This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Petition Deploy carbon capture and storage technology at scale across the UK by 2021.
Runaway climate change will happen unless we dramatically cut emissions within a decade. Carbon capture (CCUS) technology removes up to 90% of CO2 from air, but the UK government intends to deploy it at scale only in the 2030s. We demand that the government rolls out CCUS nationwide by 2021.
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We propose that the government:
- brings forward nationwide CCUS deployment to 2021;
- provides more funding for CCUS optimisation and supports emissions-cutting CCUS plants regardless of profit;
- oversees global transfers of CCUS technology and compels overseas states to deploy CCUS.
UN: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/sr15/
CCUS: https://www.worldcoal.org/reducing-co2-emissions/carbon-capture-use-storage
Gov: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-carbon-capture-and-storage-government-funding-and-support
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