I, like many people was concerned about climate change - but in a rather abstract way, it was something that was going to happen way into the future. But when the Queensland floods struck with water running under my house (fortunately a high set Queenslander) I realized that the increase in temperatures - way into the future - was not the real issue, it was the increase in extreme weather, floods and droughts, which are a here and now issue, which are the real danger. Action is needed now – but what did I find when I investigated further?We are simply not winning the climate change war. The Kyoto targets for the developed countries were based on what was politically acceptable rather than what is needed. But even if they did achieve these targets emission from the developing countries would more than offset any saving. We are putting tens of billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year, and despite all the efforts to reduce our emissions they grow every year.Sustainable technologies like wind and rain could potentially supply enough energy to meet all our needs but until someone invents a way of storing the energy they cannot provide a viable alternative to fossil fuels. It all looked totally depressing until I came across a startling piece of information. Vegetation is absorbing some thirty times all man made emissions.So why is there a problem? Simple, virtually all of that carbon goes back into the atmosphere by oxidation and decomposition. The largest emitter of carbon is not electricity generation or transport as we are told - it is simply rotting vegetation.So why cannot we divert that carbon so it goes back into the soil, and stays there?I am an innovator. My most socially important innovation is a system which has the potential to remove large, e.g. gigatonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It also improves soil quality to make food production more resilient in a changing climate.This innovation would enable the wealthy countries to continue to enjoy the modern life style and the developing countries to expand their economies so they too can enjoy this life style without inducing catastrophic climate change.Does that all seem too simple? Removing gigatonnes of carbon from the atmosphere is hardly a trivial technology and requires logistic as well as technical solutions. That is what this book is all about.