“The WCA is attending COP22 to call for policy parity for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and to support countries that have included low-emission coal technology in their national climate plans,” Benjamin Sporton, CEO of the WCA, said in a recent statement.
“In Marrakech, the ‘rule book’ that will be established for the Paris Agreement implementation must support countries to deliver all aspects of their NDCs , including elements on low-emissions coal.”
NDCs – nationally determined contributions – lay out a countries plan for reducing its emissions as part of the Paris Agreement reached at last year’s COP21. The NDCs of 19 countries, producing 44% of the world’s emissions, include a significant role for low-emission coal technology.
“Coal is not the problem; emissions are,” continued Sporton. “In order to reduce emissions and get us on the pathway to achieving the Paris Agreement’s well below 2° target, high-efficiency low-emissions (HELE) and CCS technologies must be encouraged.”
