Holly Jean Buck’s research while affiliated with University at Buffalo, State University of New York and other places

... There are some solar energy studies [18][19][20]. The effects of climate change and SRM incorporated with the renewable energy resources has been studied [21]. Climate intervention methods are compared with carbon dioxide removal [22]. ...

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Analysis of Solar Radiation Shielding in Space for Climate Mitigations of the Earth

... Supplementary Table 1 outlines the capture rates assumed for different technologies. In all of the primary scenarios, it is assumed that Canada cannot import biomass, to prevent shifting the negative externalities of logging activities to other countries 67 . This is particularly important given that Canada has abundant domestic biomass resources and acknowledges the distributional dimension of equity. ...

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Applying equity principles leads to higher carbon removal obligations in Canada

... To facilitate the increased use of timber in construction, maximise climate benefit, and support the transition to a low-carbon economy, policy strategies should consider implementing incentives and regulations that promote both sustainable forest management and the integration of green building practices. From a policy perspective, it is also critical that CDR strategies do not undermine or postpone efforts to reduce emissions, a concern referred to as climate delay or mitigation deterrence (Markusson et al., 2024). Consequently, it is essential that enhancements in CDR through improved forest management serve to supplement rather than detract from emission reduction initiatives, serving as an additional support to these efforts. ...

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Improved forest management for increased carbon sequestration: An assessment of the most prominent approaches in Norway

... For this reason, there is a consensus in the CDR scientific community that DACS should not be perceived as an alternative to avoiding and sequestering fossil CO 2 emissions from hard-to-abate industrial sectors [3,[14][15][16][17]. However, it seems clear that CDR and synthetic fuels will become key technologies in the energy transition [6,18]. In this context, DAC is a particularly relevant technology due to its capacity to provide high purity CO 2 for both sequestration and utilization without the biophysical limitations of other technologies [19][20][21]. ...

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Powering Direct Air Capture: Overview of Existing Concepts and the Overlooked Role of Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies

... The non-use agreement proposed by Biermann et al (2022) has led to concerns about the agreement violating both types of justice related to SRM. The non-use agreement does not protect the Global South from impending climate damages, while most of the signatories to the non-use agreement are from the Global North, which challenges notions of procedural justice in SRM decision making (Parson et al 2024). ...

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The strategic and governance implications of solar radiation modification: perspectives from delegates of international climate negotiations

... But if warming continues, even if dramatic cuts in the use of fossil fuels come in the next couple of decades, then the unavoidable conclusion is that some form of SRM to cool things is going to be needed. In tackling this agenda, it might be useful to learn from previous innovations in global governance, where technical and societal concerns are meshed in common initiatives [ 116 ]. ...

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Twelve research agendas for advancing the peace-sustainability nexus

... While previous research has highlighted critical aspects of power sector decarbonization, a critical gap remains-we need to better understand how CDR interacts with and complements efforts to decarbonize electricity generation. The feasibility of achieving the necessary scale of CDR-up to 10 GtCO 2 removal per year by mid-century 27 -faces substantial technical, socio-economic, environmental, and political barriers 28,29 , necessitating a deeper examination of their role in the power sector transformation. While previous research has only begun exploring the connection between CDR deployment and stranded assets in the power sector 30 , our study builds on this prior work in several ways. ...

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Targeted carbon dioxide removal measures are essential for the cost and energy transformation of the electricity sector by 2050

... Second, Hollnaicher (2022) criticizes an overly high discount rate in the IAMs, which leads to an overestimation of CDR [13]. Third, the extent and originating sectors of so-called "residual emissions" that are offset by CDR when countries reach net zero differ significantly in modeled scenario pathways [14][15][16][17][18][19]. Often residual emission estimates are not explicitly defined in long-term national climate strategies, and for those countries that do define them, the level of residual emissions varies widely [16,17]. ...

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Review of Economics and Policies of Carbon Dioxide Removal

... In recent years, governments worldwide have announced their net-zero targets. Net-zero emissions imply carbon balancing, and promoting carbon neutrality is a crucial step towards achieving these targets [5,8]. As the problem of global climate change continues to intensify, a social consensus has emerged on the importance of human activities in efforts to reduce carbon emissions. ...

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How Does the Value of Ecological Restoration Techniques Affect Ecosystem Carbon Density: A Resource Endowment-Based Perspective

... The maximum capacitance that can be attained from pseudocapacitors based on the redox reactions is 5000 F cm À3 , [68] which is much larger than that of the double-layer capacitor (825 F cm À3 ). [92] Pseudocapacitors can also be based on ion intercalation into crystalline material, as described in Equation (5). ...

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Supercapacitors: An Emerging Energy Storage System