As a reminder, there is a special feature in preparation for Environnmental Research Letters on negative emissions scenarios and technologies that would be appropriate for many members of the group: http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/page/Negative%20Emissions%20Scenarios%20and%20Technologies. We are looking for papers in the technical, social, and policy realms associated with NE approaches. The nominal deadline for articles of all types is March 31st, but papers late by a month or two will likely be considered. See below for a short description of the feature. Thanks. Rob Jackson Stanford University 650-497-5841
Focus on Negative Emissions Scenarios and Technologies Scope The latest IPCC Assessment Report (AR5) concludes that achieving climate stabilization at safe levels (i.e., below 2°C) will require sustained emission reductions, leading to near-zero or negative emissions (NE) towards the end of this century. During the past decade, however, emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production have continued to rise. Emissions in 2013 reached 10 Pg C year-1, a 61% increase compared to the 1990 value. Keeping global average temperature below 2°C or higher average temperatures in a cost-effective manner will require a suite of mitigation options, particularly if mitigation is delayed further. One option increasingly invoked in integrated assessment models (IAMs) is negative emissions, defined as the net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. Two of the most commonly proposed alternatives are biomass energy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) and direct air capture (DAC). However, little is known about the global potential of emerging and future negative emissions technologies, the sustainability and cost of large-scale deployment needed to meet "safe" climate stabilization targets, and the carbon-climate feedbacks of entering a new carbon-negative world. These knowledge-gaps are the focus of the proposed special issue: Available, emerging and future negative emissions technologies, emphasizing BECCS and DAC technologies. The behavior of natural land and ocean carbon sinks under a negative carbon balance. The sustainability of large-scale deployment relative to other goals such as food security, timber production, water availability, and biodiversity conservation. A specific focus on the production of sustainable Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) globally and through research in specific regions, including Brazil; BECCS is the most-used technology in current integrative assessment models to achieve the 2°C climate stabilization target. Socio-institutional barriers, including governance and public acceptance, of new technologies. Risks and opportunities in investing heavily in research and development for NE technologies over the coming decades. All articles should be submitted using our online submission form. Submission process Focus issue articles are subject to the same review process, high editorial standards and quality requirements as regular ERL research letters and should be submitted in the same way. Please read the scope and key information page for more information before submitting. For more comprehensive information on preparing your article for submission and the options for submitting your article, please see our Author Guidelines. All articles should be submitted using our online submission form. In the first step of the online form, under 'Manuscript Type' please select 'Special Issue Article' and select 'Focus on Negative Emissions Scenarios and Technologies' in the 'Select Special Issue' drop down box. In the 'File Upload' step, please include a separate justification statement outlining how your article satisfies the publication criteria for this journal (see the 'Submission requirements' section on the scope and key information page). Deadline for submissions Submissions will be accepted until 31 March 2016. ERL is able to publish focus issues incrementally which means that we don't have to wait for all articles submitted to the issue to be ready for publication and publish all articles together. Therefore if you submit early in the period your article will not be held up waiting for the final article. Publication of data ERL is pleased to offer authors the option to publish raw data alongside articles as supplementary data. Being an open-access journal, this means that all researchers can access the data alongside the article for free. If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity please indicate this in your covering letter and the file transfer will be arranged. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
