Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)

BECCS, or Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage, is a technology that the IPCC has factored into their climate modelling. If it is to have the effect of keeping their models to well below 2 degrees Celsius of warming compared to pre-industrial levels then it will need to be implemented on a vast scale around the globe.
This week we take a snapshot of scientific and journalistic analysis of this controversial proposal.

All references are set out below -



https://www.carbonbrief.org/new-maps-pinpoint-potential-beccs-across-us

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/04/climate-change-deforestation-global-warming-report

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/grantham-institute/public/publications/briefing-papers/BECCS-deployment---a-reality-check.pdf

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ee/c7ee00465f#!divAbstrac

https://www.carbonbrief.org/new-maps-pinpoint-potential-beccs-across-us

https://physicsworld.com/a/beccs-it-says-the-ccc/

https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-six-key-policy-challenges-to-achieving-negative-emissions-with-beccs

https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-why-beccs-might-not-produce-negative-emissions-after-all

https://www.carbonbrief.org/world-can-limit-global-warming-to-onepointfive-without-beccs

http://www.avoid.uk.net/beccs/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/01/silver-bullet-to-suck-co2-from-air-and-halt-climate-change-ruled-out

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/04/climate-change-deforestation-global-warming-report

https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/world-policy/article/2018/10/17/group-warns-food-supply-meet-future-2

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/19/water-shortages-could-affect-5bn-people-by-2050-un-report-warns

https://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2012/beccs_report/

http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/BECCS-report.pdf



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