Not all carbon removals are created equally

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LSE's Josh Burke sets out the risks of prematurely incorporating carbon removal technologies into carbon markets

New net zero standards COP27, which concluded earlier this month, saw many contentious climate issues such as loss and damage, water scarcity, fossil fuel taxation and just transition at the front and...

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