From the US Climate Act to the UN COP, leaders in government and business are pushing technology like never before. The prospect of capturing carbon dioxide and storing it so it can't warm the planet has always been tantalizing. Now governments and companies are throwing their weight behind technology as a way to tackle the climate problem like never before. The oil and gas industry has long argued that real emissions reductions can be achieved by removing CO2 from stacks and burying it deep underground – an approach known as carbon capture and storage (CCS). But after decades of failing to achieve the scale needed for real change, the people responsible for approving generous subsidies and directing billions in investment want proof that this time it will really work… (AKSHAT RATHI)