Briefing
Journal Papers
Towards a cultural political economy of mitigation deterrence by negative emissions technologies (NETs) , Markusson N., McLaren D. and D. Tyfield 2018 In: Global Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2018.10
Beyond “Net-Zero”: A Case for Separate Targets for Emissions Reduction and Negative Emissions , McLaren, D., Tyfield, D., Willis, R., Szerszynski, B. and N. Markusson 2019 In: Frontiers in Climate 1:4. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2019.00004
The co-evolution of technological promises, modelling, policies and climate change targets , McLaren, D. and N. Markusson 2020, In: Nature Climate Change. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0740-1
Quantifying the potential scale of mitigation deterrence from greenhouse gas removal techniques , McLaren, D. 2020, In: Climatic Change. doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02732-3
Social science sequestered , Markusson, N., Balta-Ozkan, N., Chilvers, J., Healey, P., Reiner, D., and D. McLaren 2020, In: Frontiers in Climate. doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2020.00002
Life in the hole: Practices and emotions in the cultural political economy of mitigation deterrence , Markusson, N., McLaren, D., Szerszynski, B., Tyfield, D., Willis, R. 13/03/2022 In: European Journal of Futures Research. 10, 1. doi.org/10.1186/s40309-021-00186-z
Attractions of delay: Using deliberative engagement to investigate the political and strategic impacts of greenhouse gas removal technologies , McLaren, D., Willis, R., Szerszynski, B., Tyfield, D., Markusson, N. 13/12/2021 In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 22 p. doi.org/10.1177/25148486211066238
Taking deliberative research online: Lessons from four case studies , Willis, R., Yuille, A., Bryant, P.E., McLaren, D., Markusson, N. 29/12/2021 In: Qualitative Research. doi.org/10.1177/14687941211063483
Working papers
Previous Publications
Mitigation deterrence and the “moral hazard” of solar radiation management , McLaren, D. 20/12/2016 In: Earth’s Future. 4, 12, p. 596-602. 7 p.
The political economy of technical fixes: the (mis)alignment of clean fossil and political regimes , Markusson, N.O., Gjefsen, M.D., Stephens, J., Tyfield, D.P. 01/2017 In: Energy Research and Social Science. 23, p. 1-10. 10 p.
Blog posts, podcasts and media items
UK launches ‘world first’ research programme into negative emissions , Carbon Brief
What on earth is mitigation deterrence? If you care about climate, you need to know , Rebecca Willis
A false promise? , LEC blog
After the pledge: Scientists scramble to make politicians’ climate goal a reality , Christian Monitor
How the pernicious promises of imaginary carbon removal harm essential climate action , Duncan McLaren
Exaggerating how much CO2 can be absorbed by tree planting risks deterring crucial climate action , Duncan McLaren, The Conversation
Trees: one way to tackle climate change? , Duncan McLaren, Shell, The Energy Podcast
When essential research might be a bad thing. The carbon removal research dilemma , Nils Markusson and Duncan McLaren, FCEA blog
The problem with net-zero emissions targets , Duncan McLaren, Carbon Brief guest post
A Case for Separate Emissions Reduction and Negative Emissions , Duncan McLaren, NORI podcast
A brief history of climate targets and technological promises , Duncan McLaren, Carbon Brief guest post
Carbon Removal: The dangers of mitigation deterrence , Duncan McLaren, C2G Guest post