The Economist Group has become the first media group to include carbon dioxide (CO2) removal in its sustainability strategy with Climeworks’ scalable and permanent solution, joining industry leaders such as Microsoft.
With scaling up direct air capture (DAC) and storage technology being seen as a priority by both scientists and opinion leaders, The Economist has spearheaded the DAC campaign for several years in its coverage.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that reducing global carbon emissions is not enough and that unavoidable and historic emissions must be addressed by removing them from the air and storing them safely and permanently.
According to the IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), removal of CO2 from the air needs to be scaled up to 810 billion tonnes by 2100.
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