Gigaton carbon removal and the Paris Climate Agreement
Gigaton carbon removal and the Paris Climate Agreement EnergySource by Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux and Doug Hollett The Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plant in Iceland (Arni Saeberg, Climeworks/Wikimedia Commons) Fulfilling pledges that the United States and hundreds of other countries made at the breakthrough Paris Climate Summit in 2015 calls for exponential change in how we deal with CO 2. The planet currently releases around 40 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere every year. To meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degrees Celsius goal, the planet needs to r...