Energy Ministers from around the world have agreed to proposals to help speed up the global deployment of carbon capture and storage.
At today’s meeting in the United Arab Emirates, Ministers at the Clean Energy Ministerial endorsed recommendations from the Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Action Group chaired by Australia and the UK.
Speaking at the meeting in Abu Dhabi, the UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said: “There can be no solution to climate change and energy security globally without carbon capture and storage.
“Deployment of the technology is tantalisingly close, but it won’t happen at commercial scale without concerted efforts by governments around the world to address legal, financial and technical barriers.
“Our work with Australia to galvanise action and the commitments we’ve secured from key countries today are a step forward in this challenge. The UK will host the next Clean Energy Ministerial in London next spring and will be pressing hard for substantial progress by then.”
Australia’s Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, said: “Australia is leading the CCUS Action Group with the United Kingdom to bring expertise together from across the world and to help governments and industry work together to advance CCS.
“I would like to thank the United Arab Emirates for hosting a highly successful Clean Energy Ministerial meeting over the past two days and I look forward to the next significant opportunity for governments to work together to build momentum for deploying CCS during the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum meeting to be held in Beijing later this year.”
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