Forests or underground storage? New metric compares risks of carbon removal projects

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Researchers have developed a standardized metric for comparing the risks of carbon removal projects across different technologies. The measure is intended to help assess trade-offs between approaches such as forest-based removal and underground carbon storage.

The risk of relying on uncertain carbon removal projects can now be quantified using a new standardized metric that can be applied across all such schemes, irrespective of the technology used.