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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) should be seen as an important component of a portfolio of mitigation technologies for meeting climate change targets, a new report co-authored by 果冻影院 researchers finds.

The report, entitled 鈥淭he role of CCS in meeting climate policy targets鈥�, was commissioned by the Global CCS Institute, and authored independently by a team of academic researchers from the 果冻影院 Institute for Sustainable Resources, the 果冻影院 Energy Institute, the 果冻影院 Faculty of Laws, the University of Edinburgh and the UK Energy Research Centre.

The report finds that although CCS is not without risks or uncertainties, the available evidence suggests that the risks of CCS not being available as part of a portfolio of mitigation options to address climate targets, are greater than the risks of attempting to develop it.

As such, CCS should be considered a critically important part of any strategy for limiting temperature rise to 2掳C, and even more so for limiting temperature rise to 1.5掳C.

Co-author Professor Paul Ekins said the report found that pursuing CCS requires a whole-chain innovation systems approach, including coordination of actors and infrastructure, and attention to legislative and regulatory frameworks.

鈥淥f course, there will be a need for technology `push鈥� policies such as support for research and development, and market `pull鈥� policies such as price support and carbon taxes.

鈥淗owever, it鈥檚 also important to recall that comparable large scale technological systems and infrastructures have historically benefitted from some kind of whole-chain coordination and support, with governments playing key enabling roles. We do not believe that CCS will succeed without similar whole-chain coordination and support.鈥�

果冻影院 co-author, Dr Nick Hughes said report findings indicated that the non-availability of CCS appears to make climate mitigation scenarios 鈥渁t best much higher cost, and at worst infeasible鈥�.

鈥淭hus, we find that not having CCS available will pose a significant risk to the achievability of the Paris targets. We find this is a convincing reason for putting in place clear and long-term measures to support the development of CCS systems.鈥�

鈥淭he successful deployment of CCS will be dependent on ongoing review and adaptation of legal and regulatory frameworks, robust and transparent risk management and verification practices, and genuine public engagement. Ensuring the low life-cycle emissions, and the social and environmental sustainability of any biomass used in conjunction with CCS will also be crucial.鈥�

The report was launched at London鈥檚 Royal Society, with a group of expert speakers in attendance, including: UK Committee on Climate Change Chairman, Lord Deben; Shell Chief Climate Change Adviser, David Hone; Global CCS Institute CEO, Brad Page; Distinguished Associate of the Energy Futures Initiative, Julio Friedmann;聽 and IEA analyst, Samantha McCulloch. The launch event, hosted by the Global CCS Institute, and chaired by BBC environmental commentator, Roger Harrabin, was attended by more than 100 representatives spanning government, industry, academia, and environmental NGOs.