INTERVIEW: Former UN climate chief Figueres confident technology will ‘claw back’ 1.5C overshoot

Published 02:56 on November 10, 2025 / Last updated at 02:56 on November 10, 2025 / / CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), Insights (Interviews), International (Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification, Transport & Heating Fuels)

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Human ingenuity and technological developments will help the world cut emissions to get back on track to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5C, former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres told Carbon Pulse in an interview ahead of COP30.
Human ingenuity and technological developments will help the world cut emissions to get back on track to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5C, former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres told Carbon Pulse in an interview ahead of COP30.


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