Environmentalists have long been sceptical of carbon capture and storage, which began in the oil and gas industry. But there’s nothing else like it for storing emissions from industry.
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The global carbon removal industry must be drastically scaled up to avert climate breakdown.
Planting trees to remove carbon from the atmosphere will only be effective alongside other strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
We argue for an orderly transition from ‘timber mining’ to managed forestry in the tropics. Here’s a five-step plan to improve forest fates, with benefits for the climate, biodiversity and people.
Global efforts to cut emissions fall well short of what’s needed to avoid dangerous warming. It’s becoming essential to develop carbon-removal strategies to get to net zero.
CCS remains a ‘handy excuse’ for extracting more fossil fuels, our review indicates.
The best thing to do is to stop emitting carbon. However, preserving a safe climate will likely require us to go further.
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