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"We know putting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere is bad for the
climate. But should we be reversing some of the damage by removing greenhouse
gases that were emitted decades ago?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seems to think so. Its
latest report highlights CO₂ removal as an essential activity if society wants
to avoid warming the climate by 2℃ or more.
This is not carbon capture and sequestration, which tries to neutralise the
burning of fossil fuels. Nor is it limited to the removals you get by planting
– and never harvesting – new forests. Carbon dioxide removal includes all kinds
of land- and engineering-based practices that extract the gas from the
atmosphere and lock it away permanently.
But it is not an excuse to avoid emissions cuts. Decarbonisation – society’s
shift away from fossil fuels – remains essential, and we’re not doing it fast
enough.
Atmospheric CO₂ removal – basically, negative emissions – can buy us time to
decarbonise by walking back some of the centuries of build-up. And we think New
Zealand could be a leader in this effort.
Considering our geothermal and forestry resources, we estimate New Zealand
could remove up to three million tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere each year –
the equivalent of taking 600,000 cars off the road."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
