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Without quantified targets, national capitals have no idea how much CO2 they want to remove, and by when. The direction of travel is obscure, transparency and accountability are weak (Photo: DerGuy82)

Removing CO2 — are member states actually ready?

To keep global warming below 2°C or 1.5°C, carbon dioxide (CO2) must be removed from the atmosphere. This is what almost all climate scenarios say. Emission reductions are the backbone of climate action, but CO2 removal (CDR) plays a role. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls CDR "unavoidable".\n \nThe EU climate law determines that CDR will become a central part of EU climate action: from ...

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Dr Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf is head of international and European governance at the Ecologic Institute in Berlin.

Without quantified targets, national capitals have no idea how much CO2 they want to remove, and by when. The direction of travel is obscure, transparency and accountability are weak (Photo: DerGuy82)

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Dr Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf is head of international and European governance at the Ecologic Institute in Berlin.

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