Published: October 12th, 2023,
Last updated: May 27th, 2025
This coming Monday, the member states of the European Union plan to agree on their negotiating mandate for the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai at the end of November (COP28) at the meeting of EU environment ministers. A draft of the EU position – dated September 29 – shows that using carbon capture and storage (CCS) to achieve climate targets in the energy sector remains controversial.