Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/271569 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 29/2023
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
Climate policy in the European Union (EU) and Germany changed significantly with the adoption of net-zero emissions targets. A key new development is the growing importance of carbon management. The umbrella term includes not only the capture and storage of CO2 (carbon capture and storage, CCS), but also CO2 capture and utilisation (carbon capture and utilisation, CCU) as well as the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide removal, CDR). It is important to provide clarity when differentiating between these approaches and identifying their relation to so-called residual emissions and hard-to-abate emissions. This is particularly important because it will determine the overall ambition of climate policy as well as shape future policy designs and their distributional impacts. Current policy and legislative processes should ensure that carbon management does not delay the phase-out of fossil fuels. New policy initiatives present an opportunity to actively shape the interface between ambitious climate and industrial policy.
Subjects: 
Carbon Management
Carbon Capture and Storage
CCS
Carbon Capture and Utilization
CCU
Carbon Dioxide Removal
CDR
BECCS
DACCS
residual emissions
hard-to-abate emmission
Net Zero Industry Act
Carbon Dioxide Removal
climate policy
climate protection
net-zero target
net-negative emissions
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Document Type: 
Research Report

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