For David Reiner, professor of technology policy at Cambridge’s Judge Business School, tackling methane emissions is “critical” given the government’s target.
“So far we’ve tended to focus on technologies which produce fewer emissions, like electric cars and heat pumps, but Levidian is one of those removing emissions, and that’s the harder part of the puzzle, so the government needs to find a way to incentive these types of technologies.
“To meet a 2035 target, we’ll need to rely on technologies which are already a significant way down the road, because anyone having an idea now won’t have time to develop and scale it. At the same time, we must still invest in new ideas because climate change doesn’t end in 2035.”
