Scholars@Duke
Celina M Scott-Buechler

Celina M Scott-Buechler

Accenture Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
celina.scott-buechler@duke.edu
201 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Navigating uncertainty: direct air capture and just transition perspectives in Gulf Coast communities

Journal Article Environmental Research Letters · September 1, 2025 Direct air capture (DAC) projects are emerging in the Gulf Coast region of the United States, driven by recent private sector interest and federal funding. However, the role of these projects in facilitating a just transition for fossil fuel-dependent comm ... Full text Cite

Carbon removal for a just transition

Journal Article Climate Policy · July 3, 2025 Full text Cite

Correction to: Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States (Communications Earth & Environment, (2024), 5, 1, (175), 10.1038/s43247-024-01334-6)

Journal Article Communications Earth and Environment · December 1, 2024 Correction to: Communications Earth & Environmenthttps://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01334-6, published online 3 April 2024 The original version of this article contained an error in Fig. 2, in which the “high benefits” estimate was −0.033 and standard erro ... Full text Cite

Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States

Journal Article Communications Earth and Environment · December 1, 2024 Direct air capture has gained traction as a method for carbon dioxide removal. How and whether direct air capture can be deployed requires securing social license to operate, and increasingly demands environmental justice and just transition principles. He ... Full text Cite

Early engagement will be necessary for atmospheric methane removal field trials

Journal Article Environmental Research Letters · November 1, 2024 Atmospheric methane removal (AMR) refers to a suite of emerging technologies and practices that destroy atmospheric methane. There is growing interest in AMR field trials to better understand the risks and benefits of various approaches. Building on rights ... Full text Cite

An earth system governance research agenda for carbon removal

Journal Article Earth System Governance · January 2024 Full text Cite

Algal solutions: Transforming marine aquaculture from the bottom up for a sustainable future.

Journal Article PLoS biology · October 2022 Today's global food production system is unsustainable. Shifting the focus of marine aquaculture down the food chain to algae could help meet projected global nutritional demands while simultaneously improving overall environmental sustainability and ocean ... Full text Cite

TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE OF MARINE AQUACULTURE A CIRCULAR ECONOMY APPROACH

Journal Article Oceanography · September 1, 2022 By mid-century, society will need to significantly intensify the out-put of its food production system while simultaneously reducing that system’s detrimental impacts on climate, land use, freshwater resources, and biodiversity. This will require finding a ... Full text Cite