Attention and positive sentiments towards Carbon dioxide removal have grown on social media over the past decade

Repke, Tim, Muller-Hansen, Finn, Cox, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-3691 and Minx, Jan C. 2024. Attention and positive sentiments towards Carbon dioxide removal have grown on social media over the past decade. Communications Earth & Environment 5 (763) , 763. 10.1038/s43247-024-01914-6

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Abstract

Scaling up CO2 removal is crucial to achieve net-zero targets and limit global warming. To engage with publics and ensure a social licence to deploy large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR), better understanding of public perceptions of these technologies is necessary. Here, we analyse attention and sentiments towards ten CDR methods using Twitter data from 2010 to 2022. Attention towards CDR has grown exponentially, particularly in recent years. Overall, the discourse on CDR has become more positive, except for BECCS. Conventional CDR methods are the most discussed and receive more positive sentiments. Various types of users engage with CDR on Twitter to different degrees: While users posting little about CDR pay more attention to methods with biological sinks, frequently engaged users focus more on novel CDR methods. Our results complement survey studies by showing how awareness grows and perceptions change over time.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Nature Research
ISSN:	2662-4435
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	15 November 2024
Date of Acceptance:	14 November 2024
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 09:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/174038

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