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हिन्दी — Read in HindiMitigation: industry, methane and carbon removal
The emission cuts that are hardest to make: steel, cement and other industry, methane, refrigerant gases under the Kigali Amendment, and the capture and removal of carbon. It serves GS3 answers on climate change and industry.
Foundation note: Cutting what is hard to cut: hard to abate sectors, methane and carbon removal
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Biochar from crop residue
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Biochar is made by heating farm waste with little oxygen, leaving a carbon rich, porous material that decays very slowly in soil.
- It locks carbon away, so it qualifies as persistent carbon dioxide removal.
- Its pores bind soil particles, hold water and host microbes.
What changed
22 Jun 2026BriefPunjab and Haryana burn more than 20 million tonnes of paddy straw a year, but biochar remains confined to trials in India. The Hindu, 22 Jun 2026: Biochar offers a way to turn India's farm smoke into 'black gold' (opens in a new tab)