Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 24 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Biol Direct. 2019 Aug 20;14(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s13062-019-0247-8.
There is growing agreement that the aim of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is to avoid dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, is not likely to be met without inclusion of methods to physically remove atmospheric carbon. A number of approaches have been suggested, but the community appears to be silent on the potential of one of the most revolutionary technologies of the current century, systems and synthetic biology (SSB). The potential of SSB to modulate the fast carbon cycle, and thereby mitigate climate change is in itself enormous, but if the history of genomics is any measure, it is also reasonable to expect sizeable economic returns on any investment. More generally, the approach to climate control has been badly unbalanced. The last three decades have seen intense international attention to emission control, with no parallel plan to test, scale and implement carbon removal technologies, including attention to their economic, legal and ethical implications. REVIEWERS: This article was reviewed by Richard Roberts, Aristides Patrinos, and Eugene Koonin, all of whom were nominated by Itai Yanai. For the full reviews, please go to the Reviewers' comments section.
越来越多的人认为，如果不包括将大气中的碳实际移除的方法，那么《联合国气候变化框架公约》（UNFCCC）避免人为对气候系统造成危险干扰的目标是不太可能实现的。已经提出了许多方法，但科学界似乎对本世纪最具革命性技术之一的系统和合成生物学（SSB）的潜力保持沉默。SSB 调节快速碳循环从而缓解气候变化的潜力本身是巨大的，但如果以基因组学的历史为衡量标准，也可以合理地期望对任何投资都有可观的经济回报。更广泛地说，气候控制的方法严重失衡。过去三十年，国际社会对排放控制给予了高度关注，而没有制定平行计划来测试、扩大和实施碳去除技术，包括关注其经济、法律和伦理影响。
评审意见：本文由 Richard Roberts、Aristides Patrinos 和 Eugene Koonin 三位评审，他们都是应 Itai Yanai 的提名而参与评审的。如需查看完整的评审意见，请前往“评审意见”部分。
