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Planning for equitable carbon removal governance

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With growing investment in technological options for durable, large-scale carbon removal projects, there is an opportunity for planners to consider what equitable models of carbon removal development and deployment might look like in practice.

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The author thanks S. Nawaz and G. Belotti at American University’s Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal for their thoughtful feedback on earlier drafts of this manuscript.

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Caggiano, H. Planning for equitable carbon removal governance. Nat. Rev. Clean Technol. 1, 309–310 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44359-025-00058-w

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