'Climate maths is merciless': Calls mount worldwide for rapid scale up of carbon capture technology

Cecilia Keating
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Clutch of major reports this week underscore urgent need for investment and policy support for CCUS technologies if the world is to stick to a 1.5C global warming pathway

Carbon capture technologies are gaining momentum after years of slow progress, but investment and deployment must be dramatically ramped up if the world is going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change....

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