This particular discovery is about materials that may help with carbon capture, which is at best an extremely inefficient way to fight climate change. But in many case, the captured gas is reinjected to help extract more oil, which makes things worse.

• The insanity of the Carbon Capture deception, Just Have a Think, YouTube
• The False Promise of Carbon Capture as a Climate Solution, Scientific American

The solution is to stop extracting and burning fossil fuel.