Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Emergency deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis

  • Ryan Hanna,
  • Ahmed Abdulla,
  • Yangyang Xu,
  • David G. Victor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20437-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Governments may struggle to impose costly polices on vital industries, resulting in a greater need for negative emissions. Here, the authors model a direct air capture crash deployment program, finding it can remove 2.3 GtCO2 yr–1 in 2050, 13–20 GtCO2 yr–1 in 2075, and 570–840 GtCO2 cumulative over 2025–2100.