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New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Experts from India and the US discussed the challenges and opportunities to combat climate change through technology-led carbon capture and utilisation solutions.
Carbon capture is capturing carbon dioxide before it enters the atmosphere, transporting it, and storing it for centuries or millennia.
The discussions were held at the Indo-US Scoping Workshop on Carbon Capture on Friday, jointly organised by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the United States Department of Energy.
DST Secretary S Chandrasekhar said that at the recently concluded COP-26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought forth the country"s remarkable performance as well as ambitions to meet the climate goals despite being one of the fastest growing economy in the world.
"The PM has given a mandate for all of us to become a net-zero emissions nation by the year 2070," Chandrasekhar highlighted in his opening remarks.
"Under a strict climatic regime, we can realise the identification and adoption of a right balance of portfolio of emission curtailment technologies," he said.