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The future of Earth probably rests on new, unproven technology, unless our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are much more successfull than they are right now. That means if we don’t stop CO₂ emissions reductions will be focused on fancy inventions from unproven technology, in order to cool the planet.

If we can’t reduce our emissions the only choice would be to use new inventions such as giant CO₂ scrubbers which will clean the air. Another solution could be to throw water into clouds so they become more reflective. More ideas go through installing giant mirrors into space so that solar rays cannot reach the Earths surface. We could even store CO₂ under the ground to prevent it reaching the atmosphere.

Probably they sound just like science fiction, but actually some of these are technically possible, according to the UK Royal Society. They could even succeed in reducing CO₂ in the atmosphere, but some can take decades to do so, and we still don’t know their impact on the environment nor their real economic cost.

Probably all those words can relief people and governments, but this doesn’t mean we have the luxury to stop our efforts to reduce emissions, there should still be further research and development in order to look for low risk and efficient solutions. We can think of these extreme solutions as a punishment for failure to fight climate change when we had the chance to do so.