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Green groups wary as EU bets on future carbon capture
As EU officials host a two-day summit on carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the south of France, environmental groups are questioning the underlying assumption that the technology is a viable way to keep billions of tonnes of planet-heating CO2 out of the atmosphere.
Scientists plan to add iron to the ocean to up carbon absorption
There has been public backlash against the controversial technique, known as ocean iron fertilisation, in the past.
EU states lagging on carbon emission reductions, Commission tells MEP
Several member states still need to send their energy and climate plans to the European Commission, where strategies to slash emissions are laid out.
Not just CO2: what are the greenhouse gases driving global warming?
Though it is the most well-known and second most abundant greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide is only one of the gases we need to tackle.
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European food banks boosted by Taylor Swift’s ‘substantial’ donations
The donations will fund hundreds of thousands of meals to help feed the growing number of Europeans and Americans grappling with rising food and housing costs.
Germany is moving ahead with controversial carbon capture
Opponents say that carbon capture and storage is unproven and not as effective as reducing emissions by switching to renewables.
Industry backers say Europe needs a carbon capture tsar
With real-world development lagging far behind the rhetoric of policy makers in Brussels, industry groups and big oil agree the EU needs a 'CCS tsar' to make the case for a climate solution that still attracts a lot of mistrust
Iceland: See inside the world’s biggest plant sucking CO2 from the air
Climeworks is harnessing Iceland’s geothermal power, while gearing up for megatonne capacity around the world.
How climate change is threatening one of Portugal’s best carbon sinks
For each kilogram of cork produced, the trees can capture 73 kg of CO2, according to Portugal's leading cork company.
Scientists warn about rise of greenhouse gas 24,000x stronger than CO2
An electrifying China is largely behind the increase in emissions of SF6, which is used to insulate power lines.
These 20 airports produced as much CO2 as 58 coal power stations
New research takes stock of the impact of passenger flights and, for the first time, air freight at 1,300 airports around the world.
‘Time has run out’: Why is Germany planning to store carbon undersea?
Campaigners have criticised the underground carbon storage plan as 'expensive' and encumbering for future generations.
Carbon capture key to net-zero goal, but climate chief urges caution
A warning from the climate commission Wopke Hoekstra that carbon capture is no magical cure for global heating comes as new policies show the EU is banking on a huge and rapid deployment of the 'unproven' technology to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.
Fossil fuels and adapting to climate are still sticking points at COP
Negotiators are urged to narrow down their options in order to agree on how to save the planet from disastrous levels of warming and help vulnerable societies adapt to weather extremes.
Is the UAE’s blue ammonia really ‘low carbon’? Experts aren’t so sure
COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber promotes blue ammonia as a decarbonisation solution. We spoke to various experts who disagree.
Could Europe's coastal wetlands address our climate change concerns?
In partnership with the European Commission
From Ireland's salt marshes to the Netherlands' peatlands and Italy's underwater seagrass; Ocean investigates whether Europe's coasts could hold the answer to our carbon questions.