Following a government investment in carbon removal technology, major corporations like Amazon and Microsoft are now contributing funds towards the world’s largest deployment of direct air capture (DAC) technology. Amazon plans to purchase a quarter of a million metric tons of carbon removal over the next decade, while Microsoft has agreed to buy carbon credits from a California-based startup.
Both companies aim to target emissions that cannot be eliminated at their source, supporting the growth of technologies essential to mitigating the effects of climate change. While these investments represent significant progress, scientists emphasize the need to remove approximately 1 trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.