20-30 million tonnes. That’s the amount of CO2 per annum the UK govt is aiming to capture by 2030. Yet new Carbon Tracker research finds that since an initial funding estimates of £20 bn, the costs to deploy #CCUS have more than doubled. Meanwhile, the need for carbon capture could decrease https://buff.ly/4caDUUR
Relying on optimistic techno-economic assumptions, the UK govt’s #CCUS strategy is still based on outdated & unrealistic assumptions, which risk locking consumers in high-cost, #FossilFuel - based futures, our latest report warns https://buff.ly/4caDUUR
For the record, Hugo Drax was the name of the billionaire #JamesBond villain in #Moonraker whose solution was to kill off most of humanity and send his chosen few into space
All over the world Climate turned the corner this year. In Canada we had our worst wildfire season EVER before summer even hit. In 2023 the COP global climate conference has never been more important yet more compromised. Your daily #COP28 coverage begins here
#CarbonCaptureAndStorage will one day reveal itself as a costly boondoggle from an Industry that lied on #Climate since the 80s, one last swindle from a sunsetting Industry that at the top knows it's sunsetting & will leave Alberta & every one of its workers behind
Africa and South America a 'blindspot' in carbon removal research, study reveals (www.imperial.ac.uk)
A review of research on carbon dioxide removal reveals a lack of evidence on its costs, impacts and benefits in Africa and South America....