C Thomas

Lead

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