Source: What does the latest IPCC report say about carbon capture? – Clean Air Task Force
…The big takeaway
WGIII makes clear that avoiding the worst effects of climate change relies on two overarching strategies: first, preventing as much greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as possible from reaching the atmosphere (with solutions that include carbon capture) and second, removing carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere (with solutions that include carbon dioxide removal). Under those two strategies exist a range of technologies each with their merits and drawbacks. The benefit of carbon capture is that it can implement both strategies in a significant way.
It’s clear that we need a lot of carbon capture to keep global warming in check. The more policymakers understand the implications of WGIII’s AR6 contribution, the more they should understand the urgent need to ensure these technologies are developed and commercialized as a viable decarbonization technology option for widescale deployment.
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