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Publish date: May 17, 2010
Written by: Veronica Webster
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The report also stresses that Europe must lead in the fight against climate change to avoid being left out. This should be done by taking a proactive approach and begin by defining a permanent system of incentives for the development of alternative energy sources and technologies.
The report also explains that the deployment of forthcoming technologies such as CO2 capture and storage (CCS) must be backed by firm decision-making regarding appropriate levels of subsidies at EU level, a legal framework which is sorely needed and a roadmap for developing CCS beyond the demonstration phase.
“In order to move from the experimental to the operational stage, the EU needs to research, develop and test new technologies and processes for capturing and storing CO2 safely underground,” reads the report, which can be viewed in full here.
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.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.