It is always a motivating and attention-grabbing experience to attend the annual United Nations’ climate change conference. For the fourth year in a row, I have had the privilege of representing the International CCS Knowledge Centre at the Conference of the Parties (COP). COP25 was held this past December in Madrid, Spain. This year’s COP saw many news-worthy stories from the youth climate movement protests, to the lack of guidance on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
But for carbon capture and storage (CCS/CCUS), COP25 seemed to prominently and positively feature this clean technology solution more than the past four years have done. Because of this, for CCS, COP25 was a major success for championing a viable and necessary climate action tool to a global audience. And it’s not hard to see why there is more momentum. (I discuss just how important CCS is for large-scale emission reductions in a previous blog on the International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report for limiting global warming to 1.5°C.)
The Knowledge Centre’s presence at COP25 on panels and presentations was greater this year than previous years. We were happy to speak specifically about:
