Start / The Land & Climate Podcast / What is beccs and what does it mean for climate policy

What is BECCS and what does it mean for climate policy?

61 min • 3 september 2021

Alasdair speaks to Dr Dan Quiggin, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House currently researching the implications of using Bioenergy with Capture and Storage or BECCS .

He then asks Ember, Chief Operating Officer, Phil MacDonald [NB after 43mins] for his analysis of negative emissions, BECCS and Dr Quiggin's findings.

They reach sobering conclusions about the potential impact of pursuing BECCS to remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Click here for our website to read all our most recent Land and Climate Review features and pieces.

Senaste avsnitt

Chatham House's Duncan Brack on the huge emissions from burning US wood overseas

8 december 2021 | 36 min

Edward Struzik on the urgent need to restore our peatlands

19 november 2021 | 31 min

Is Drax UK's single biggest CO2 emitter?

2 november 2021 | 17 min

Is Sweden's forestry model sustainable, or greenwash?

8 oktober 2021 | 16 min