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.

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合成生物学在缓解气候变化中的作用。

越来越多的人同意，如果不采用物理去除大气碳的方法，就不可能实现《联合国气候变化框架公约》的目标，即避免对气候系统的危险人为干扰。已经提出了许多方法，但是社区似乎对本世纪最革命的技术之一，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，但是如果以基因组学的历史为衡量标准，则可以预期任何投资都会产生可观的经济回报。更普遍地讲，气候控制方法严重失衡。在过去的三十年中，国际上对排放控制给予了极大的关注，没有平行的计划来测试，扩展和实施碳清除技术，包括对其经济，法律和道德意义的关注。审阅者：本文由Richard Roberts，Aristides Patrinos和Eugene Koonin审阅，他们全部由Itai Yanai提名。有关完整的评论，请转到“评论者的评论”部分。