Hepburn, C, Adlen, E, Beddington, J et al. (6 more authors) (2019) The technological and economic prospects for CO2 utilization and removal. Nature, 575 (7781). pp. 87-97. ISSN 0028-0836
Abstract
The capture and use of carbon dioxide to create valuable products might lower the net costs of reducing emissions or removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Here we review ten pathways for the utilization of carbon dioxide. Pathways that involve chemicals, fuels and microalgae might reduce emissions of carbon dioxide but have limited potential for its removal, whereas pathways that involve construction materials can both utilize and remove carbon dioxide. Land-based pathways can increase agricultural output and remove carbon dioxide. Our assessment suggests that each pathway could scale to over 0.5 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide utilization annually. However, barriers to implementation remain substantial and resource constraints prevent the simultaneous deployment of all pathways.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Nature Limited 2019. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Nature. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2019 12:04 |
Last Modified: | 06 May 2020 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Research |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41586-019-1681-6 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:154677 |