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Why Switzerland is shipping CO2 to Iceland

Jean-Marc Heuberger
February 5, 2025

Switzerland wants to be CO2-neutral by 2050, reducing the country’s net emissions to zero. One approach it’s looking at is to capture and export the CO2 Swiss industries emit to Iceland for sequestration in basalt rock layers. Not all Icelanders are in favor.

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