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There is increasing impetus for large-scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal geoengineering approaches to help keep temperatures to below 2 °C, as provided for under the Paris Agreement. The primary option that has been discussed to date is Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). While BECCS could sequester very large amounts of carbon dioxide, it also poses substantial socio-economic risks to society, as well as threats to biodiversity. This essay suggests that a human rights-based approach can help to protect the interests of those who might be adversely impacted by BECCS deployment.
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Burns, W., Nicholson, S. Bioenergy and carbon capture with storage (BECCS): the prospects and challenges of an emerging climate policy response. J Environ Stud Sci 7, 527–534 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-017-0445-6
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