%0 Journal Article
%A Borchers, Malgorzata
%A Förster, Johannes
%A Thrän, Daniela
%A Beck, Silke
%A Thoni, Terese
%A Korte, Klaas
%A Gawel, Erik
%A Markus, Till
%A Schaller, Romina
%A Rhoden, Imke
%A Chi, Yaxuan
%A Dahmen, Nicolaus
%A Dittmeyer, Roland
%A Dolch, Tobias
%A Dold, Christian
%A Herbst, Michael
%A Heß, Dominik
%A Kalhori, Aram
%A Koop-Jakobsen, Ketil
%A Li, Zhan
%A Oschlies, Andreas
%A Reusch, Thorsten B. H.
%A Sachs, Torsten
%A Schmidt-Hattenberger, Cornelia
%A Stevenson, Angela
%A Wu, Jiajun
%A Yeates, Christopher
%A Mengis, Nadine
%T A Comprehensive Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Removal Options for Germany
%J Earth's future
%V 12
%N 5
%@ 2328-4277
%C Hoboken, NJ
%I Wiley-Blackwell
%M FZJ-2024-03320
%P e2023EF003986
%D 2024
%X To reach their net‐zero targets, countries will have to compensate hard‐to‐abate CO2emissions through carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Yet, current assessments rarely include socio‐cultural orinstitutional aspects or fail to contextualize CDR options for implementation. Here we present a context‐specificfeasibility assessment of CDR options for the example of Germany. We assess 14 CDR options, including threechemical carbon capture options, six options for bioenergy combined with carbon capture and storage (BECCS),and five options that aim to increase ecosystem carbon uptake. The assessment addresses technological,economic, environmental, institutional, social‐cultural and systemic considerations using a traffic‐lightsystem to evaluate implementation opportunities and hurdles. We find that in Germany CDR options likecover crops or seagrass restoration currently face comparably low implementation hurdles in terms oftechnological, economic, or environmental feasibility and low institutional or social opposition but showcomparably small CO2 removal potentials. In contrast, some BECCS options that show high CDRpotentials face significant techno‐economic, societal and institutional hurdles when it comes to the geologicalstorage of CO2. While a combination of CDR options is likely required to meet the net‐zero target inGermany, the current climate protection law includes a limited set of options. Our analysis aims to providecomprehensive information on CDR hurdles and possibilities for Germany for use in further research onCDR options, climate, and energy scenario development, as well as an effective decision support basis forvarious actors.
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%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001264023700001
%R 10.1029/2023EF003986
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1026167