'Get ahead of the game now': Could the UK become a leader in carbon removals technology?

Cecilia Keating
clock • 7 min read

National Infrastructure Commission urges government to act quickly to drive development of first wave of BECCS and DACS plants, arguing carbon removals will be a cornerstone of the UK's future economy

Calls for the UK to start scaling up negative emissions technology are becoming shriller. Over the last few weeks alone, the newly formed Coalition for Negative Emissions warned the world would miss...

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