scholarly journals Farmers' attitudes towards, and intentions to adopt, agroforestry on farms in lowland South-East and East England.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Felton ◽  
Philip Jones ◽  
Richard Tranter ◽  
Joanna Clark ◽  
Tristan Quaife ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Land Loss ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Run Off ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Biogenic Carbon ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
And Storage

Abstract Agroforestry (AF) is a land use that incorporates trees into the production of agricultural crops and/or livestock on the same piece of land. As such, AF has the potential to contribute to national biogenic carbon capture and storage, improved soil structure and function that helps to reduce soil erosion and surface run-off and improved financial returns to farmers with minimal land loss to agriculture. To date, there has been very little uptake of AF in the UK despite awareness of these benefits and the availability of policies to support adoption. This suggests that there are barriers to the adoption of AF that policy, or market developments, have yet to address. This study set out to identify these barriers, along with potential drivers to further uptake of AF in South-East and East lowland England by means of a survey of 224 farmers and landowners in 2019 covering a range of farm sizes and types. We found that nearly 60% might consider planting small areas of AF, with plantations being the most preferred option. When raised to the regional level, this would take-up around 4.5% of the total farmed area. Financial reasons were behind some of the reluctance to plant, as well as a view that trees might interfere with other farm operations. This suggests that for AF to be a tool to help the UK Government reach their woodland planting goal to achieve their net-zero target by 2050, farmers will need both planting grants and maintenance payments if they are to plant more AF.

scholarly journals The need for a Net Zero Principles Framework to support public policy at local, regional and national levels

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 627-634
Author(s):  
Karen Turner ◽  
Antonios Katris ◽  
Julia Race
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Local Areas ◽  
Zero Carbon ◽  
Near Term ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Do So

Many nations have committed to midcentury net zero carbon emissions targets in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. These require systemic transition in how people live and do business in different local areas and regions within nations. Indeed, in recognition of the climate challenge, many regional and city authorities have set their own net zero targets. What is missing is a grounded principles framework to support what will inevitably be a range of broader public policy actions, which must in turn consider pathways that are not only technically, but economically, socially and politically feasible. Here, we attempt to stimulate discussion on this issue. We do so by making an initial proposition around a set of generic questions that should challenge any decarbonisation action, using the example of carbon capture and storage to illustrate the importance and complexity of ensuring feasibility of actions in a political economy arena. We argue that this gives rise to five fundamental ‘Net Zero Principles’ around understanding of who really pays and gains, identifying pathways that deliver growing and equitable prosperity, some of which can deliver near-term economic returns, while avoiding outcomes that simply involve ‘off-shoring’ of emissions, jobs and gross domestic product.

Stakeholder Interests and the Evolution of Uk Ccs Policy

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 425-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Littlecott
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Stakeholder Interests ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Storage

It is often recognised that the UK benefits from positive technical advantages that could assist in the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, yet policy efforts to secure demonstration projects have faltered over recent years. This commentary article draws on practical experience of cross-sectoral cooperation to explore how different stakeholder interests have aligned in support of CCS, strengthening the case for UK action. A framework for considering stakeholder interests is set out, and informs an analysis of successive waves of government policy making. Implications for forthcoming policy developments are thereby identified.

scholarly journals The Endurance CO2 storage site, Blocks 42/25 and 43/21, UK North Sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon G. Gluyas ◽  
Usman Bagudu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Co2 Storage ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Lower Triassic ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Storage Site ◽  
Sandstone Formation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Storage

AbstractThe Endurance, four-way, dip-closed structure in UK Blocks 42/25 and 43/21 occurs over a salt swell diapir and within Triassic and younger strata. The Lower Triassic Bunter Sandstone Formation reservoir within the structure was tested twice for natural gas (in 1970 and 1990) but both wells were dry. The reservoir is both thick and high quality and, as such, an excellent candidate site for subsurface CO2 storage.In 2013 a consortium led by National Grid Carbon drilled an appraisal well on the structure and undertook an injection test ahead of a planned development of Endurance as the first bespoke storage site on the UK Continental Shelf with an expected injection rate of 2.68 × 106 t of dense phase CO2 each year for 20 years. The site was not developed following the UK Government's removal of financial support for carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects, but it is hoped with the recent March 2020 Budget that government support for CCS may now be back on track.

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