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MCC Newsletter December 2024

Attention and positive sentiments towards carbon dioxide removal have grown on social media over the past decade - Communications Earth & Environment

Discourse on carbon dioxide removal on social media has become positive over time, except for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, with 31 percent of tweets from infrequent users, which make up 78 percent of all users, according to an analysis of Twitter (now X) data from 2010 to 2022.

It’s time: MCC will be part of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research from early 2025

Continuing the success story after 12 years of funding by Stiftung Mercator. “Climate Economics and Policy – MCC Berlin” to be the fifth research department.

Es ist soweit: Das MCC wird Anfang 2025 Teil des Potsdam-Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung

Fortschreibung der Erfolgsgeschichte nach zwölf Jahren Förderung durch die Stiftung Mercator. „Klimaökonomie und Politik – MCC Berlin“ als fünfte Forschungsabteilung.

The Economics of Carbon Dioxide Removal: A Governance Perspective

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is becoming an emerging topic in climate policy. We review the nascent economic literature on the governance of CDR and discuss policy design and institutions. We first assess the role of CDR in climate policy portfolios that include abatement and adaptation. Cost saving technological progress could make CDR a game changer in climate policy: CDR creates new sectoral, intertemporal and international flexibilities, which reduce overall costs and allow returning to a temperature target after temporary overshooting.

Stopping climate change protects human health – a major project helps to pool the knowledge

The Wellcome Trust has commissioned a consortium led by MCC researchers to push the boundaries of research synthesis through artificial intelligence.

Computer-assisted screening in systematic evidence synthesis requires robust and well-evaluated stopping criteria - Systematic Reviews