Intervention · Intervention

Carbon capture

Intervention that separates and captures carbon dioxide from combustion or process streams to prevent its release to the atmosphere.

Definition source: IEA

Synonyms

carbon capture and storage, CCS

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

none

Relations

reduces-emissions Carbon dioxide

Counts as adaptation

Not an adaptation term.

Mitigation

Mitigation-specific

Provenance

Lexicon consensus

Identifier

INT_252 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_252
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_252)