The climate emergency is becoming a climate crisis. Governments are responding by looking for technological fixes, and are giving particular attention to Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). But the belief that BECCS would remove emissions is based on the faulty assumption that bioenergy is carbon neutral. This is not the case, especially when taking into account the dwindling time left to keep global warming to 1.5°C or even 2°C. BECCS would also have massive social, environmental and economic costs. Its false promise of a quick technical fix is heavily promoted by fossil fuels interests, and it must not be allowed to distract from the urgent need to stop burning fossil fuels and to protect and restore forests, soils and other ecosystems.
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