Climate change is by far the single greatest threat facing humanity.

The release of excess CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels and other human activity has disrupted the Earth’s natural carbon cycle and climate system to the point where human civilization and the entire biosphere is now threatened.

If we were to halt all greenhouse gas emissions tomorrow, we would still be locked into many destructive consequences of climate change - such as a potential release of large amounts of methane and CO2 from warming soils, rapidly rising sea levels, and widespread habitat destruction. The spread of infectious diseases, increased risk to national security and global stability, and the loss of trillions of dollars in investments would be guaranteed.

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The last time atmospheric CO2 levels were this high, the world was a drastically different place where organized human society and large-scale agriculture would not have been possible. The unknown repercussions that come with a changing climate are too dangerous and costly to risk facing.

In addition to moving away from the use of fossil fuels and halting our emissions, we must also clean up the atmosphere.

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New technologies and proven methods of carbon capture and removal, coupled with the relatively new practice of using the emissions we capture, present us with an exciting opportunity to effectively deal with the immediate and worsening climate crisis in an economically viable way.

After causing so much damage to the Earth, we've entered what we at the CUA call The Age of Cleanup. We must now correct the problems that we've caused. CCUS is a major part of this new era.