The world needs carbon dioxide removals as part of limiting global warming below 1.5°C, finds a new report from the Energy Transitions Commission.
It examines how the world can adopt a portfolio approach, combining natural climate solutions, such as reforestation and improved soil management), engineered solutions, such as direct air capture of carbon dioxide, and hybrid solutions, such as bioenergy plus carbon capture and storage).
Carbon dioxide removals (CDR) cannot substitute for rapid and deep global decarbonisation, but if scaled up alongside ambitious reductions in emissions, removals from nature, engineered and hybrid solutions can give the world a greater chance of preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5°C, finds a new ETC report.
No single CDR solution can be deployed in significant enough volumes over the next 30 years to remove and store sufficient CO2 from the atmosphere. A portfolio of CDR options is therefore needed.
The ETC report outlines three key scalable CDR solutions ready to be deployed today:
- Natural Climate Solutions which restore natural ecosystems, and improve land management.
- Engineered solutions such as Direct Air Carbon Removal and Storage
- Hybrid solutions sometimes known as Biomass with Carbon Removal and Storage.
This is not an either/or equation; all of these solutions will be needed to address the carbon overshoot gap.
To understand the necessary support from both corporates and governments critical to scale removals at pace, have a read of the report or check out the Executive Summary, here: https://lnkd.in/dyEAyMrh
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To speak to someone about the energy transition and carbon dioxide removals, you can contact the ETC at [email protected].
