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2021-08-12Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.18452/24990
Fair distributions of carbon dioxide removal obligations and implications for effective national net-zero targets
dc.contributor.authorLee, Kaylin
dc.contributor.authorFyson, Claire
dc.contributor.authorSchleussner, Carl-Friedrich
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-11T10:53:45Z
dc.date.available2022-07-11T10:53:45Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-12none
dc.date.updated2022-01-29T13:28:56Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/25673
dc.description.abstractAchieving net-zero emissions at the global level, as required to limit warming to 1.5 °C, means both rapid emissions reductions across all sectors as well as a scaling-up of carbon dioxide removal (CDR). As a growing number of countries bring forward national net-zero targets, the questions of how much CDR each nation holds responsibility for, whether CDR transfers should be possible under the Paris Agreement market mechanisms, and how this might affect the years in which different countries should achieve net-zero, become increasingly important. Here we show that, depending on the normative assumptions underlying a CDR burden-sharing system, the adjusted net-zero date for big emitting countries could shift forward by up to 15 years (EU, based on gross domestic product) to 35 years (Russia, based on cumulative per capita emissions) compared with what is modeled domestically in global least-cost scenarios. This illustrates a challenge of using least-cost model scenarios as a basis for setting and evaluating net-zero targets. We also evaluate the potential risk of carbon loss associated with CDR transfers of such a magnitude, and consider how a discount factor could help address carbon loss risks and contribute to overall mitigation. Our results highlight the need for clear guidelines to ensure that international CDR transfers do not obscure urgently-needed domestic emission reductions efforts by big emitters, while promoting a fair and equitable distribution of the CDR burden inflicted by insufficient near-term mitigation. We find a separate mechanism or accounting for CDR obligations to be the most promising avenue to deliver on these objectives.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
dc.rights(CC BY 4.0) Attribution 4.0 Internationalger
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectParis Agreementeng
dc.subjectmarket mechanismseng
dc.subjectArticle 6eng
dc.subjectcarbon dioxide removalseng
dc.subjectnegative emissionseng
dc.subjectburden sharingeng
dc.subjectnet-zero emissionseng
dc.subject.ddc551 Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologienone
dc.titleFair distributions of carbon dioxide removal obligations and implications for effective national net-zero targetsnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/25673-9
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/24990
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.pages10none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-year2021none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone
dc.identifier.eissn1748-9326
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1088/1748-9326/ac1970none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleEnvironmental research lettersnone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume16none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue9none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber094001none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameIOP Publ.none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBristolnone
bua.departmentMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultätnone

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