Engineered Carbon Dioxide Removal in Net-Zero Canada - Policy brief

Engineered Carbon Dioxide Removal in Net-Zero Canada - Policy brief Engineered Carbon Dioxide Removal in a Net- Zero Canada Policy brief by Carson Fong and Scott MacDougall | April 13, 2023 Summary • Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a necessary tool to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, but only as a complement to emissions reductions. [...] They make up the majority of currently implemented CDR and are expected to continue to play a significant role in carbon removal in the following decades. [...] “An Overview of the Status and Challenges of CO2 Storage in Minerals and Geological Formations,” Frontiers in Climate 1 (2019). [...] Timely investment and rapid deployment can advance the technology and address questions around environmental impacts and high current costs of deployment. [...] Canada’s strategy towards CDR development has potential to impact the rights and interests of Indigenous communities, and thus needs to involve them as decision-makers and to provide consent for any actions.