CCS Reality Check – Risks and Priorities
This paper explores how Europe’s industrial transformation can reach climate neutrality with minimal, if any, reliance on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). It outlines a robust alternative pathway based on electrification, circular economy practices, efficiency measures, and fossil-free technologies already on the market.
It warns that large-scale CCS risks diverting scarce public funds from proven solutions and highlights how so-called “hard-to-abate” sectors like steel and cement can be decarbonised without CCS.
A must-read for policymakers and investors seeking smart, cost-effective climate action.
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