Carbon removal beyond the trees
The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it seems to make people feel more negative towards other techniques, when presented with a range of options for carbon removal. Such a bias could hamper development of a broad and socially-robust portfolio of carbon removal options.
Authors
- Sean Low (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3654-5964)
- Laurie Waller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8071-4908)
- Emily Cox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-3691)
- Elspeth Spence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9529-6339)
- Nick Pidgeon
- Rob Bellamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9592-705X)
- Chad M. Baum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-5518)
- Livia Fritz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7710-2193)
Institutions
- Aarhus University (DK)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (GB)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- University of Wales (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Earth & Environment
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02226-z
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.60
Funders
- Leverhulme Trust
- Natural Environment Research Council