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DOI	10.1080/14693062.2019.1634509
	Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies
	Cox E.; Edwards N.R.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	14693062
起始页码	1144
结束页码	1156
卷号	19 期号:9
英文摘要	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. Key policy insights Co-benefits may assist the ‘demand pull’ for novel technologies by providing multiple policy angles for incentivisation rather than relying on a ‘fix-all’ policy such as a high carbon price. DAC with storage might be overly reliant on a high carbon price, because it only provides one core benefit–that of atmospheric carbon reduction. ERW may provide multiple co-benefits which can be mandated through existing policy structures, but should focus on using waste rock rather than mining virgin material. We propose four near-term options for NETs policy: funding for small-scale BECCS demonstration and an international biomass certification mechanism; small-scale loans for ERW on farms and promotion of locally-sourced rock residues; amendment of fertilizer subsidy schemes to include silicate rock; and a clearer framework for licensing sub-soil access for CO2 storage. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
英文关键词	BECCS; carbon dioxide removal; co-benefits; direct air capture; enhanced rock weathering; NETs
语种	英语
scopus关键词	air quality; carbon dioxide; carbon emission; carbon sequestration; emission control; environmental economics; policy implementation; pollution policy; price dynamics
来源期刊	Climate Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153454
作者单位	Department of Psychology, Understanding Risk Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cox E.,Edwards N.R.. Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies[J],2019,19(9).
APA	Cox E.,&Edwards N.R..(2019).Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies.Climate Policy,19(9).
MLA	Cox E.,et al."Beyond carbon pricing: policy levers for negative emissions technologies".Climate Policy 19.9(2019).