Response Doctoral Program
As climate change accelerates and CO2 emission reductions alone prove insufficient to meet climate targets, carbon removal has become essential for tackling hard-to-abate emissions. However, deploying carbon removal at scale presents a critical challenge for governments: How can they ensure it is both effective and affordable enough to secure public support? We show that this public support challenge can be overcome if carbon removal practices are deployed in combination with regulations that enhance the durability of CO2 removal , even if these regulations increase costs.
The ETH Energy Blog post of RESPONSE fellow Susanne Rhein presents key findings from her research.
Read Susanne Rheins’ Energy Blog article.
Susanne Rhein is currently a fellow in the RESPONSE Doctoral Program (DP) «RESPONSE – to society and policy needs through plant, food and energy sciences» funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No 847585.
Citation: Susanne Rhein. “Expensive but Effective: Why Citizens Support Costly but Durable Carbon Removal Practices”, Energy Blog @ ETH Zurich, ETH Zurich, November 18, 2024, https://blogs.ethz.ch/energy/carbon-removal-acceptance/