Carbon Removal Capacity Falling Further Behind Climate Targets, New Report Warns
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Summary
The third State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report warns that the gap between current carbon removal capacity and what's needed to meet Paris Agreement climate targets is widening. While carbon removal research and deployment have advanced in the past two years, progress is not happening fast enough to reach required scale, as carbon emissions continue to rise.
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The third State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report finds that while carbon removal research and deployment has advanced significantly in the past two years, it is still not growing quickly enough to reach the scale required.
Carbon emissions, meanwhile, have continued
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