Carbon removal is not enough to save climate

[NickB79]

https://climatenewsnetwork.net/carbon-removal-is-not-enough-to-save-climate/

LONDON, 10 September, 2018 – New studies from the US provide an answer to one of the thorniest questions facing climate policymakers: carbon removal will not replace stringent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions enough, they say, to avert the threat of global warming.

In a world making (so far) only halting progress to cut the pollutants that heat the planet through reducing emissions there is support for a different approach, using carbon removal and other forms of geo-engineering rather than emission cuts to remove the pollution already in the atmosphere, the oceans and the biosphere.

If we can be certain the gains will exceed the risks, then geoengineering might even let us avoid any need to cut fossil fuel emissions at all, its enthusiasts say. Could it really be the future?

Among all the uncertainties, few have stuck their necks out decisively either for or against carbon removal as the answer to warming – until now. But reports by a group of US analysts have changed that.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Methane is #2 behind CO2

that is contributing to climate change. Farmed animals, their diet, care and waste is a huge problem. At the Rise For Climate rally that I attended on Sat a speaker who does research said that even if we stop all CO2 now it would still take centuries (plural) to get back to where we were about 75 years ago. We need to create jobs, start businesses and educate everyone on adapting to the change as well as reducing emissions and going with 100% renewable energy. Too bad the moron in chief and the GOP are too greedy and self serving to give a shit about the future.

https://riseforclimate.org/