![](jpg/20231125_srr_sq.jpg)
Carbon-dioxide removal
The new economy net zero needs
Special reports -
It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored
![](jpg/20231125_srd001.jpg)
The lost heart of net zero
Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention
It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored
![](jpg/20231125_srd002.jpg)
St Augustine’s climate policy
The temptations of deferred removals
Carbon dioxide removals must start at scale sooner than people think
![](jpg/20231125_srd004.jpg)
Thy axe shall harm it not
Trees alone will not save the world
But better markets and better monitoring will let them do more
![](jpg/20231125_srd005.jpg)
All the myriad ways
Carbon-dioxide-removal options are multiplying
Many are intriguing; none is cheap, scalable and easily verified
![](jpg/20231125_srd006.jpg)
The carbon economy
A net-zero world needs new markets and institutions
It is just possible they will be built in time
Previous report
![](jpg/20231111_srr_sq-2.jpg)
China’s armed forces
Unknown soldiers
Special reports -
Overestimating China’s armed forces would be dangerous, argues Jeremy Page
- Unknown soldiers: The People’s Liberation Army is not yet as formidable as the West fears
- Rank indifference: China is struggling to recruit enough highly skilled troops
- Weapons of woe: From hypersonic missiles to undersea drones, the PLA is making leaps
- Peace disease: Xi Jinping worries that China’s troops are not ready to fight
- Command or control: Xi Jinping is obsessed with political loyalty in the PLA
- Operation overload: Invading Taiwan would be a logistical minefield for China
- China’s armed forces: Acknowledgments