Energy and environment ministers from member nations of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) say that carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies should be a key component of international plans to combat climate change.
In a communiqué released ahead of international climate talks held in Poland in mid-November, CSLF members said that the demonstration and deployment of CCS should be accelerated and indicated that the next seven years would be critically important to the creations of the right conditions for investment in the technology.
"It is clear that significant progress has been made on CCS, challenges remain, but these are challenges that we can – and will – overcome," said a statement from CSLF, whose members include Australia, China, Brazil, France and Germany.
According to CSLF, international focus should be on completing CCS projects that are currently under construction or in advanced stages of planning, while efforts should also be made to increase the number of large CCS demonstrations in planning.
Other key actions that are needed to help the deployment of CCS technology include the development of predictable financial frameworks and incentive mechanisms and the continuation of global coordinated efforts on coherent CCS research.
CSLF also says that countries should eliminate obstacles to CCS deployment and support efforts to grow CCS capacity and knowledge transfer efforts.
