Would removing CO2 from the atmosphere to pre-industrial levels have an immediate or longer term effect on our climate if at all?

Question

Ive read that our carbon emissions have basically started a cascade effect that we can’t limit now. IS this right or wrong?

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Answer 1

if we somehow cut our current carbon emissions to 0 tomorrow, we’d still see effects for decades, if not longer.

if we had a super efficent way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and implemented that today, we *might* be able to mitigate some of the effects of our CO2 emissions, but we’d still continue to see the effects for quite a while. it’s very hard to say how deep those effects would impact the planet as a whole, as the global ecosystem is very slow to respond. it’s real real big.