This piece came out a year ago… 🧪 I used the CO₂ removal (CDR) as a time machine analogy to argue that while we need to research and develop CDR because it’s needed in the future, CDR is useless as a climate solution until we decarbonize drastically.

Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative

Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless. Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.

The entire narrative needs to change. We have all the tools we need to fix climate change. It is not a technical problem. It is a people problem.

Here's a read-only link to the article if you don't have a subscription to Nature. rdcu.be/dbFbB