All About Carbon Removal!
Global climate change is accelerating as atmospheric CO₂ concentrations reach unprecedented levels not seen in over 2 million years, with measurements in 2025 projected around 425.7 ppm, far above pre‑industrial averages and inconsistent with limiting warming to key targets. Fossil‑fuel CO₂ emissions are still rising, projected to hit a record ~42 billion tonnes in 2025, driven by coal, oil, and gas consumption according to a Global Carbon Budget Report 2025.
Meanwhile, Data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service and other agencies indicate that in 2025, the world experienced its third-warmest year on record. The last 11 years are the warmest ever recorded, and the average temperature from 2023 to 2025 has now risen more than 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, marking a critical threshold referenced in the Paris Agreement.
This persistent warming is linked to more intense heatwaves, extreme weather, sea‑level rise, ecosystem disruption, and rising economic losses, underlining the profound risks to human lives, health, food systems, infrastructure, and GDP globally. According to World Economic Forum 2025, by 2050, climate change could contribute to an additional ~14.5 million deaths worldwide due to heat, floods, droughts, storms, and related health risks, and could also drive about $12.5 trillion in economic losses over the same period.
As a result, the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) field is growing rapidly. Scientific assessments now make clear that deep emissions cuts alone are no longer sufficient to meet climate targets. According to the IPCC, CDR is essential to counterbalance residual emissions, address historical CO₂ already in the atmosphere, and limit overshoot beyond 1.5 °C.
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