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The net zero approach of the Paris agreement has become detached from reality as it increasingly relies on science fiction levels of speculative technology.
‘Beccs’ faces lots of problems. A global switch away from meat could help address them.
The UK’s largest wood-burning power plant is to trial bioenergy with carbon capture and storage – but will it do enough to cut emissions?
Research shows large-scale reliance on carbon capture risks postponing climate action too far into the future.
Removing carbon from the atmosphere is as much a social problem as a technical one.
Listen to the second episode of a new series from The Anthill Podcast ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
Energy Minister Angus Taylor is this week expected to release the government’s first Low Emissions Technology Statement. It’s likely to include ways to remove CO₂ from the air – but do they work?
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