Organizations in Montreal are taking steps towards removing carbon from the atmosphere [Video]

The Canadian government is keen on achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and many in Montreal are taking it seriously.

Experts believe that simply achieving net zero will not be enough. The damage that has already been done needs to be reversed.

One Montreal-based company, Deep Sky, is working on carbon removal to extract carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground.

According to the Deep Sky website, humans have released 819 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the past 150 years. The website adds that once carbon dioxide has been emitted, it takes 10 to 50 years before impacting the environment, meaning that today’s climate change-related environmental consequences are due to emissions from generations ago.

“Carbon removal is not the answer to all the world’s climate problems. However, I’m 100 per cent sure that carbon removal has to be part of any answer because stopping what we’re doing isn’t good …