Carbon Dioxide Removal is not just about designing new technologies, but also a subject of politics, especially upon implementation, when citizens are asked to accept these new technologies. CDR features in both the past and present of climate politics in complex, even contradictory ways. And because it can be deployed strategically and discursively by actors with varied intentions and interests, CDR brings with it a host of social and political considerations.

In this webinar, Dr. Petra Dolata (Associate Professor, University of Calgary) and Dr. Mack Penner (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary) will talk about the relationship between CDR and the politics of climate change. Using both historical examples and theoretical insight, they will discuss how the humanities offer a disciplinary vantage from which CDR can, and indeed must, be understood if it is to serve its purpose in reducing carbon emissions and slowing the climate crisis.

This session is part of the CanCO2Re webinar series, which brings together experts from across disciplines to advance Canada's understanding of carbon dioxide removal. The series is a program of the CanCO2Re initiative, a national research effort that connects researchers across 11 fields of study, from engineering and climate science to law, economics, and communications, through institutions including the University of Calgary, University of Alberta, University of Toronto, Simon Fraser University, and the Pembina Institute.