Should asset owners set separate targets for carbon removals?

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Climeworks direct air capture plant | Credit: Julia Dunlop
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Climeworks direct air capture plant | Credit: Julia Dunlop

Open letter from carbon removals industry leaders urges multi-trillion-dollar Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance to publish separate science-based interim targets for carbon reduction and removal

Global investors in the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA) are being urged to set out separate science-based interim targets for slashing emissions and carbon removals, in order to strengthen the integrity...

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