Across the world, climate governance bodies are finding ways to capture greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and store them in a place where they can’t escape and warm up the planet.
This is known as carbon capture and storage. It’s essential in meeting the global goal of net zero: eliminating all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Forests and grasslands perform carbon storage by sucking carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from the air and storing them underground. Reforestation, managing open grazing land (rangelands) in a sustainable way, agroforestry (planting trees on crop farms) and restoring wetlands also absorb carbon and store it in the soil.
