UK Infrastructure Bank urged to make CO2 removals an investment priority

Michael Holder
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Climeworks' largest direct air capture facility, named Orca, opened in Iceland last year | Credits: Climeworks
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Climeworks' largest direct air capture facility, named Orca, opened in Iceland last year | Credits: Climeworks

EXCLUSIVE: BeZero Carbon argues scaling of nascent UK carbon removals sector is being held back by chronic lack of investment

The UK Infrastructure Bank should make carbon removal technologies one of its top investment priorities, in order to help the country capitalise on a growing global market for so called negative emissions...

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