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Publish date: December 17, 2009
Written by: Gøril Tjetland
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Pachauri stressed the need for carbon-negative energy solutions that reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere when he visited the EU’s Zero Emission Technology Platform (ZEP) at their arrangement in Copenhagen this Sunday.
Pachauri announced that carbon-negative solutions will be wrapped into the UN’s fifth Assessment Report. The previous fourth Assessment Report caused a sensation when it was disclosed in 2007.
Pachauri has led the IPCC since 2002, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for this work.
“Extremely attractive potential”
In Copenhagen, Pachauri stressed that drastic measures are needed to reduce global CO2 emissions. He pointed out that the need for public education around “the extremely attractive potential” for CO2 capture and storage (CCS) is essential.
“All carbon emissions-reducing technologies require effective measures. This applies to CCS more than any other technology (so that it can) be developed to a level where it is commercial and environmentally viable,” said Pachauri.
Pachauri pointed to International Energy Agency (IEA)statistics that indicate that CCS requires a global investment of over $2.5 to $3 trillion dollars from 2010 to 2050 in order to avoid critical emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere – a stake in a magnitude that is “beyond the financial capacity of the industry .”
Facts:
• If no drastic measures are taken to reduce CO2 emissions, the average global temperature to rise by more than 2 º C – which means devastating consequences for the climate (IPCC)
• Fossil fuels will continue to dominate energy supply for decades to come (IEA)
• CCS has the potential to cut CO2 emissions by up to 55 percent by the end of the century (IPCC)
• CCS requires a global investment of over $2.5 to $3 trillion dollars from 2010 to 2050 (IEA)
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
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