Massive carbon capture investment 'needed to slow global warming'

Carbon disposal technologies are needed because incremental emissions cuts are not enough to fight climate change, says Oxford University climate scientist

Combating climate change successfully will require massive investments in technologies to capture and store carbon dioxide, new research has found.

Myles Allen, professor of climate dynamics at Oxford University, said carbon disposal technologies would be needed as "backstop" options because they would be the only way to reduce net carbon emissions into the atmosphere to zero, and thus stop temperatures from continuing to rise.