How can we undo the fossil fuel CO2? (A longer version: what are the most promising and sustainable strategies in carbon management and sequestration?

Given the slowness of transition towards a low-carbon economy, we are bound for a high CO2 world. It is most likely that we will have to sequester CO2 and manage the carbon pools on land and in the ocean to keep the atmospheric CO2 below a dangerous level. The unintended consequences of our ‘geophysical experiment’ (Roger Revelle) will have to be undone by intended actions that are informed by the best science. Earth system research is in a unique position to answer such a question that involves an extremely large number of disciplines and their interaction with the human dimension.

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1. anup says:

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   I believe the major task in the coming years will be to educate the people at large particularly in developing countries about the need to use low carbon emission gadgets in their day to day activities.
2. John says:

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   I believe that this is one of the major questions, beside to covercome fossil energy production.
   But not only sequestration should be looked at, also land use changes (forestration) and the role of oceans in CO2 uptake should be considered. Therefore more research efforts are needed