ICC contribution on Carbon Capture and Storage
Prepared by the ICC Commission on Environment and Energy for the 14th Session of the Conference of the Parties(COP-14) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Publication date : 01/12/2008
To meet the aims of the UNFCCC, a full range of tehnologies must become available to enable emissions reductions in the most cost-efficiency manner, both in the context of the existing Kyoto framework and beyond 2012, under the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (“AWG LCA”). It is vital that barriers to the development and implementation of both existing and new technologies should therefore be removed.
Recommendations to policy makers attending COP-14
- In ICC’s view, to facilitate the deployment of CCS in non-Annex 1 countries to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and help to build capacity in these countries for this essential technology is vital. Furthermore,the COP/MOP should give serious consideration to the full inclusion of CCS as CDM project activities at COP-14, and establishes a process to enable this in a timely manner.
- ICC also recommends that, as part of negotiations under the “Bali Roadmap”, the COP/MOP examine how the work of the AWG LCA can best promote the development and deployment of all mitigation technologies, including CCS. We believe that this should be a central tenet of discussions related to technology transfer and financing.
For further information, please contact
Andrea BACHER
Policy Manager, Economic Policy
Tel:
+33 (0)1 49 53 28 48
andrea.bacher@iccwbo.org