Gene Editing to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Gene editing offers a promising opportunity to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and other sectors, according to Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) 2020 report. Recent advances have proved that this biotechnology technique could help capture carbon from the atmosphere and support biofuel development. “It can play an important role in limiting and removing greenhouse gas emissions. Once an esoteric interest of just a handful of molecular biologists, gene editing is now the second-most published topic in biology and a key tool for tackling climate change,” Val Giddings, senior fellow at ITIF, who co-authored the report said.