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Wil Burns

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Dr. Wil Burns serves as the Founding Co-Director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University and is a Professor in the School of International Service. Wil has held several teaching positions in renowned universities, including Johns Hopkins University, where he was the founding Director of the Energy Policy & Climate program, the University of California-Berkeley, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago. His primary research focuses on carbon dioxide removal approaches to combat climate change, solar geoengineering, and the loss and damage provisions of the Paris Agreement.

Wil Burns

Jul 10 2026

The potential role of state and local governments to drive the scale-up of carbon dioxide removal

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Public Governance · Sustainability Law

Federal support for carbon removal is retreating and the voluntary market runs on one buyer, which leaves states and cities as the sector's most promising champions

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Jun 08 2026

Climate Change · Effects

TOP 10 Most-Read Thought Leaders in Climate Change

Wil Burns

Apr 24 2026

Carbon Capture & Storage · Carbon Removal

Denmark and the role of CCS in climate policymaking: Lessons from the Danish CCS tender process

Wil Burns

Jul 31 2025

Water · Climate Change

ICJ climate opinion & Small Island States’ rights

Wil Burns

Jul 15 2025

Carbon · Carbon Capture & Storage

The EU's climate law amendment: can it help carbon dioxide removal?

Wil Burns

Jun 03 2025

Biodiversity · Nature

Woody biomass burial

Wil Burns

Apr 09 2025

Carbon · Carbon Removal

Is federal oversight needed for carbon dioxide pipeline development?

Wil Burns

Jan 30 2025

Carbon Removal · Carbon

Article 6 and its potential role in scaling carbon dioxide removal

Wil Burns

Dec 26 2024

Biomass · Renewables

Marine biomass carbon removal and storage: sink it and forget it?

Sara Nawaz

Sep 19 2024

Environmental Sustainability · Carbon

EPA’s regulation of new marine carbon dioxide removal research should require much better public engagement

Wil Burns

Aug 28 2024

Environmental Sustainability · Carbon

SB 308: Seeking to deepen California’s commitment to carbon dioxide removal

Wil Burns

Jul 05 2024

Climate Change · Environmental Sustainability

Is cloud brightening a sensible way to combat climate change?

Wil Burns

May 09 2024

Environmental Sustainability · Carbon

What sectors do we invest in to drive robust carbon removal?

Wil Burns

Aug 23 2023

Biodiversity · Nature

The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction treaty and its implications for marine-based carbon dioxide removal

Wil Burns

Mar 21 2023

Carbon Removal · Oil & Gas

Don’t rule out enhanced oil recovery in carbon dioxide removal policymaking

Wil Burns

Jul 13 2022

Environmental Sustainability · Climate Change

Can kelp help? The potential role of “ocean afforestation”

Wil Burns

Mar 09 2022

Environmental Sustainability · Carbon Removal

A bid to provide market support to scale durable carbon removal: New York’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act

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