International outreach and collaboration
CCS is a vital mitigation technology needed to tackle climate change. The IEA CCS Roadmap forecasts that 19% of mitigation in 2050 will need to come from CCS to stay below 450ppm - 9% from CCS in industry and 10% from CCS in power generation. In addition, according to the IEA and the Stern Review the cost of reaching the same aim could be 70% greater if CCS isn’t part of the global solution.
There is a broad international political consensus on the need and importance of CCS in tackling climate and the focus is now on delivery. The UK is a leading player largely because of our ambitious domestic CCS programme. The work we are doing in delivering our domestic demonstrator programme is of global significance and enables us to speak with confidence, and based on experience, in the international arena.
The UK is active in a number of international fora and bilateral arrangements as listed.
Multilateral cooperation
See the Multilateral Cooperation page for more information about the initiatives in which DECC is actively involved:
Bilateral and regional cooperation
See the Bilateral and Regional Cooperation page for more information about the initiatives in which DECC is actively involved: