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POSTnote by Jonathan Wentworth. It was first published on Monday, 16 December 2013. It was last updated on Monday, 16 December 2013.


Negative Emissions Technologies

If emissions of greenhouse gases are not sufficiently mitigated, it may become necessary to artificially accelerate the rate at which they are removed from the atmosphere in order to restrict global warming. This POSTnote provides an overview of some technologies that could remove atmospheric CO2 and summarises the environmental, social and economic issues they raise.

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Type
Research briefing
Reference
POST-PN-447 
Subjects
Climate change Biofuels Carbon capture and storage Carbon emissions Greenhouse gas emissions Geoengineering Biochar
Published by
POST
Link
View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk