Seven to 9 billion tons of CO₂ per year must be sustainably removed from the atmosphere by mid-century if the world is to comply with the 1.5°C Paris Agreement limit. This is highlighted in the second 'State of Carbon Dioxide Removal' (CDR) report, a scientific assessment delivered by more than 50 international experts.
Report: 7–9 billion tons of CO₂ must be extracted from the atmosphere every year to reach Paris Agreement limitCredit: The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal — Edition 2: https://www.stateofcdr.org/
"However, when scaling up carbon removal technologies, humanity must avoid jeopardizing other goals like future food security, biodiversity, a clean water supply and safe habitats for indigenous peoples. So we have incorporated sustainability criteria into our analysis, which forms the basis of our final figure for a Paris-consistent range of CDR."
Steve Smith of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, says,"Given that the world's decarbonization is not on track to meet the Paris temperature goal, there is a need to increase investment in CDR as well as in zero-emission solutions across the board."
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