Carbon Mitigation

_{last update May 28, 2012 (ng)}

Prof. Nicolas Gruber (nicolas.gruber@env.ethz.ch),
Prof. N. Buchmann (nina.buchmann@ipw.agrl.ethz.ch),

Tuesday 13:15-15:00, CHN E42

Program FS 2012

link to pdf file of the program (27/2/2012) [40 kb]

Presentations 2011:

1) Introduction and outline: Gruber (2/27/2012) [pdf file 4.2 Mb]

2) Carbon sinks on land: Merbold/Buchmann (3/6/2012) [pdf file 30.0 Mb !!]

3) Ocean sequestration: Gruber (3/13/2012) [pdf file 3.9 Mb]

4) Geological sequestration: Mazzotti (3/20/2012) [pdf file 32.7 Mb]

5a) CO2 capture from air: Gebald & Wurzbacher (3/27/2012) [pdf file 5.8 Mb]

5b) Public perception : Siegrist (3/27/2012) [pdf file 4.1 Mb]

6) Economic aspects of carbon mitigation: Schubert (4/3/2012) [pdf file 0.4 MB]

7) Kyoto Protocol and the emerging carbon market: Hoffmann/Schmidt (4/17/2012) [pdf file 0.8 MB]

8) Adapation and Mitigation: the governmentʼs perspective: Hohmann [pdf file] /Burkard [pdf file] (4/24/2012)

9) South Pole Carbon Asset Management: Heuberger (5/08/2012) [pdf file 1.7 Mb]

10) Summary discussion (5/29/2012) [pdf file 5 Mb]

Groups:

A) CDR: Afforestation
B) CDR: Blue Carbon
C) CDR: Iron Fertilization
D) CCS: Storage in Aquifers
E) CCS: CO2 capture from air
F) CCS: Mineral carbonation

download list as a pdf file (including e-mail addresses)

Program FS 2011 (link)

Program FS 2010 (link)

Program FS 2009 (link)

Program FS 2008 (link)

Literature:

• Pacala, S, and S. Soclow, 2004. Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies, Science, 305, 968-972. [pdf file]
  
  
• Caldeira, K., G. Morgan, D. Baldocchi, P. Brewer, C.-T. Arthur Chen, G.-J. Nabuurs, N. Nakicenovic, P. Robertson, A portfolio of carbon management options, in "The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World", A SCOPE report (Scientific Committee on Problems in the Environment) C. Field and M. Raupach, editors (pp. 103-129, Island Press, Washington DC) 2004.
  
  
• Raupach, M.R., J. G. Canadell, D.C.E. Bakker, P. Ciais, M.H. Sanz, J.Y. Fang. J.M. Melillo, P. Romero Lankao, J.A. Sathaye, E.-D. Schulze, P. Smith, J. Tschirley, 2004. Interactions between CO2 stabilization pathways and requirements for a sustainable Earth System, in "The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World", A SCOPE report (Scientific Committee on Problems in the Environment) C. Field and M. Raupach, editors (pp. 131-162, Island Press, Washington DC) 2004.
  
  
• IPCC, 2001: Working Group 3 on Mitigation: Summary for Policymakers, available from http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg3/index.htm
  
  
• Keller, 2008. Packen wirs ein, Das Magazin, 05.01.08, 2008. [pdf file]
  
  
• IPCC, 2005: IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. Prepared by Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Metz, B., O. Davidson, H. C. de Coninck, M. Loos, and L. A. Meyer (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 442 pp. available from http://arch.rivm.nl/env/int/ipcc/pages_media/SRCCS-final/IPCCSpecialReportonCarbondioxideCaptureandStorage.htm
  
  
• Jones, 2009. Sucking it up. Nature, 458, 1094-1097. [pdf file]
  
  
• Bachu, S. 2008, CO2 storage in geological media: Role, means, status and
  barriers to deployment, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 34, 254–273. [pdf file]
  

See also several articles in ETH Bulletin 293 [pdf file 5.2 Mb]