Carbon sequestration only gains meaning when emission reduction remains the priority. Removing carbon and reducing emissions must be organised together: sequestration complements reduction, it does not replace it. This prevents stored carbon from being used as a licence to continue existing emissions.
The order matters because sequestration is slower, harder to verify and often temporary, while avoided emissions are immediate and permanent. In a credible climate strategy, sequestration therefore serves as the second track: it addresses the emissions that genuinely cannot be avoided yet, and it keeps the focus on structural climate gains instead of compensation accounting. Removal and reduction belong in one plan, with reduction leading.