This brief aims to explain the underlying energy justice and corporate accountability principles of the Carbon Takeback Obligation, and their role in creation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) policy. It addresses calls by advocates to shift attention upstream to focus on supply-side climate policy possibilities and hold producers accountable for their emissions.
Carbon Storage as an Issue of Corporate Responsibility: A Justice Perspective on the Carbon Takeback Obligation
Publication details
Carbon dioxide removal
Policy paper
Ardiff, Rachel Boot, Mirte Sundvor, Ingrid
2024
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