It's not too late – carbon removal tech can still solve
SIR DAVID KING AND SWARE SEMESI ‘23, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS - 09/21/23, “We’re past the point of no return on climate emissions — it’s time we turn to carbon removal,” THE HILL, accessed July 10, 2024, https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4213981-were-past-the-point-of-no-return-on-climate-emissions-its-time-we-turn-to-carbon-removal/
New tools are urgently needed to restore the climate and repair the ocean, particularly carbon dioxide removal, including potential ocean-based pathways.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made clear that large-scale carbon dioxide removal will be needed this century to hold temperatures to a 1.5 degrees Celsius increase — the goal set out in the Paris Agreement. And if we aspire to ultimately re-cool the planet, carbon dioxide removal is the only tool that can remove the legacy carbon dioxide pollution that otherwise will stay in the atmosphere for hundreds or thousands of years.
Carbon dioxide removal refers to a variety of natural and engineered methods to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and the upper layer of the ocean. These techniques range from tree planting and soil carbon sequestration practices to industrial processes that filter carbon out of the air and store it underground.