Why do ambitious climate targets face an implementation gap? Our piece in NatureClimateChange looks at the emerging #Decarbonization state -how the shift from fossil fuels to low-carbon systems clashes with the state’s core functions: growth, legitimacy, and security. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New study on carbon removal and mitigation deterrence in EU climate policy: We look at the EU’s 2040 climate target discussion and unpack actors’ and industries’ preferences and rationales toward separate targets for emission reduction and carbon removal. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Current #climate goals require the removal of carbon dioxide from the #atmosphere. 🌍 📗 🌡 Researchers took a close look at the emission reduction plans of several major EU industry sectors and found a substantial but underspecified reliance on uncertain carbon removal technologies. 🔍 Read more: ⤵

Carbon removal has surged on the climate policy agenda. But which sectors can claim what shares of these negative emissions? In a recent paper, we explore expectations of carbon removal in the EU's hard-to-abate and fossil industries and discuss the emerging industrial politics of carbon removal.

Our e-book "CDR: Perspectives from the social sciences and humanities" is finally available: doi.org/10.3389/978-... Thanks to Anders Hansson, Mathias Fridahl and @shinasayama.bsky.social for the collaboration, and to all our contributors for their submissions.

Renewables are exceeding expectations - but so are emissions. Why? Part of the fossil economy's staying power comes from false promises of techno-neutralisation. CCS is the OG machine saviour. A new blog for you, on why its second coming hasn't come. ketanjoshi.co/2024/11/24/2... (+ thread)

Today is Overshoot release day! My excitement is rather dampened by everything that's going on, but I hope we've managed to make a small contribution to understanding this insane world. Please buy it directly from @versobooks.bsky.social, they need the support! versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Exklusiv hier auf Bluesky! Die Premiere meiner zweiten Podcast-Episode: „Hinter der Fassade“ der Agenda Austria – Gründungsgeschichte, Finanzierung, Ideologie und Diskursstrategien. Bitte reinhören. Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/41an...