Lee Beck

Climate Change Environmental Sustainability

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Lee Beck is Clean Air Task Force’s International Director for Carbon Capture where she leads strategy, program, and team, which is represented in the US, Europe, and the Middle East.

Eadbhard Pernot

Jun 10 2022

EU pioneers carbon removals certification: Key recommendations and principles

Illuminem Voices

Environmental Sustainability · Climate Change

Doubling down on its global climate leadership, the European Union (EU) is pioneering a certification mechanism for carbon dioxide removals (CDR). While policymakers must continue to focus on rapid, near-term reduction of emissions, it has become abundantly clear that the world will need to draw large amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere through CDR.

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Why Europe needs a climate-forward innovation policy

Lee Beck

Dec 03 2021

Why Europe needs a climate-forward innovation policy

Environmental Sustainability

How can we get carbon removal technologies to Gigaton scale, so it is available as a decarbonisation option? History has taught us that scaling technologies takes decades – time we do not have as the clock is ticking while the climate crisis rages. We need to get the policy framework right today, and there are two significant gaps to fill: commercialization and accounting.

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Lee Beck

Dec 03 2021