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Could CO2 removal help?

Jan C. Minx, head of working group "Applied Sustainability Science" at MCC explains technologies as a means for removing carbon out of the atmosphere to keep global warming below the crucial 2°C.

by Prof. Dr. Jan Minx – 8 min read

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How to deal with the literature explosion

Tracking all the relevant publications on climate change has become impossible. Climate science and policy need a new approach for an age of big literature.

by Prof. Dr. Jan Minx – 3 min read

Negative Emissions

Prepare for carbon removal

Dependency on it grows, but the tech is far from ready. We need more research—especially on deployment and scaling-up—as well as rapid emissions reductions to lower the dependency.

by Prof. Dr. Jan Minx – 5 min read

Negative Emissions

The gap between ambition and action

The world’s governments have agreed to ambitious climate goals. But if we are to hit our new targets, scientists and innovators need to move quickly to close the gap between hope and reality.

by Prof. Dr. Sabine Fuss, Prof. Dr. Jan Minx – 4 min read

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What the Paris Agreement means

The remaining amount of CO2 that can be released in order to keep the temperature rise below 1.5°C is close to zero. Achieving this target won't work without carbon removal technologies.

by Prof. Dr. Sabine Fuss, Prof. Dr. Jan Minx – 5 min read