BECCS: negative emissions and the disput • Table.Briefings

To achieve the climate neutrality goal, the removal of CO2 from the air is indispensable. However, while the natural sinking capacity of forests and the like has been declining for years, technical solutions remain controversial. One way to combine the two: BECCS – bio energy with carbon capture and storage. But here, too, opinions are divided.

The goal is clear: By 2050, the European Union wants to be climate-neutral. But even beyond that, there will be emissions that cannot be avoided, for example, in agriculture, in the transport sector, but also in some branches of industry. The need for so-called negative emissions is, therefore, not a new insight. For a long time, however, it was assumed in climate policy that natural sinks, together with measures for reforestation or the rewetting of peatlands, would be sufficient to filter enough greenhouse gases out of the air.

BECCS: negative emissions and the dispute over the role of biomass

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