Negative Emission Technologies (NETs) and Solar Radiation Management (SRM) to Meet Paris Agreement: Prospects, Limitations and Challenges

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363281483_Negative_Emission_Technologies_NETs_and_Solar_Radiation_Management_SRM_to_Meet_Paris_Agreement_Prospects_Limitations_and_Challenges 

• September 2022
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DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.10723.84001

Author:

Md Yeasin Kabir

• Australian National University 

Abstract

Existing mitigation initiatives and future commitments appear to be insufficient to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Therefore, study and debate reinforce the likelihoods of using suggested geoengineering techniques, either through broad-based interventions that alter the radiative energy budget of the Earth (Solar Radiation Management) or through the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere (Negative Emission Technologies). Most of the proposed technologies are in the development stages; they also raise ethical, financial, environmental and governance concerns and involve significant risks and uncertainties. Besides, studies suggest that if they are actively pursued in a far-reaching scale, before the second half of the century, they would very unlikely be implemented. Therefore, to meet the global emission target, mitigation initiatives should be taken far beyond the existing plans.

Source: ResearchGate