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Negative emissions under a net zero target: The controversies and pitfalls

Josh Burke, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

05 February 2020 • 8 min read

Josh Burke at LSE's Grantham Research Institute navigates the costs, opportunities, advantages and disadvantages of different carbon capture and negative emissions technologies

Almost all modelled emissions scenarios consistent with the Paris Agreement's target of limiting global temperature rise to well below 2C include the use of greenhouse gas removal (GGR) or negative emissions...

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