In the effort to combat the catastrophic impacts of global warming, we must accelerate carbon emissions reduction efforts and rapidly scale strategies to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and the oceans. The technologies for reducing our carbon emissions are mature; those for removing carbon from the environment are not, and need robust support from governments and the private sector. Each of these cycles accounts for 25 per cent and 30 per cent of emitted CO2 respectively. The extreme increase in the rate and volume of CO2 emissions, especially over the last 60 years