Cleaning up after ourselves: The role of carbon dioxide removal

Fuss, Sabine, Jones, Chris D., Schulte, Ingrid and Vaughan, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4532-2084 (2024) Cleaning up after ourselves: The role of carbon dioxide removal. Frontiers for Young Minds, 12. ISSN 2296-6846

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Abstract

The latest science shows that, to stop global warming, we must reach “net zero” emissions by 2050. This means that any carbon dioxide (CO2) humans are still releasing into the atmosphere in 2050 would need to be balanced out by taking CO2 from the atmosphere and locking it away. The process of removing CO2 from the atmosphere is called carbon dioxide removal (CDR). This article will explain why CDR is needed and will introduce some methods of removing CO2, including the strengths and weaknesses of those methods. There are many actions we can take. Many bring lots of other benefits, while some have drawbacks too. But overall, Carbon Dioxide Removal has a big role to play in successfully tackling climate change.

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Additional Information: Acknowledgments: The authors want to thank George Burningham at the Met Office for the design of Figure 1 and William Lamb at MCC for help with Figure 2. IS acknowledges the financial support by the project CDRSynTra, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant number: 01LS2101A. SF acknowledges funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101081521 (UPTAKE).
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School: University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Centres > Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts
Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 07 May 2024 10:32
Last Modified: 13 May 2024 00:11
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95081
DOI: 10.3389/frym.2024.1345470

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