Carbon Capture and Storage: Essential and Cost-Effective

The document asserts that CCS is essential to avoid a 2-degree Celsius temperature rise, as it is the only large-scale abatement option for many industrial sources. It highlights that the IEA projects a need for 6,000 million tonnes of CO2 reduction via CCS by 2050. The text argues that CCS is cost-competitive, especially when paired with enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and can be more economical than intermittent renewables when accounting for system balancing and transmission costs.

• To prevent a 2-degree Celsius rise in global temperature, the IPCC states that CO2 emissions must be reduced to 60% by 2050 and reach essentially zero by the end of the century.
• Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is identified as a critical technology for meeting climate goals, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) projecting it must provide 6,000 million tonnes of CO2 reduction worldwide by 2050.
• CCS is described as the only technology capable of large-scale abatement for various industrial sources where CO2 is an inescapable chemical by-product, specifically in the production of cement (8% of global CO2 emissions), steel (5%), and fertilizers (3-5%).

APA

Clean Air Task Force (n.d.). Carbon Capture and Storage: Essential and Cost-Effective. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/21094358/CATF_FaceSheet_CCSEssentialCostEffective.pdf

Chicago

Clean Air Task Force. Carbon Capture and Storage: Essential and Cost-Effective. n.d. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/21094358/CATF_FaceSheet_CCSEssentialCostEffective.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{cleanairtaskforcendcarbon, author = {{Clean Air Task Force}}, title = {{Carbon Capture and Storage: Essential and Cost-Effective}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/21094358/CATF_FaceSheet_CCSEssentialCostEffective.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }