Scaling carbon removal technologies will not be possible without government intervention

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The UK and other richer nations should use the funding of greenhouse gas removal technologies as a tool of persuasion at COP26, writes BeZero Carbon's Ted Christie-Miller

COP26 is a watershed moment for the future of our planet. World leaders are gathering in Glasgow to debate, broker and hopefully achieve agreement on actions to prevent climate change. Greenhouse gas removal...

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