Exploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in China
Abstract Limiting global warming to within 1.5 °C might require large-scale deployment of premature negative emission technologies with potentially adverse effects on the key sustainable development goals. Biochar has been proposed as an established technology for carbon sequestration with co-benefi...
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| author | Xu Deng Fei Teng Minpeng Chen Zhangliu Du Bin Wang Renqiang Li Pan Wang |
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| description | Abstract Limiting global warming to within 1.5 °C might require large-scale deployment of premature negative emission technologies with potentially adverse effects on the key sustainable development goals. Biochar has been proposed as an established technology for carbon sequestration with co-benefits in terms of soil quality and crop yield. However, the considerable uncertainties that exist in the potential, cost, and deployment strategies of biochar systems at national level prevent its deployment in China. Here, we conduct a spatially explicit analysis to investigate the negative emission potential, economics, and priority deployment sites of biochar derived from multiple feedstocks in China. Results show that biochar has negative emission potential of up to 0.92 billion tons of CO2 per year with an average net cost of US$90 per ton of CO2 in a sustainable manner, which could satisfy the negative emission demands in most mitigation scenarios compatible with China’s target of carbon neutrality by 2060. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e15499e94fb42bcaa756244cb2a7a422024-03-05T19:43:43ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-02-0115111110.1038/s41467-024-45314-yExploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in ChinaXu Deng0Fei Teng1Minpeng Chen2Zhangliu Du3Bin Wang4Renqiang Li5Pan Wang6Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua UniversityInstitute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua UniversitySchool of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of ChinaCollege of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural UniversityInstitute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of SciencesKey Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of SciencesAbstract Limiting global warming to within 1.5 °C might require large-scale deployment of premature negative emission technologies with potentially adverse effects on the key sustainable development goals. Biochar has been proposed as an established technology for carbon sequestration with co-benefits in terms of soil quality and crop yield. However, the considerable uncertainties that exist in the potential, cost, and deployment strategies of biochar systems at national level prevent its deployment in China. Here, we conduct a spatially explicit analysis to investigate the negative emission potential, economics, and priority deployment sites of biochar derived from multiple feedstocks in China. Results show that biochar has negative emission potential of up to 0.92 billion tons of CO2 per year with an average net cost of US$90 per ton of CO2 in a sustainable manner, which could satisfy the negative emission demands in most mitigation scenarios compatible with China’s target of carbon neutrality by 2060.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45314-y |
| spellingShingle | Xu Deng Fei Teng Minpeng Chen Zhangliu Du Bin Wang Renqiang Li Pan Wang Exploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in China Nature Communications |
| title | Exploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in China |
| title_full | Exploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in China |
| title_fullStr | Exploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in China |
| title_short | Exploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in China |
| title_sort | exploring negative emission potential of biochar to achieve carbon neutrality goal in china |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45314-y |
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