It is increasingly likely that we will not reach the 2030 targets for reducing CO₂ emissions, nor those set for 2050. As a result, many people are now arguing that we should instead focus our efforts on adapting to climate change, rather than obsessively trying to get it under control.
However, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has singled out an interesting, though complex, way to improve mitigation numbers: capturing, absorbing or removing CO₂ and storing it. But what exactly does this technique consist of, and is it feasible on a large scale?
