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Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Action Group

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Overview

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will need to play a substantial role in mitigating global emissions alongside measures such as renewables and energy efficiency. The challenges for CCS are unprecedented and the timeframes are short to avoid locking into infrastructure with high carbon dioxide emissions.

The Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Action Group brings together governments, businesses, and organizations and has a unique opportunity to make recommendations to energy ministers at Clean Energy Ministerial meetings to create greater political momentum for advancing the deployment of CCS. The goals of the CCUS Action Group include the following:

  • Identify key recommendations aimed at closing the gap between current actions and those required to deliver CCS on the scale and timeline required for CCS to achieve its greenhouse gas emission reduction potential
  • Encourage collaboration between CCUS Action Group members and other interested organizations to implement the recommended actions
  • Track and report on actions taken according to the recommendations.

For more information, view the CCUS Action Group fact sheet .

Goal


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The CCUS Action Group aims to create greater political momentum to advance the level of CCS deployment required to meet the global greenhouse gas mitigation challenge. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), up to one-fifth of mitigation in 2050 will need to come from CCS in the power and industrial sectors, equating to approximately 3,400 projects. To achieve this, the IEA suggests that 100 projects will need to be operational by 2020. Additionally, while CCS development will begin in industrialized countries, it is expected to rapidly shift to developing countries after 2020.

Progress

  • Working groups were established to investigate the current status of global action within key topics and to develop specific recommendations, which were presented and endorsed by energy ministers at the second Clean Energy Ministerial. Working groups are now initiating actions to implement these recommendations.
  • Twelve out of thirteen governments agreed to take actions according to the recommendations, with supporting actions to be undertaken by CCS organizations and industry.
  • The CCUS Action Group agreed on an implementation plan to ensure progress.