Climate stakeholders from around the world gathered in Glasgow, Scotland to move the needle forward on climate action at COP 26. CCS was the topic of discussion at a number of well-attended side events, as experts in the field weighed in on the need to accelerate deployment. During formal negotiations, parties agreed that Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) will need to be revised by COP 27 if Paris Agreement targets are to be reached. The Institute’s General Manager of Advocacy and Communications, Guloren Turan, comments on whether the glass is half-full when it comes to CCS and international climate ambition.

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In a recently held webinar, the Institute unpacked the current state of CCS in the Netherlands. Discussions at the virtual event highlighted how CCS can support the Netherlands in meeting its 49% emissions reduction target by 2030, and the EU's even more ambitious 55% emissions reduction target by 2030. Sharing their insights were policy and industry experts, along with academics, including representatives with Bellona, TNO, Carbon Connect Delta, and Utrecht University. In an Institute first, the event was conducted entirely in Dutch.

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As part of the European Union's COP 26 side events, the Global CCS Institute collaborated with the CCUS Projects Network, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research and South Pole to discuss how carbon removal and reduction technologies champion climate targets in Europe. The event covered transformative climate action, including discussions on the EU’s 2030 and 2050 climate targets.

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The Institute welcomes plans by the Australian Federal Government to establish a $1 billion low-emissions technology fund. Administered by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), the Low Emissions Technology Commercialisation Fund 

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