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The signatories argue that including rail, ship, barge, and truck transport for CO2 in the TEN-T regulation is essential for decarbonising industrial sectors and reducing investor risk.

The document argues that superhot rock geothermal could be a gamechanger for Texas's energy grid, noting that just 1% of the state's resource could meet 50% of its 2023 electricity consumption. It emphasizes the technology's low land footprint and its ability to leverage existing oil and gas subsurface expertise.

The document highlights that just 1% of Thailand's estimated superhot rock geothermal resource could provide 294 GW of energy capacity, potentially replacing all coal and gas used for electricity production and reducing emissions by approximately 82 megatonnes of CO2eq. It argues that this technology offers a low land-use footprint and a reliable 24/7 power source that could significantly reduce Thailand's dependence on energy imports from Myanmar, Qatar, and Indonesia.

The document highlights Timor-Leste's significant superhot rock geothermal resources, noting that just 1% of its endowment could provide 10 GW of energy capacity. It argues that this technology offers a low-land-footprint alternative to other energy sources and provides a transition pathway for the country's oil and gas workforce.

The EU steel sector, which contributes 5% of the region's annual CO2 emissions, faces significant technical and economic hurdles in its transition to net zero. While hydrogen-based DRI is a prominent pathway, its scalability is limited by the massive requirements for renewable electricity and low-carbon hydrogen. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is presented as a complementary, potentially lower-cost near-term solution for both blast furnace and DRI plants. The report concludes that a portfolio of technologies is necessary to mitigate risks and ensure the industry's survival, supported by carbon pricing, border adjustments, and demand-side policies.

The report finds that Native American communities are more likely to live within a half-mile of oil and gas facilities than the general population of their encompassing states, leading to disproportionate exposure to methane, volatile organic compounds, and toxic air pollutants. This impact is exacerbated by high poverty rates and lack of health insurance, which limit housing options and access to medical care for conditions like asthma. Specifically, the analysis highlights the Navajo Nation, the Northern Ute (Uintah-Ouray), and the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation as areas of significant risk.

The report highlights that tropospheric ozone is a potent greenhouse gas and air pollutant responsible for approximately 0.23°C of present-day warming and nearly 500,000 premature deaths annually. It is not emitted directly but forms from precursors like methane, nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), and carbon monoxide (CO). The document identifies a significant gap in global climate strategies, noting that tropospheric ozone is largely absent from the Paris Agreement and most Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It provides sector-specific policy levers—ranging from methane capture in oil and gas to electric vehicle adoption in transport—and presents case studies from Los Angeles, Mexico City, Beijing, and Europe to demonstrate the effectiveness of targeted pollution control. The report concludes with recommendations for policymakers to adopt multi-pollutant approaches, for scientists to fill knowledge gaps in regional climate effects, and for funders to increase the currently insufficient international development funding for outdoor air pollution.

The document highlights that just 1% of Türkiye's superhot rock geothermal resource could provide 594 GW of energy capacity, potentially replacing all coal and gas used for electricity production and meeting the country's projected 2050 electricity demand of 609,503 GWh. It argues that this technology would enhance energy security by reducing dependence on coal (58% imported) and natural gas (98% imported), while requiring significantly less land (12 km² per 1 GW) than solar, wind, or biomass.

The document highlights that just 1% of Turkmenistan's estimated superhot rock geothermal resources could provide 105 GW of energy capacity, far exceeding the country's 2021 electricity consumption of 22,533 GWh. This resource could theoretically replace all coal and gas used for electricity production in Turkmenistan, reducing emissions by approximately 16 megatonnes of CO2eq, which represents 58% of the country's Nationally Determined Contribution goal for 2030. Superhot rock geothermal is presented as a high-density energy source requiring only 12 km² of land per 1 GW, significantly less than solar (180 km²) or offshore wind (520 km²).

The document categorizes methane emissions by spatial, temporal, and source characteristics and provides a detailed guide for identifying and repairing leaks across various equipment types based on onsite observations.

The document describes the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) as a graphical tool that ranks greenhouse gas mitigation options by cost and abatement potential to support policy prioritization. It details a four-step construction process involving the calculation of abatement potential and marginal abatement cost (based on Net Present Value), and provides guidance on interpreting negative and positive costs to determine appropriate financing mechanisms. The text also warns that MACCs are static representations that ignore interactions between options, exclude societal co-benefits, and mask the distinction between upfront CAPEX and ongoing OPEX.

The document highlights that just 1% of the UK's superhot rock geothermal resource could provide 6 GW of capacity, meeting 17% of the country's 2023 electricity demand. This resource could potentially replace all coal and oil and 33% of the gas used for 2021 electricity production, reducing emissions by approximately 25 megatonnes of CO2eq. Additionally, it could replace 15% of the UK's gas imports and requires significantly less land (12 km² per 1 GW) than other energy sources like solar or wind.

The document highlights the massive potential of superhot rock geothermal energy in the United States, noting that just 1% of its resource could provide 4,291 GW of capacity and generate over 35 million GWh of electricity. It argues that this zero-emission, firm power source is more land-efficient than solar, wind, or biomass and offers a transition pathway for oil and gas workers.

The document outlines the potential of superhot rock geothermal energy in Utah, noting that just 1% of the state's resource could provide 327 GW of energy capacity. It argues that this technology offers a low land-use footprint and a transition pathway for oil and gas workers.

The document highlights that just 1% of Uzbekistan's superhot rock geothermal resource could provide 8 GW of capacity, generating over 69,871 GWh of electricity, which is approximately 98% of the country's 2021 annual electricity demand. It argues that this technology could replace coal and gas imports, reduce land-use footprints compared to other renewables, and leverage existing subsurface expertise from the oil and gas sector.

The document highlights superhot rock geothermal as an emerging, energy-dense renewable source that could provide firm power globally. In Vanuatu, preliminary modeling suggests that just 1% of the country's superhot rock resource could provide 6 GW of energy capacity, equivalent to 27 million barrels of oil. While unlikely to reach commercial scale by Vanuatu's 2030 goal of nearly 100% renewable electricity, the technology offers significant land-use efficiency, requiring only 12 km² per 1 GW compared to much larger footprints for solar or wind. The document argues that developing this resource could reduce energy poverty, create jobs in engineering and geology, and attract foreign investment to Vanuatu.

The document highlights that just 1% of Venezuela's superhot rock geothermal resource could provide 355 GW of energy capacity, far exceeding the country's projected 2050 electricity demand of 297,505 GWh. It argues that this technology offers a low-land-footprint, firm power alternative that could leverage Venezuela's existing oil and gas subsurface expertise to decarbonize its electricity sector, which emitted 12 megatonnes of CO2eq in 2021.

The document highlights that just 1% of Vietnam's estimated superhot rock geothermal resource could provide 425 GW of energy capacity, potentially replacing all coal and gas used for electricity production and reducing emissions by approximately 142 megatonnes of CO2eq. It argues that this energy source offers a low land-use footprint and could reduce Vietnam's dependence on coal imports from Australia and Indonesia.

The document highlights superhot rock geothermal as a scalable, zero-emission energy source that could significantly contribute to Washington's goal of zero-emissions electricity by 2045. Preliminary modeling indicates that just 1% of Washington's superhot rock resource could provide 126 GW of energy capacity, which is 12 times the state's 2023 electricity consumption. The technology is described as highly energy-dense, requiring only 12 sq mi of land per 1 GW, and provides reliable 24/7 power that reduces the need for excess transmission and backup generation.

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) argues that the waste sector represents 26% of EU anthropogenic methane emissions and proposes redesigning the EU waste hierarchy to emphasize waste prevention and organic waste treatment. CATF recommends setting separate quantitative recycling targets for municipal bio-waste and requiring Member States to explicitly address methane abatement in their national waste management plans. Additionally, the document calls for a collective EU food waste reduction target of 50% by 2030, noting that combining source separation and treatment of organic waste with food waste prevention could reduce EU waste sector methane emissions by 41% to 55%.