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policymakers should be sceptical about a future that is uniquely or heavily reliant on BECCS1. BECCS at the scale embedded in 1.5°C pathways would require up to a quarter of global agricultural land2.

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policymakers should be sceptical about a future that is uniquely or heavily reliant on BECCS

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“policymakers "should be sceptical about a future that is uniquely or heavily reliant on BECCS" ([Imperial / Grantham](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/grantham-institute/public/publications/briefing-papers/BECCS-deployment---a-reality-check.pdf); [Low & Schäfer 2020](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629619304633); [Frontiers in Climate](https://www.frontiersi…”
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BECCS at the scale embedded in 1.5°C pathways would require up to a quarter of global agricultural land

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“BECCS at the scale embedded in 1.5°C pathways would require up to a quarter of global agricultural land ([Carbon Brief](https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-experts-assess-the-feasibility-of-negative-emissions/))”
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"policymakers should be sceptical about a future that is uniquely or heavily reliant on BECCS"
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