UK launches 'world first' research programme into negative emissions
The UK has launched a £8.6m national research programme on how to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. It is thought to be the world's first... Read More
Highlights: Day two at the 1.5C conference on climate change in Oxford
Today saw the second and final full day of the conference “1.5 degrees: Meeting the challenges of the Paris Agreement”, organised by the... Read More
Guest post: An Antarctic voyage in search of blue carbon
A guest article from Dr David Barnes, a marine benthic ecologist at the British Antarctic Survey, and colleagues Chester Sands, Narissa Bax, Rachel... Read More
Analysis: Is the UK relying on 'negative emissions' to meet its climate targets?
The Paris Agreement on climate change pledges to keep warming “well below 2C” and “pursue efforts” to limit the increase since preindustrial... Read More
Guest post: Do we need BECCS to avoid dangerous climate change?
Prof Jason Lowe is Head of Knowledge Integration and Mitigation Advice at the UK’s Met Office and lead scientist for the government-funded AVOID2... Read More
Timeline: How BECCS became climate change's 'saviour' technology
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage - better known by the acronym "BECCS" - has come to be seen as one of the most viable and cost-effective... Read More
In-depth: Experts assess the feasibility of 'negative emissions'
To limit climate change to "well below 2C", as nations agreed to do in Paris last December, modelling shows it is likely that removing carbon dioxide... Read More
Explainer: 10 ways 'negative emissions' could slow climate change
The Paris Agreement, adopted at the COP21 climate talks in December, sets out a global aim to limit average global surface temperatures to “well... Read More
Geoengineering is no substitute for cutting emissions, new studies show
Attempts to limit climate change by removing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere would not prevent the irreversible damage to the oceans,... Read More
Reaction: Geoengineering is no substitute for cutting carbon emissions, conclude US researchers
On Tuesday, the US National Research Council published two new reports on 'climate interventions', or what's more commonly known as... Read More
How we can make good decisions about geoengineering
Next month's synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to give the organisation's verdict on geoengineering, a... Read More
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