Carbon Removal - (MIT Press Essential Knowledge) by Howard J Herzog & Niall Mac Dowell (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

How technology and policy can come together to remove carbon from our atmosphere.

Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is recognized as essential for meeting "net-zero" climate targets. The first definitive resource on CDR, this book is an accessible guide meant to provide a fundamental understanding of the science behind CDR and how government, industry, and academia can work together to combat climate change. Taking a deep dive into the history and intricacies of CDR, Howard Herzog and Niall Mac Dowell--preeminent experts in the field--provide key insights into what CDR may look like as we continue to face a warming globe.

Carbon Removal explores the rapidly evolving world of CDR, presenting the technological pathways of enhancing the land sink, biomass-based carbon capture and storage, engineered removal methods, and ocean-based carbon removal. The authors also discuss the barriers facing CDR as well as the ethical implications of this process. Carbon Removal is a timely, vital book that illuminates the technologies, policies, and markets that can remove carbon from the atmosphere to help us reach our "net-zero" climate targets.

About the Author

Howard J. Herzog is Senior Research Engineer in the MIT Energy Initiative. He ran an industrial consortium on CCS (Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage) from 2000 to 2016, served as a US delegate to the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum's Technical Group from 2003 to 2007, and was a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Special Report on CCS (2005).
Niall Mac Dowell is Professor in Energy Systems Engineering at Imperial College London and a Fellow of both the IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) and RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry). He was awarded the Qatar Petroleum medal for his research in 2010 and the IChemE's Nicklin and Junior Moulton medals for his work on low carbon energy in 2015 and 2021, respectively.