Carbon removal: Why ambitious ’no nonsense‘ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2°C
by Christian Turney, Lennart Bach, Philip Boyd, The Conversation on phys.org, September 24
„Despite the changes we are seeing, global efforts to cut emissions fall well short of what’s needed to keep heating to less than 2℃, let alone the more ambitious Paris Agreement target of 1.5℃. This creates an urgent need for the purposeful removal of atmospheric CO₂ as well as cuts in emissions. In a recent article in Nature, we argue for a different approach to pricing carbon. It should take into account how it is removed from the atmosphere, for how long, and with what confidence. This will help fund the most promising technologies for reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.“