Understanding CCS market development helps governments, investors, and stakeholders plan policies, assess market scale, and address climate goals. This report reviews current and near-term CCS facility pipelines, compares them with long-term needs, and uses deployed facility numbers as a proxy for market size, informing discussions on future CCS growth.

Investing in clean energy innovation, including CCS, drives economic growth, job creation, and climate mitigation. Rapid emissions reductions are critical to limit climate impacts. Recovery measures, such as Covid-19 stimulus funds, should align with long-term climate goals. Learn more in the new factsheet and the upcoming Value of CCS report.

The Global CCS Institute’s Policymaker Brief CCS – Targeting Climate Change highlights findings from the Global Status of CCS Report. It covers CCS’s role in mitigation, global deployment, policy support, and project updates. The brief underscores CCS milestones, opportunities, and benefits, inviting collaboration to accelerate worldwide deployment of this essential climate technology.

IPCC reports and the European Green Deal drive EU climate neutrality by 2050, requiring widespread mitigation and carbon removal technologies. This overview examines CCS within the Deal, exploring governance, financing, hydrogen, and industrial strategy, and highlights three legislative challenges. It provides a February 2020 snapshot for policymakers and stakeholders engaging with low-carbon initiatives.

Rising populations and living standards increase municipal waste and energy demand. Waste-to-Energy (WtE) converts waste into electricity and heat, while integrating CCS can make it zero or negative emissions. This Perspective by David T. Kearns explains WtE, its climate impact, and the potential of CCS to enhance its environmental benefits.

Liability is often viewed as a barrier to CCS deployment. This report uses analysis and interviews to show CCS liabilities are familiar and manageable, presenting solutions for investors and operators. It examines lifecycle and climate-related risks, and highlights government, industry, and insurance roles in managing liabilities, offering guidance for policymakers and stakeholders.

The Global CCS Institute released a report on California’s new CCS protocol, summarizing its regulations for developers and policymakers worldwide. Compared with incentives like 45Q, the protocol creates opportunities for CCS deployment. It supports projects reducing emissions from bioethanol, hydrogen, crude, and global direct air capture initiatives.

CCS is vital for climate goals, enabling deep emissions cuts in steel, cement, and chemicals. Combined with bioenergy, it delivers negative emissions essential for Paris targets. Yet, current policies lag. This paper outlines priorities to scale CCS, stimulate investment, and reviews lessons from existing large-scale projects.

Despite decades of climate negotiations, CO2 levels continue to rise. The Paris Agreement goals of limiting warming to below 2°C contrast sharply with the shrinking carbon budget. Carbon dioxide removal is essential, with BECCS emerging as a leading solution for negative emissions and decarbonising high-emission industries.

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) removes CO2 by capturing and storing emissions from biomass use, especially bioethanol production. As transport decarbonises, demand for bioethanol will rise. Integrating CCS enables negative emissions. Climate finance and Brazil’s leadership are critical to scaling bioethanol with CCS globally.