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Carbon and GHG

Delve into carbon and greenhouse gas emissions to learn about the complexities of emissions, reduction strategies, and innovative solutions. Explore stories of individuals, organizations, and communities actively working to combat climate change.

Is carbon dioxide removal a distraction from other climate solutions?
Carbon and GHG 2 min read

Is carbon dioxide removal a distraction from other climate solutions?

Science, skepticism, and the path forward for carbon dioxide removal. By Silvan Aeschlimann

Why Can't Solar Geoengineering or Carbon Capture and Utilization Solve Our Climate Problems?
Carbon and GHG 3 min read

Why Can't Solar Geoengineering or Carbon Capture and Utilization Solve Our Climate Problems?

Not every techno-fix is worth betting the climate on.

The Paradox of Depending on Carbon Dioxide Removal
Carbon and GHG 2 min read

The Paradox of Depending on Carbon Dioxide Removal

It's hard to plot a path toward a liveable future without relying on "novel" approaches to carbon dioxide removal—but can we scale them fast enough?

Pros and Cons of Carbon Dioxide Removal
Carbon and GHG 2 min read

Pros and Cons of Carbon Dioxide Removal

Carbon dioxide removal is fraught, and different technological and nature-based approaches to CDR have different advantages and weaknesses we overview here.

Carbon Dioxide Removal: A Complex Necessity
Carbon and GHG 3 min read

Carbon Dioxide Removal: A Complex Necessity

We need carbon dioxide removal to avert the worst impacts of climate change. Scaling it up in time will be anything but simple.

Action, Not Champagne: COP 28
Climate Policy 2 min read

Action, Not Champagne: COP 28

Here at the end of the hottest year since industrialization, there were worries the conference, presided over by the head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, would amount to window-dressing while thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists worked to preserve a perilous status quo.

The Hot New Tech for Carbon Dioxide Removal: Rocks?
Carbon and GHG 1 min read

The Hot New Tech for Carbon Dioxide Removal: Rocks?

Can we harness a geologically slow process to help fight climate change? The shorter answer is maybe—we hope so. Read on.