eprintid: 13970 rev_number: 16 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/01/39/70 datestamp: 2016-11-17 17:01:39 lastmod: 2022-01-26 10:55:52 status_changed: 2016-11-17 17:01:39 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Fuß, S. creators_name: Jones, C.D. creators_name: Kraxner, F. creators_name: Peters, G.P. creators_name: Smith, P. creators_name: Tavoni, M. creators_name: van Vuuren, D.P. creators_name: Canadell, J.G. creators_name: Jackson, R.B. creators_name: Milne, J. creators_name: Moreira, J.R. creators_name: Nakicenovic, N. creators_name: Sharifi, A. creators_name: Yamagata, Y. creators_id: 8259 creators_id: 7904 creators_id: 395 creators_orcid: 0000-0001-7176-4604 title: Research priorities for negative emissions ispublished: pub divisions: prog_ene divisions: prog_esm divisions: prog_tnt keywords: negative emissions, carbon dioxide removal, climate change, sustainability, 1.5 C, Paris Agreement abstract: Carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere (CDR)—also known as ‘negative emissions’—features prominently in most 2 °Cscenarios and has been under increased scrutiny by scientists, citizens, and policymakers. Critics argue that ‘negative emission technologies’ (NETs) are insufficiently mature to rely on them for climate stabilization. Some even argue that 2 °Cis no longer feasible or might have unacceptable social and environmental costs. Nonetheless, the Paris Agreement endorsed an aspirational goal of limiting global warming to even lower levels, arguing that climate impacts— especially for vulnerable nations such as small island states—will be unacceptably severe in a 2 °C world. While there are few pathways to 2 °Cthat do not rely on negative emissions, 1.5 °Cscenarios are barely conceivable without them. Building on previous assessments of NETs, we identify some urgent research needs to provide a more complete picture for reaching ambitious climate targets, and the role that NETs can play in reaching them. date: 2016 id_number: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/115007 creators_browse_id: 101 creators_browse_id: 165 creators_browse_id: 214 full_text_status: public publication: Environmental Research Letters volume: 11 number: 11 pagerange: 115007 refereed: TRUE issn: 1748-9326 projects: Exploring transitions pathways to sustainable, low carbon societies (PATHWAYS, FP7 603942) projects: Coordinated Research in Earth Systems and Climate: Experiments (CRESCENDO, H2020 641816) coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_project: yes fp7_project_id: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/641816/EU/Coordinated Research in Earth Systems and Climate: Experiments, kNowledge, Dissemination and Outreach/CRESCENDO; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/603942/EU//PATHWAYS fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article access_rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess citation: Fuß, S. , Jones, C.D., Kraxner, F. , Peters, G.P., Smith, P., Tavoni, M., van Vuuren, D.P., Canadell, J.G., et al. (2016). Research priorities for negative emissions. Environmental Research Letters 11 (11) p. 115007. 10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/115007 . document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13970/1/erl_11_11_115007.pdf