The trouble with negative emissions
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Reliance on negative-emission concepts locks in humankind's carbon addiction
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NETs offer an option of countering present emissions with future investments.
“NETs offer an option of countering our present emissions with future investments.10,11”
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- Authors
- Anderson, K., & Peters, G.
- Affiliations
- Uppsala University (SE)
- CICERO Center for International Climate Research (NO)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2016-10-14
- Volume
- 354
- Issue
- 6309
- Pages
- 182-183
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2531773248
- Cited by
- 1,252
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 56 · 2025: 86 · 2024: 123 · 2023: 97 · 2022: 112 · 2021: 319 · 2020: 147 · 2019: 130 · 2018: 129 · 2017: 45 · 2016: 6
- FWCI
- 201.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Research Council of Norway
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Keywords
- carbon dioxide removal, climate change mitigation, carbon capture and storage, climate policy
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