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Temporary carbon-sequestration and carbon-storage projects help offset fossil-fuel carbon emissions, but how effective are they?

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Figure 1: Temporary carbon storage assessed with the Lashof method12.

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A.L., P.L., M.M. and R.S. acknowledge the financial support of the International Chair in Life Cycle Assessment partners. M.B. acknowledges the financial support of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, CIRAIG, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, stn. Centre-ville, Montréal, H3C 3A7, Québec, Canada

    Annie Levasseur, Pascal Lesage & Réjean Samson

  2. Sustainability Assessment Unit, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra (VA), Italy

    Miguel Brandão & David Pennington

  3. Centre for Environmental Strategy, School of Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, Surrey, UK

    Miguel Brandão & Roland Clift

  4. Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering, CIRAIG, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, stn. Centre-ville, Montréal, H3C 3A7, Québec, Canada

    Manuele Margni

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Levasseur, A., Brandão, M., Lesage, P. et al. Valuing temporary carbon storage. Nature Clim Change 2, 6–8 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1335

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