Boldface names in the carbon removal sector and wider climate world want to make something crystal clear: They don't see the tech as a substitute for cutting emissions, and neither should you.
Driving the news: "Emission reductions and [carbon dioxide removal] should be clearly distinguished from each other," the direct air capture company Climeworks said in a lengthy new statement.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport reopened Friday morning with extensive delays due to only one runway being available, days after heavy rain slammed South Florida and caused widespread flooding.
The big picture: Broward County Public Schools said the sixth-largest district in the U.S. would be closed Thursday and Friday as cars, buildings and roads were inundated with floodwaters after over two feet of rainfall fell in some areas over Wednesday night.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who first burst onto the international climate policy scene with a searing speech at 2021's COP26 conference in Glasgow, is now spearheading a push for global institutions to finally meet the challenges of environmental degradation.
Why it matters: Her effort, known as the Bridgetown Initiative, or another like it may help avert the suffering of billions in the developing world, who are acutely vulnerable to a changing climate.
A new Stanford Universityinitiative aims to overcome barriers to large-scale deployment of tech that can pull planet-warming gases from the atmosphere.
Driving the news: The Doerr School of Sustainability will on Thursday announce greenhouse gas removal as the first focus of a new "flagship destinations" program on the environment.
A growing water-food deficit powered by climate change is ramping up conflict in densely populated Central American cities prone to violence, according to new research.
Why it matters: It's no secret that water scarcity fuels domestic, social and political instability. The role of drought in agricultural production and food security, and how that correlates with conflict, is less understood.
