An ecosystem of carbon dioxide removal reviews to inform research, policy and practice
Editorial Material
Fyson, C, Hamann, C, Stephan, L et al. (2026). An ecosystem of carbon dioxide removal reviews to inform research, policy and practice
. Energy and Environmental Sciences, 10.1039/d6ee90079h
Fyson, C, Hamann, C, Stephan, L et al. (2026). An ecosystem of carbon dioxide removal reviews to inform research, policy and practice
. Energy and Environmental Sciences, 10.1039/d6ee90079h
As the world approaches 1.5 °C of warming, the need to quickly and sustainably scale-up carbon dioxide removal (CDR) becomes ever more pressing. The literature base for CDR is growing rapidly, and evidence-informed decision-making will increasingly require up-to-date and comprehensive syntheses of the state of knowledge. We describe here a new community effort to synthesise the scientific evidence on CDR in the form of an “Ecosystem of Systematic Reviews on CDR” (ESROC). ESROC is a suite of interdependent systematic reviews on different CDR options and cross-cutting themes (such as removal potentials, costs and side-effects) each authored by a group of leading international experts and following harmonised research protocols. We outline the rationale for this initiative and the approaches used to efficiently and consistently synthesise the vast knowledge base, and consider the outlook for living evidence synthesis in climate change research. Our aim is to inform potential users about the community effort, generate interest in collaboration, and inform other coordinated climate change evidence synthesis efforts.
