Current geoengineering schemes likely ineffective

Nature : A report by the US National Research Council (NRC) says that none of the plans put forward to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide through geoengineering are likely to be effective. The report provides an official stance for the government regarding a field that the NRC calls “climate intervention” because other names imply a level of knowledge and ability that does not exist. Several proposed plans to change the atmosphere’s reflectivity to directly alter Earth’s climate were rejected as too risky; information about the full effects of such plans is lacking. In contrast, plans for carbon capture and storage were considered not particularly risky. However, the report considers the technology to be too new, expensive, inefficient, and damaging to the environment in other ways to be truly effective at reducing CO₂ levels significantly in the near term.