Carbon capture ruled out of UN clean projects list Carbon
capture and storage (CCS) will not be added to the list of
technologies that industrial countries can invest in to offset
their emissions, after some countries expressed their
reservations at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen.
International climate negotiators have been debating whether to
accept capturing CO2 from industrial installations and storing
it underground (CCS) as a means of contributing to emission
cuts. But they delayed any decisions until next year at the
earliest, as no consensus was reached. Some countries have
proposed to add CCS to the UN-backed Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM), which allows companies in rich countries to fulfil part
of their climate obligations by investing in emission reductions
in developing countries. But others "have registered concerns
regarding the implications of this possible inclusion and
highlighted a number of unresolved issues," read a draft paper
from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFC