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Incentivising bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) responsibly: Comparing stakeholder policy preferences in the United Kingdom and Sweden
Department of Geography, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies, Tema Environmental Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, CSPR.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1912-5538
Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
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2021 (English)In: Environmental Science and Policy, ISSN 1462-9011, E-ISSN 1873-6416, Vol. 116, p. 47-55Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plays a central role in scenario pathways that limit global warming in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Yet deliberate policy efforts to incentivise BECCS—whether through amending existing climate policies or introducing entirely new ones—remain rare. In this paper, we contend that BECCS must be incentivised responsibly, through policy-making processes which account for diverse and geographically varying societal values and interests. More specifically, we make the case for responsible incentivisation by undertaking a comparative analysis of stakeholder attitudes to four idealised policy scenarios for BECCS, including representatives of government, business, nongovernmental and academic communities, in the UK and Sweden. The scenarios were: business as usual; international policy reform; national BECCS policy; and national policy for negative emissions technologies. Based on our findings, we recommend that policymakers 1) recognise the need to develop new incentives and make enabling reforms to existing policy instruments; 2) consider the risk of mitigation deterrence in their real world (and not abstracted) contexts; 3) employ multi-instrument approaches to incentivisation that do not overly rely on carbon pricing or 4) force a choice between technology specific or technology neutral policies; and 5) attend to the diversity of stakeholder and wider public perspectives that will ultimately determine the success—or failure—of their policy designs.

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Elsevier, 2021. Vol. 116, p. 47-55
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Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, Carbon dioxide removal, Climate policy, Greenhouse gas removal, Negative emissions, Stakeholder attitudes
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Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-171584DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.09.022ISI: 000613404800006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85096390113OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-171584DiVA, id: diva2:1503348
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Funding: ClimateWorks under the Greenhouse gas Removal Instruments and Policies (GRIP) project [16-0954]; University of Oxford ESRC IAA Kick Starting Impact Award [1903-KICK-446]; Swedish Energy AgencySwedish Energy Agency [46036-1, 46222-1]

Available from: 2020-11-24 Created: 2020-11-24 Last updated: 2021-12-28Bibliographically approved

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