Study: Separate carbon removal budget needed to meet global climate goals

Michael Holder
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Artist impression of what Carbon Engineering's large-scale DAC plants could look like | Credit: Storegga
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Artist impression of what Carbon Engineering's large-scale DAC plants could look like | Credit: Storegga

University of Oxford academics make case for separate carbon removal budget alongside emissions budget in order to help meet global climate goals

Governments are today facing renewed calls to establish separate budgets for greenhouse gas emissions and carbon removals, with the publication of a new academic study which argues the two approaches for...

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