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Carbon capture is not a single technology or policy; it is a family of approaches that remove carbon dioxide from flue gases or directly from the air and then either store it permanently underground, use it in products, or inject it in ways that temporarily retain CO2. Whether carbon capture helps or distracts depends on purpose, timing, scale, governance, and economics. Below is a clear assessment of the contexts where carbon capture is a constructive tool and where it creates risks of delay, waste, or greenwashing.How carbon capture can make a differenceDecarbonizing hard-to-abate industries: Cement, steel, chemicals, and some high-temperature…

Influence operations are coordinated efforts to shape opinions, emotions, decisions, or behaviors of a target audience. They combine messaging, social engineering, and often technical means to change how people think, talk, vote, buy, or act. Influence operations can be conducted by states, political organizations, corporations, ideological groups, or criminal networks. The intent ranges from persuasion and distraction to deception, disruption, or erosion of trust in institutions.Actors and motivationsThe operators that wield influence include:State actors: intelligence services or political units seeking strategic advantage, foreign policy goals, or domestic control.Political campaigns and consultants: groups aiming to win elections or shift public debate.Commercial…