KYOTO PROTOCOL – CO2 CAPTURE

BY KEITH NUTHALLAN ASSESSMENT from the Kyoto Protocol Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by power plants before it enters the atmosphere could be crucial in minimising climate change. The Geneva-based panel has estimated that capture and storage technologies could lower climate change mitigation costs over the next 100 years by 30%. Furthermore, capture and storage of CO2 underground could potentially generate up to 55% of all emission reductions (2,200 billion tonnes of CO2) ...


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