Human and planetary health implications of negative emissions technologies

Selene Cobo; Ángel Galán-Martín; Victor Tulus; Mark A. J. Huijbregts; Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30136-7

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Human and planetary health implications of negative emissions technologies

Selene Cobo,
Ángel Galán-Martín,
Victor Tulus,
Mark A. J. Huijbregts,
Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez

Affiliations

Selene Cobo: Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich
Ángel Galán-Martín: Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Universidad de Jaén
Victor Tulus: Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich
Mark A. J. Huijbregts: Department of Environmental Science, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University
Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez: Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30136-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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This paper assesses the co-benefits and side-effects of DACCS and BECCS for human health and the planet. The health burden avoided by removing 5.9 Gtonne/yr CO2 is substantial, but only DACCS has a low impact on the Earth system.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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