CarbonShot: Creating Options for Carbon Removal at Scale in the United States

New WRI research finds that the United States needs to make large-scale investments in carbon removal in the coming years if the country is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. This working paper identifies a consolidated set of high-priority, near-term, federal policy options for advancing carbon removal pathways.

This paper explores the potential for carbon removal from forests and farms in the United States.

This paper explores the potential for technological approaches to carbon removal in the United States.

This paper offers a primer for U.S. policymakers and the climate community on foundational questions associated with carbon removal.