Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

An inter-model assessment of the role of direct air capture in deep mitigation pathways

  • Giulia Realmonte,
  • Laurent Drouet,
  • Ajay Gambhir,
  • James Glynn,
  • Adam Hawkes,
  • Alexandre C. Köberle,
  • Massimo Tavoni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10842-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) is not considered in Integrated Assessment Models. Here the authors make comparisons using multi-model regarding the role of DACCS in 1.5 and 2 degree scenarios and find that DACCS allows to postpone mitigation and reduce the climate policy costs.