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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

Carbon capture and sequestration have often been considered technologies of last resort. As emissions keep rising and global carbon budgets decline, it is becoming increasingly apparent that if we are to stave off the worst of climate change we must deploy and scale these desperate remedies as quickly as possible.

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‘There’s no alternative’: Louisiana’s ambitious plan to stay above water

Grist

At least it did, before the ocean swallowed the carbon emissions belched out by industrializing nations and began to swell. Now, the boot is losing a football field of land every hour to the rising tide. Other states experiencing sea-level rise and other effects of climate change don’t have a pot of remedial money to dip into.

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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

Its 2007 report stated that the warming of the climate was "unequivocal". Perhaps most worrying of all, impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are now inevitable and near-irreversible within timespans stretching from hundreds to potentially thousands of years, leaving only their extent open to question.

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How the Climate Conversation Changed in 2021

Planet Pulse

We can see wildfires burning greater areas, heatwaves becoming more frequent and more deadly, hurricanes stronger and more damaging, the sea level rising, floods increasing, droughts getting stronger. The impacts are already here. So if that’s the case, why aren’t we acting?”. Meeting audacious goals with meaningful change.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

Nordhaus published an article in the American Economic Review entitled Can We Control Carbon Dioxide? A decade later, in 2005 and 2007, EU heads of government would confirm this path. ” Key to this were the IPCC’s Second (1995), Third (2001) and Fourth (2007) Assessment Reports. came in 2007.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

While the ramifications of such data may be difficult to grasp by the layperson, what’s important to note here is that carbon emissions from human activities have been accelerating at an alarming rate. The UCSUSA points out that “Consequences of global warming include drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, and species loss.