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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Greenhouse gas removal ‘not a silver bullet to achieve net zero’

Shell's Quest carbon capture and storage facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.
Shell’s Quest carbon capture and storage facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Canada. Photograph: Todd Korol/Reuters

Many of the UK’s top scientists working on carbon capture technologies do not believe they will be developed and scaled up in time to reach net zero and limit global heating to 1.5C.

Experts speaking at a Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub event in London warned that these techniques, including direct air capture, biofuels, biochar, afforestation and enhanced weathering, are not a silver bullet and should make up just a fraction of the efforts to decarbonise.

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