Type of actor: association of countries
What is their position?
In view of the size of the challenge ahead and the projected increase in fossil fuel-powered generation in developing countries, it is important that in the next decade developing countries build capacity to deploy low carbon technologies, including CCS, on a commercial scale. CDM is a good solution to create an additional incentive to further develop and deploy CCS.
The EU nevertheless gives several recommendations for the inclusion of CCS in the CDM.
In the case of CCS projects it will be important to ensure that criteria are suitably rigorous and applied consistently.
It is also important to draw up guidance, including the development of criteria and a step-wise procedure for the selection of appropriate sites, and guidance on how these criteria and procedures should be applied in the context of CCS projects under the CDM.
The EU does not support CCS projects involving the direct injection of CO2 into the water column because of high levels of uncertainty about levels of CO2 retention and the negative effects on ecosystems.
Further work will need to be done drawing on this material to provide sufficiently clear guidance for the consideration of CCS projects under the CDM.
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