UW-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs: New global report led by UW-Madison professor warns of significant carbon removal shortfall by 2050

Madison, Wis. - The 3rd Edition of the State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report finds that national pledges fall short of pathways limiting warming to 1.5°C this century by more than 5 billion tonnes of CO₂ per year by 2050. Closing this gap would require carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to grow at rates comparable to, or faster than, the most rapid clean energy transitions in histor...