Former Evans Visiting Scholar and CSDE Affiliate Ann Bostrom Co-Author Research Article in Energy Research & Social Science
Posted: 8/22/2024 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Affiliate Ann Bostrom and Former Evans Visiting Scholar Daniel Sloot published a research article in Energy Research & Social Science titled, “The role of framing in public support for direct air capture: A moral hazard survey experiment in the United States.” Dr. Sloot and Dr. Bostrom explain that the key to limiting global warming will likely require “removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and keeping it out of the atmosphere by sequestering it.” There is a crucial need for public support for the rapid upscaling of carbon removal and sequestration. However, there has been a concern that public support for these negative emissions technologies (NETs) will be impeded by the moral hazard that these NETs could compromise mitigation efforts and therefore should be avoided. Building on previous research, Sloot and Bostrom investigate the effects of four novel ways of framing the use of direct air capture (DAC), a form of carbon removal from the atmosphere that is currently of broad interest. Findings suggest concern about moral hazard is overrated. Read the rest of their article to learn more.