Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies

Cox, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-3691 and Edwards, Neil Robert 2019. Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies. Climate Policy 19 (9) , pp. 1144-1156. 10.1080/14693062.2019.1634509

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Abstract

This paper explores policies for Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs), in an attempt to move beyond the supply-side focus of the majority of NETs research, as well as the current dominance of carbon pricing as the main NETs policy proposal. The paper identifies a number of existing policies from four key areas – energy/transport, agriculture, sub-soil, and oceans – which will have an impact on three NETs: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), Direct Air Capture (DAC), and terrestrial Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW). We propose that non-climate co-benefits may be valuable in terms of the policy ‘demand pull’ for NETs; in particular, we find that ERW may provide multiple co-benefits which can be mandated through existing policy structures. However, interaction with numerous policy areas may also create barriers, particularly where there is tension between the priorities of different government departments. On the basis of existing and analogous policies from a range of geographical contexts and scales, this paper proposes four options for NETs policy that could be reasonably implemented in the near-term. We also argue that ERW demonstrates the importance of scale and framing, because the policy environment depends on whether it is framed as a soil amendment at local scales or as a climate stabilization technique at international scale.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1469-3062
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	19 June 2019
Date of Acceptance:	18 June 2019
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2024 04:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/123570

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