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Greenhouse gases are warming our planet, causing extreme weather and harming the health of populations across the globe<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

As we come ever closer to the 1.5\u00b0C global warming limit, set in the 2015 Paris Agreement, it’s clear that it isn’t enough to just limit the amount of new greenhouse gas emissions \u2013 we also need to remove existing greenhouse gases from our atmosphere and restore them to solid earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

So just what are greenhouse gases, how do we know how much to remove, and what happens to them afterwards?<\/span><\/p>\n

Experts from across Oxford have given their answers to some of the most pressing questions when it comes to removing greenhouse gasses from our atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are greenhouse gases?<\/h2>\n

The emission of\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gases<\/b>\u00a0is the major driver of our\u00a0<\/span>changing climate<\/b>, but what are they and why are they called that?<\/span><\/p>\n

Philip Stier<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is Professor of Atmospheric Physics in the\u00a0<\/span>Department of Physics<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and Director of\u00a0<\/span>Intelligent Earth<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Oxford’s UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for the Environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Professor Stier explains,\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gases<\/b>\u00a0are gases that absorb\u00a0<\/span>infrared radiation<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Infrared radiation<\/b>\u00a0is emitted from the surface of the Earth, normally escaping to space, keeping Earth’s radiation in balance with absorbed sunlight, and therefore Earth’s\u00a0<\/span>temperatures<\/b>\u00a0stable.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the amount of\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gases<\/b>\u00a0in the atmosphere increases, the amount of absorbing gas in the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0is raised.<\/span><\/p>\n

The levels from which\u00a0<\/span>radiation<\/b>\u00a0can escape to\u00a0<\/span>space<\/b>\u00a0are also raised to levels higher than the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0is colder at higher levels, less\u00a0<\/span>radiation<\/b>\u00a0is emitted to\u00a0<\/span>space<\/b>, therefore, as more\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gases<\/b>\u00a0are introduced to the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>, the amount of\u00a0<\/span>radiation<\/b>\u00a0that can be emitted to\u00a0<\/span>space<\/b>\u00a0is reduced.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>warms<\/b>\u00a0the planet, as we can’t then balance incoming\u00a0<\/span>solar radiation<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The analogy with\u00a0<\/span>greenhouses<\/b>, though, Professor Stier suggests, is somewhat misleading.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenhouses<\/b>\u00a0warm themselves via a different mechanism, keeping the heat absorbed from\u00a0<\/span>solar radiation<\/b>, rather than letting it escape.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aerosols<\/b>\u00a0differ from\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gases<\/b>, but also have a critical impact on our\u00a0<\/span>changing climate<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Essentially,\u00a0<\/span>aerosols<\/b>\u00a0are small particles in the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>, basically\u00a0<\/span>air pollution<\/b>, Professor Stier explains, but they can also come from natural sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

They scatter\u00a0<\/span>sunlight<\/b>\u00a0back to space and make clouds brighter, compounding the scattering of light back to space.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore\u00a0<\/span>aerosols<\/b>\u00a0cool the Earth, and quite substantially at the moment\u00a0\u2013\u00a0around\u00a0<\/span>0.5\u00b0C<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we continue to clean up\u00a0<\/span>air pollution<\/b>, we therefore reduce a\u00a0<\/span>cooling effect<\/b>, accelerating\u00a0<\/span>global warming<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is net zero?<\/h2>\n

The term\u00a0<\/span>net zero<\/b>\u00a0is a common part of our language when we talk about action towards\u00a0<\/span>climate change<\/b>, but what does it mean, and how do we get there?<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Hale<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is Professor in Public Policy (Global Public Policy) at the\u00a0<\/span>Blavatnik School of Government<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Net zero<\/b>, he says, means reducing our\u00a0<\/span>emissions<\/b>\u00a0to about\u00a0<\/span>80<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>90%<\/b>\u00a0less than what they are today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Myles Allen<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is Head of Atmospheric,\u00a0Oceanic and Planetary Physics in the\u00a0<\/span>Department of Physics<\/span><\/a>, and Professor of Geosystem Science in the\u00a0<\/span>School of Geography and the Environment<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reason\u00a0<\/span>net zero<\/b>\u00a0works, Professor Allen explains, is that if we reduce the rate at which we put\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0(CO\u2082) into the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0to zero, and allow nature to continue to take\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0out of the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>, that’s enough to draw down\u00a0<\/span>CO\u2082<\/b>\u00a0concentrations in the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0just fast enough to stop\u00a0<\/span>temperatures<\/b>\u00a0rising any further.<\/span><\/p>\n

To achieve\u00a0<\/span>net zero<\/b>\u00a0emissions, Professor Allen highlights the most important thing that we need to do\u00a0\u2013\u00a0reducing the rate at which we are producing\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0from activities like the burning of\u00a0<\/span>fossil fuels<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>deforestation<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

We also to scale up our ability to remove\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gases<\/b>\u00a0like\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0from the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0and put them back underground.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many innovative ways this can be done, Professor Allen says, but ultimately,\u00a0<\/span>net zero<\/b>\u00a0has to mean a like for like balance of\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0coming from fossil sources with\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0committed to permanent\u00a0<\/span>disposal<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is what is called\u00a0<\/span>geological\u00a0net zero<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0a balance at the Earth’s crust.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a carbon budget?<\/h2>\n

Setting a\u00a0<\/span>budget<\/b>\u00a0for the amount of\u00a0<\/span>carbon<\/b>\u00a0that can be emitted into the atmosphere is a useful tool for\u00a0<\/span>global climate action<\/b>. But what does the\u00a0<\/span>carbon budget<\/b>\u00a0entail, and who sets it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron Hepburn<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is Battcock Professor of Environmental Economics in the\u00a0<\/span>School of Geography and the Environment’s<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Smith School of Enterprise and Environment<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we want to stop the planet\u00a0<\/span>warming<\/b>, the have to get our human-caused\u00a0<\/span>emissions<\/b>\u00a0down to\u00a0<\/span>zero<\/b>\u00a0in time to stop\u00a0<\/span>warming<\/b>\u00a0to a level like\u00a0<\/span>1.5<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>2\u00b0C<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Hale<\/span><\/a>, Professor in Public Policy (Global Public Policy) at the\u00a0<\/span>Blavatnik School of Government<\/span><\/a>, highlights just how long our carbon emissions stay in the atmosphere for.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>carbon<\/b>\u00a0that powered the first steam engine, he says, is still up there in part. What we\u00a0<\/span>emit<\/b>\u00a0now will still be in the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0for our children, and their grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n

We need, therefore, to think of this as a long-term cumulative problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

A\u00a0<\/span>budget\u00a0<\/b>in this case, helps you understand how much of a rise in<\/span>\u00a0temperature\u00a0<\/b>you will face, depending on levels of\u00a0<\/span>emissions<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>carbon budget<\/b>, Professor Hepburn explains, is set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the\u00a0<\/span>IPCC<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the moment, it is estimated that there are\u00a0<\/span>2-300<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>billion<\/b>\u00a0tonnes of\u00a0<\/span>CO\u2082<\/b>\u00a0left in the\u00a0<\/span>budget\u00a0<\/b>before we hit the\u00a0<\/span>1.5\u00b0C<\/b>\u00a0temperature threshold, but the problem is that there is no global consensus on how to divide this\u00a0<\/span>budget<\/b>\u00a0out.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, as Professor Hale explains, we need to find\u00a0<\/span>equitable solutions<\/b>\u00a0for a\u00a0<\/span>fair<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>effective<\/b>\u00a0distribution of the\u00a0<\/span>carbon budget<\/b>, which as Professor Hepburn states, only has a single digit number of years left until it is\u00a0<\/span>exceeded<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do we remove greenhouse gases?<\/h2>\n

In addition to reducing our\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gas emissions<\/b>, we’re going to have to remove existing\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gases<\/b>, especially\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0(CO\u2082) from our atmosphere\u00a0\u2013\u00a0this is called\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide removal<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just how possible is this, and can we work with\u00a0<\/span>nature<\/b>\u00a0to find\u00a0<\/span>solution<\/b>?<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathalie Seddon<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is Professor of Biodiversity in the\u00a0<\/span>Department of Biology<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and the founding Director of the\u00a0<\/span>Nature-based solutions Initiative (NbSI)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

There’s an enormous amount evidence, Professor Seddon argues, to demonstrate the essential role that\u00a0<\/span>nature<\/b>\u00a0has to play in the\u00a0<\/span>removal<\/b>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0from the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron Hepburn<\/span><\/a>, Battcock Professor of Environmental Economics in the\u00a0<\/span>School of Geography and the Environment’s<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Smith School of Enterprise and Environment<\/span><\/a>, highlights that there are also\u00a0<\/span>industrial<\/b>\u00a0ways to remove\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0from the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This would include the scaling up of chemical processes where\u00a0<\/span>CO\u2082<\/b>\u00a0can be stored\u00a0<\/span>underground<\/b>\u00a0in rocks, where it won’t end up back in the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0any time soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Hepburn also highlights the key role of\u00a0<\/span>nature<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide removal<\/b>, noting that the restoration of nature could also buy us more time to sort some the problem of\u00a0<\/span>climate change<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What happens once you remove greenhouse gases?<\/h2>\n

There are two main ways in which\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0(CO\u2082), can be removed from the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>. But once it’s removed, where does it go?<\/span><\/p>\n

Nick Eyre<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is Emeritus Professor of Energy and Climate Policy and was the founding co-Director of the University’s\u00a0<\/span>ZERO Institute<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Professor Eyre explains, the first is neatly done by green plants, turning\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0into plant proteins.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second is through a more\u00a0<\/span>geo-engineering<\/b>\u00a0approach.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is where\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0is sucked out of the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0and pumped\u00a0<\/span>underground<\/b>\u00a0into\u00a0<\/span>geological storage<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0is captured, and purified, it needs to be\u00a0<\/span>compressed<\/b>. Under sufficient pressure, 15 atmospheres, it becomes a\u00a0<\/span>liquid<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As\u00a0<\/span>Professor Myles Allen<\/span><\/a>, Head of Atmospheric,\u00a0Oceanic and Planetary Physics in the\u00a0<\/span>Department of Physics<\/span><\/a>, and Professor of Geosystem Science in the\u00a0<\/span>School of Geography and the Environment<\/span><\/a>, explains, this makes it slightly more dense than hydrocarbon fuels, allowing it to be\u00a0<\/span>injected<\/b>\u00a0into\u00a0<\/span>rock formations<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This needs to be done safely though, and as Professor Allen points out, it’s a racing certainty that we need to remove\u00a0<\/span>carbon dioxide<\/b>\u00a0from the\u00a0<\/span>atmosphere<\/b>\u00a0due to the continued\u00a0<\/span>emissions<\/b>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>greenhouse gases<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/climate-and-environment\/removing-greenhouse-gases<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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