The Carbon Capture Coalition represents over 100 companies working on direct air capture, carbon capture and storage technologies, into which governments such as the United States and the private sector haveIt sent a letter dated May 25 to a UN-appointed advisory body taking issue withthat carbon removal activities are “technologically and economically unproven” and “do not serve any of the objectives" of the global carbon market called for in Article 6 the 2015 Paris climate accord.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has estimated that billions of tonnes of carbon will need to be sucked out of the atmosphere annually to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, the limit scientists say would prevent the most devastating consequences of climate change. The body, which meets next week in Bonn, Germany, is tasked with setting recommendations on carbon removal and methodologies used in carbon markets that will be considered later this year at COP28 UN climate conference in Dubai.