2024 Decarbonization Webinar: Mutual Reinforcement of Land-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and International Emissions Trading in Deep Decarbonization Scenarios

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November 7, 2024
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    Mutual Reinforcement of Land-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and International Emissions Trading in Deep Decarbonization Scenarios
    Jennifer Morris
    Principal Research Scientist, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and the MIT Energy Initiative

    Achieving long-term climate stabilization targets that limit warming to 1.5oC or 2oC requires deep decarbonization, with total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions eventually falling to net zero. Because some emissions in the economy are difficult to eliminate, most 1.5oC or 2oC pathways rely on negative emissions strategies to offset residual positive GHG emissions in hard-to-abate sectors. Among carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and natural-climate solutions such as afforestation and reforestation (A/R) are among the most widely considered options. The deployment of these options will depend on their availability as well as the climate policy regime, particularly the availability of international emissions trading. In fact, CDR and international trade in GHG permits mutually reinforce each other. This relationship and its implications for the scale of CDR and emissions trading, regional deployment, carbon prices, and GDP will be discussed in this talk.

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    Mutual Reinforcement of Land-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and International Emissions Trading in Deep Decarbonization Scenarios
    Jennifer Morris
    Principal Research Scientist, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and the MIT Energy Initiative

    Achieving long-term climate stabilization targets that limit warming to 1.5oC or 2oC requires deep decarbonization, with total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions eventually falling to net zero. Because some emissions in the economy are difficult to eliminate, most 1.5oC or 2oC pathways rely on negative emissions strategies to offset residual positive GHG emissions in hard-to-abate sectors. Among carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and natural-climate solutions such as afforestation and reforestation (A/R) are among the most widely considered options. The deployment of these options will depend on their availability as well as the climate policy regime, particularly the availability of international emissions trading. In fact, CDR and international trade in GHG permits mutually reinforce each other. This relationship and its implications for the scale of CDR and emissions trading, regional deployment, carbon prices, and GDP will be discussed in this talk.

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