Article 6B4HH John Kerry: relying on technology to remove carbon dioxide is ‘dangerous’

John Kerry: relying on technology to remove carbon dioxide is ‘dangerous’

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Fiona Harvey Environment editor
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Exclusive: US climate envoy says existing measures, such as shift to renewable energy, must be deployed faster to stop global warming

Relying on technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is dangerous" and a cause for alarm", John Kerry has warned.

The US special presidential envoy for climate said in an interview that new technologies may not prevent the world from passing tipping points", key temperature thresholds that, once passed, could trigger a cascade of unstoppable physical effects.

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