At the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris last December, 195 countries signed the world’s first agreement to reduce global warming. That historic agreement has come into force today – but what part does the industrial gas industry have to play going forward?
The sector certainly has a leading role in reducing planet-warming emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and with carbon dioxide (CO2) considered to be the primary culprit in climate change, new opportunities have emerged to accelerate carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment as the committed countries scramble to deliver current and future emission objectives.
Brad Page, Chief Executive of the Global CCS Institute, highlighted, “Without CCS, it is highly improbable that the world can ever deliver on the Paris Agreement’s core climate goal.”
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