Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals
2 years, 2 months ago

Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren't being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on to meet crucial climate goals. The study concludes that novel carbon removal needs to increase 30-fold by 2030 to achieve the emissions reductions required to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius and ideally no more than 1.5 C by the end of the century. Achieving ‘net zero’ emissions by mid-century — a goal many countries are aiming for and experts say is necessary to meet the targets agreed in the 2015 Paris climate accord — would require an increase in carbon dioxide removal by a factor of 1,300 and few countries have realistic plans for doing so, the authors said. “We are really lagging behind significantly when it comes to carbon removal,” said study co-author Jan Minx of the Berlin-based Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change.

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Takeaways from Associated Press report on efforts to capture carbon in the ocean
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1 week ago

Takeaways from Associated Press report on efforts to capture carbon in the ocean

Associated Press  

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A growing industry is racing to engineer a solution to global warming using the absorbent power of the oceans. Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or more. Most of the ocean startups …

Dutch climate plan remains largely unchanged despite criticism from Council of State
1 week, 6 days ago

Dutch climate plan remains largely unchanged despite criticism from Council of State

NL Times  

The Dutch government’s climate plan, spearheaded by Climate Minister Sophie Hermans, remains largely unchanged despite sharp criticism from the Raad van State. A notable addition to the plan is the government’s endorsement of carbon removal as a means to combat climate change. Among the carbon removal methods cited by Hermans are air filtration systems, sustainable concrete that incorporates carbon as …

Peak emissions and carbon neutrality remain key targets
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Peak emissions and carbon neutrality remain key targets

China Daily  

China will take steps to respond to green trade barriers as it advances toward carbon neutrality, says the Government Work Report that was delivered at the opening of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress on Wednesday. The country will diligently work toward peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060, the report said. …

What is carbon capture?
1 month, 1 week ago

What is carbon capture?

The Hindu  

Global warming is the result of certain greenhouse gases — but especially carbon dioxide — building up in the air and preventing the planet from cooling as quickly as it would without them. Although some natural processes emit these gases, their build-up to dangerous levels is entirely due to emissions from human industrial activity, including the combustion of fossil fuels …

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen
3 months, 1 week ago

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen

BBC  

The controversial machine sending CO2 to the ocean and making hydrogen Equatic Equatic is among a wave of start-ups exploring how the ocean could be harnessed to capture and store carbon. "Marine CO2 removal is simply too risky," says Mary Church, geoengineering campaign manager at the Center for International Environmental Law, a non-profit environmental law firm based in Geneva, Switzerland. …

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports
4 months, 4 weeks ago

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports

Salon  

For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43% reduction by 2030. Yet according to a recent report by the United Nations agency tasked with tackling global warming, the planet is currently on track to just hit a measly 2.6% reduction in carbon emissions. …

Temporarily overshooting global climate targets could be more damaging than predicted: study
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Temporarily overshooting global climate targets could be more damaging than predicted: study

ABC  

Temporarily overshooting the world's current target for limiting global warming could still result in dire climate outcomes, such as rising sea levels, which are irreversible on human timescales, according to new research. Imperial College London climate scientist and study co-author Joeri Rogelj said an additional 0.1C in overshoot scenarios might sound manageable, but this was only a median figure. Many …

Project 2025 Would Drastically Cut Support for Carbon Removal
6 months, 1 week ago

Project 2025 Would Drastically Cut Support for Carbon Removal

Wired  

Over the past few years, the United States has become the go-to location for companies seeking to suck carbon dioxide out of the sky. Project 2025, the nearly thousand-page Heritage Foundation policy blueprint for a second Trump presidency, would dramatically roll back policies that support the DAC industry and carbon capture more generally. The Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership document …

European carbon removal specialists to support new projects in India
8 months, 2 weeks ago

European carbon removal specialists to support new projects in India

The Hindu  

A team of European carbon removal specialists launched an initiative on Tuesday to help Indian businesses develop projects that suck carbon dioxide out the atmosphere and mitigate global warming. The Amsterdam-based group, called remove, has raised more than 220 million euros to support carbon dioxide removal projects throughout Europe, and will now accept applications from Indian start-ups. Indian projects are …

Is this the key to combatting climate change? Scientists are using a giant vacuum in Iceland dubbed The Mammoth to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every year
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Is this the key to combatting climate change? Scientists are using a giant vacuum in Iceland dubbed The Mammoth to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every year

Daily Mail  

The Mammoth can remove the CO2 equivalent of 7,800 petrol cars each year Amongst all the complex science surrounding climate change, one possible solution sounds absurdly simple. Scientists have developed a massive vacuum in Iceland to suck up to 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air every single year The Mammoth, as the plant has been dubbed, uses 72 modular …

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Countries’ carbon removal plans not enough for 1.5C warming limit, study warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists have taken the UN’s approach of assessing the “emissions gap” between national climate protection plans and what is …

Britain must spend £30bn to strip CO2 from atmosphere and hit net zero, experts warn
11 months ago

Britain must spend £30bn to strip CO2 from atmosphere and hit net zero, experts warn

The Telegraph  

Britain must invest £30bn in a network of massive air cleansing systems designed to strip CO2 from the atmosphere if it is to reach net zero, a government-funded report has warned. The “direct air carbon capture systems” would remove up to 48 million tonnes of CO2 from the air each year and then pump it into disused oil and gas …

Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl flight shows what’s wrong with carbon removal
1 year, 1 month ago

Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl flight shows what’s wrong with carbon removal

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. “The worry is that carbon removal will be something we do so that business-as-usual can continue,” said Sara Nawaz, director of research at American University’s Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy. “We need a really big conversation reframe.” The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says carbon removal will be “required” …

Carbon capture, storage emerge as a contentious issue after COP28 meet
1 year, 3 months ago

Carbon capture, storage emerge as a contentious issue after COP28 meet

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A person points at a stack of trays holding treated limestone, used to absorb CO2 from the air, at Heirloom's new plant, in Tracy, California, on November 9. After the UN climate summit earlier this month agreed to slowly phase out fossil fuels to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, a mitigation measure known as carbon capture, utilisation …

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost
1 year, 3 months ago

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Why promise net zero emissions when you can go even lower, such as negative emissions? “It’s a huge challenge to become carbon neutral and then carbon negative and we are not yet there,” cautioned Kai Mykkänen, Finland’s environment minister, “but we are really targeting this.” For the rich Nordic country, the strategy is threefold. There …

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost
1 year, 3 months ago

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s a huge challenge to become carbon neutral and …

Why is carbon capture a hot topic at the COP28 summit?
1 year, 3 months ago

Why is carbon capture a hot topic at the COP28 summit?

Hindustan Times  

The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and coal responsible for warming the planet. “We call that a mitigation technology, a way to stop the increased concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere,” said …

What is carbon capture and how much of a solution is it after COP28?
1 year, 3 months ago

What is carbon capture and how much of a solution is it after COP28?

Associated Press  

An agreement at the United Nations-led climate conference to transition away from fossil fuels brought a measure of relief for climate activists, even as many said it doesn’t go far enough. Skeptics have said carbon capture has been oversold as a climate change solution so that the fossil fuel industry can keep burning lots of oil, coal and natural gas. …

COP28: What is Carbon Dioxide Removal? | Explained
1 year, 4 months ago

COP28: What is Carbon Dioxide Removal? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Ahead of the 2023 Climate Summit, the United Nations Environment Programme in a press release said that countries must go further than the current pledges under the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C with no or low overshoot during this century. According to the Emissions Gap report, delaying greenhouse gas emissions reduction will …

The U.S. has a controversial plan to store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests
1 year, 4 months ago

The U.S. has a controversial plan to store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests

NPR  

The U.S. has a controversial plan to store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests Enlarge this image toggle caption Julia Simon/NPR Julia Simon/NPR In recent years, lots of American companies have gotten behind a potential climate solution called carbon capture and storage, and the Biden administration has backed it with billions of dollars in tax incentives and direct investments. Sponsor …

IITM professor bags national award for research on carbon sequestration
1 year, 4 months ago

IITM professor bags national award for research on carbon sequestration

The Hindu  

Rajnish Kumar, a faculty member in the chemical engineering department of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, who has bagged the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award in the field of engineering for the year 2022, has been pursuing research on sequestering carbon dioxide, a process by which carbon is returned to earth. While design improvement in vehicles reduced the emission of …

The government may store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests
1 year, 4 months ago

The government may store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests

NPR  

The government may store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests Capturing carbon dioxide pollution and storing it underground is a controversial climate solution. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Both big industries and the Biden administration are promoting a possible climate solution that involves trapping carbon dioxide from smokestacks and storing it underground. JULIA SIMON, BYLINE: To understand why the U.S. Forest Service …

Geoengineering is not a quick climate fix, but a costly gamble
1 year, 7 months ago

Geoengineering is not a quick climate fix, but a costly gamble

The Hindu  

When soaring temperatures, extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires hit the headlines, people start asking for quick fixes to climate change. Geoengineering, theoretically, aims to restore that balance, either by removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or reflecting solar energy away from Earth. Some scientists have suggested going further and installing arrays of space mirrors that could reduce global temperature …

Billions are being invested in carbon removal strategies to fight global heating. Will they work?
1 year, 7 months ago

Billions are being invested in carbon removal strategies to fight global heating. Will they work?

Salon  

In August, the Biden Administration granted $1.2 billion in federal funding to kickstart a project intended to vacuum carbon dioxide up from the atmosphere to offset global warming. In an analysis of 11 projects included in the Department of Energy's 2010 carbon capture plan, seven never got off the ground, one imploded — yes, you read that right — one …

Germany’s climate effort to lag below 2030 targets, say experts
1 year, 7 months ago

Germany’s climate effort to lag below 2030 targets, say experts

Al Jazeera  

Germany aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 65 percent by 2030, on the road to greenhouse gas neutral by 2045. Germany’s greenhouse emissions gap will likely be more extensive than government estimates in 2030, even if reduction measures are fully implemented, a group of climate experts said. Berlin aims to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 65 percent by …

Energy Department announces largest-ever investment in ‘carbon removal’
1 year, 7 months ago

Energy Department announces largest-ever investment in ‘carbon removal’

Associated Press  

The Energy Department announced Friday it is awarding up to $1.2 billion to two projects to directly remove carbon dioxide from the air in what officials are calling the largest investment in “engineered carbon removal” in history. Claire Nelson, a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory said moving away from fossil fuels and producing the things we …

How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air
1 year, 7 months ago

How the Biden administration is pouring billions into technology that sucks carbon from the air

LA Times  

The Biden adminstration is funding projects by Occidental Petroleum and Climeworks that will remove carbon dioxide from the air. “If we deploy this at scale, this technology can help us make serious headway toward our net-zero emission goals.” Once operational, the hubs are expected to remove more than 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year from the atmosphere, …

What is carbon capture? How the UK government plans to slash the amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere by catching it and storing it under the North Sea
1 year, 7 months ago

What is carbon capture? How the UK government plans to slash the amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere by catching it and storing it under the North Sea

Daily Mail  

It has been billed as an innovative way to allow Britain to slash its greenhouse gas emissions. CCS is a technology designed to capture carbon emissions from power plants, industrial processes and other sources, and store them permanently underground WHAT IS CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE? Pictured, a carbon removal facility from Carbon Engineering, a Canadian-based clean energy company CCUS involves …

Carbon capture might finally work but taxpayers must not be burdened unnecessarily
1 year, 7 months ago

Carbon capture might finally work but taxpayers must not be burdened unnecessarily

The Telegraph  

The International Energy Agency has said carbon capture has so far “not lived up to its promise”, and questioned whether it will be able to play a major role in the transition to net zero by mid-century. The Climate Change Committee estimates carbon capture will be by far one of the most expensive green technologies by 2035. Getting carbon capture …

Reducing fossil fuel emissions might have greater climate benefits than afforestation: IISc study
1 year, 8 months ago

Reducing fossil fuel emissions might have greater climate benefits than afforestation: IISc study

The Hindu  

A study by the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in the Indian Institute of Science has revealed that reducing fossil fuel emissions might have greater climate benefits than afforestation. “We performed two major sets of idealised simulations in which fossil fuel emissions follow extended Shared Socioeconomic Pathway scenarios, and equal amounts of carbon are removed by afforestation in one …

EU plans strategy to scale up investment in capturing CO2 emissions
1 year, 9 months ago

EU plans strategy to scale up investment in capturing CO2 emissions

The Hindu  

The European Commission is working on plans to speed up investment in capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions, it said on Friday, as the bloc prepares to slash its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. In a public consultation on the plans, the Commission said infrastructure to capture and store CO2 underground or use it in industries was …

Carbon removal industry challenges findings of skeptical UN body
1 year, 10 months ago

Carbon removal industry challenges findings of skeptical UN body

The Hindu  

Carbon removal industry representatives have challenged a document a United Nations scientific body released this week that casts doubt on the nascent technology's usefulness in efforts to limit global warming. It sent a letter dated May 25 to a UN-appointed advisory body taking issue with its assertion that carbon removal activities are “technologically and economically unproven” and “do not serve …

Cause and Effect | Carbon, carbon everywhere
1 year, 10 months ago

Cause and Effect | Carbon, carbon everywhere

Hindustan Times  

To limit the temperature rise to 1.5-2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid triggering multiple irrevocable changes in the climate system, the world needs rapid decarbonisation. There are currently 18 direct air capture plants operating worldwide, capturing 0.01Mt CO2 every year, according to a September 2022 analysis by the International Energy Agency. That’s a story for another time The …

Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air?
2 years ago

Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air?

BBC  

Climate change: Can we really take CO2 back out the air? The system captures CO2 using energy from a rubbish incinerator Tackling climate change could require sucking carbon back out of the atmosphere, according to the IPCC. Craig Lovell/Alamy Capturing and storing the CO2 released by bioenergy crops such as these Loblolly pines when they are burned could contribute to …

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report
2 years ago

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report

NPR  

Cut emissions quickly to save lives, scientists warn in a new U.N. report Enlarge this image toggle caption Thoko Chikondi/AP Thoko Chikondi/AP The planet is on track for catastrophic warming, but world leaders already have many options to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and protect people, according to a major new climate change report from the United Nations. A cheat-sheet for …

Climate crisis: World's forests losing ability to absorb carbon, finds study
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate crisis: World's forests losing ability to absorb carbon, finds study

Hindustan Times  

A landmark study has found, the world's forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon due to increasingly 'unstable' conditions caused by humans. The scientists say these global variations could make it harder to predict the global impact of schemes to absorb carbon. Dr McGuire said: "We found that large regions of the world are vulnerable to sudden and dramatic …

The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere
2 years, 1 month ago

The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere

The Hindu  

Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. Peter de Menocal, a marine paleoclimatologist and director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, discussed ocean carbon dioxide removal at a recent TEDxBoston: Planetary Stewardship event. So, for taking carbon out of the atmosphere and …

Carbon removal is where green investment should go
2 years, 2 months ago

Carbon removal is where green investment should go

Live Mint  

Green investment hit a milestone in 2022: The world put as much money into replacing fossil fuels as it put into producing them, with clean energy investments jumping 31% from 2021 to top $1 trillion for the first time. It’s the first time we’ve been able to put a figure on the process, which comes by way of a new …

Explained: How carbon dioxide removal works
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: How carbon dioxide removal works

Live Mint  

With global temperatures still on the rise, even the most sceptical of scientists agree that carbon dioxide removal is crucial to meet the Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming below two degrees Celsius. The second way—called direct air capture—uses chemical processes to strip out CO2, then recycles it for industrial use or locks it away in porous rock formations, …

Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals
2 years, 2 months ago

Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on to meet crucial climate goals. Developing countries argue that their contribution to global carbon removal — mostly in the form of forests and land management — are equally important and deserve greater recognition. The study concludes that …

Global carbon dioxide removal totals 2 billion tonnes per year: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Global carbon dioxide removal totals 2 billion tonnes per year: Report

India Today  

About two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide are being removed from the atmosphere every year, according to a report published on Thursday, but nearly all of it is accomplished through forests, despite growing investments in new technologies. "CO2 removal is rapidly moving up agendas," said report co-author Steve Smith, a climate scientist at the University of Oxford. Global investment in …

Carbon removal efforts not moving fast enough to reach climate goals, study shows
2 years, 2 months ago

Carbon removal efforts not moving fast enough to reach climate goals, study shows

LA Times  

Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on to meet crucial climate goals. New carbon removal technologies include so-called direct air capture, in which carbon dioxide is sucked from the atmosphere and stored underground. Achieving “net zero” emissions by midcentury — a goal many countries are aiming …

Carbon capture startup Climeworks removes CO2 from atmosphere in ‘industry first’
2 years, 2 months ago

Carbon capture startup Climeworks removes CO2 from atmosphere in ‘industry first’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A climate startup claims to have captured carbon dioxide from the open air …

Germany to draw up legislation to enable carbon storage
2 years, 2 months ago

Germany to draw up legislation to enable carbon storage

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany is working on legislation to enable the use of the much-discussed technology of underground carbon storage, a top government official said Thursday, adding that it is preferable to releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Speaking to an industry group in Norway, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, who is also Germany’s economy and climate minister, pointed to the prospects …

EU climate chief defends plans for ‘carbon farming’
2 years, 3 months ago

EU climate chief defends plans for ‘carbon farming’

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The European Union’s top climate official on Wednesday dismissed criticism from environmental groups over its proposal to incorporate carbon removal methods into its climate plans, insisting the plan won’t undermine the bloc’s efforts to tackle global warming. Dozens of organizations issued a joint call Monday slamming the EU’s plans to certify so-called offsets — carbon absorbed through nature …

Groups ask EU to drop carbon removal from climate plans
2 years, 4 months ago

Groups ask EU to drop carbon removal from climate plans

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Scores of environmental groups issued a joint appeal Monday for the European Union to drop carbon removal methods from its climate plans, arguing that some of them rely on untested technology while others may not absorb as many greenhouse gas emissions as claimed. The EU’s executive Commission has proposed creating a system for certifying so-called offsets — carbon …

CO2 pollution from fossil fuels to hit all-time high this year
2 years, 4 months ago

CO2 pollution from fossil fuels to hit all-time high this year

Al Jazeera  

Aviation industry identified as a leading contributor to the rise in emissions as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to rise one percent in 2022 to reach an all-time high, according to scientists. Global CO2 emissions from all sources, including deforestation, will reach 40.6 billion …

UK 'net zero' plan to remove CO2 from atmosphere relies on burning 120 million trees, report claims
2 years, 9 months ago

UK 'net zero' plan to remove CO2 from atmosphere relies on burning 120 million trees, report claims

Daily Mail  

The UK government's plan to reach 'net zero' by 2050 by removing carbon from the atmosphere relies on burning the equivalent of almost 120 million trees a year, a new report claims. The government's Net Zero Strategy aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and relies heavily on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. Following the launch of the …

Slashing CO2 emissions isn't enough to prevent climate catastrophe, study warns
2 years, 10 months ago

Slashing CO2 emissions isn't enough to prevent climate catastrophe, study warns

The Independent  

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is not enough to prevent devastating effects of global warming, a new study warns. “To slow warming in the near-term and reduce suffering from the ever-increasing heatwaves, droughts, superstorms and fires, we need to also reduce short-lived climate pollutants this decade.” open image in gallery ‘Decarbonisation is crucial to meeting our long-term climate goals, but it’s …

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