Reply To: Climate Crisis: Our Last Chance

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-carboncapture/britain-must-commit-to-carbon-capture-to-meet-climate-goals-lawmakers-idUKKCN1S02XI

“Carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) will be necessary to meet the UK’s existing climate change targets at least cost, the report by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee said. “Failure to deploy CCUS would also mean the UK could not credibly adopt a ‘net zero emissions’ target” the report said.

CCUS involves the capture of emissions from power plants and industry to allow them to be compressed and stored for use in industrial applications such as making drinks fizzy.

Campaigners have said the government’s current target does not go far enough to meet pledges made under the Paris climate agreement to try to limit a rise in global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and that a net zero target should be set.