Nations discuss the role of carbon capture in combating global warming

Leader of COP28 and Adnoc defends CO2 capture technologies

The head of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) oil sector, who this year chairs the United Arab Emirates' climate negotiations COP28, asked this Wednesday (10) to “seriously” consider CO2 capture technologies, without focusing exclusively on replacing fossil energy to combat the global warming.

Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind “cannot be the only answer”, especially in the production of steel, cement and aluminum, whose carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are very difficult to reduce, he said Sultan Al Jaber.

“If we really want to reduce emissions in industry, we have to seriously look at CO2 capture technologies,” added Al Jaber, chairman of Adnoc, the UAE's national oil company, at a press conference in Abu Dhabi.

The executive was appointed in January to lead the work of COP28, the UN conference, which will be held this year in this rich Gulf country, provoking the indignation of environmental NGOs.

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Is carbon capture the solution?

The major oil exporters in the Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are calling for more attention to technologies for capturing and storing carbon dioxide, the main emitter of greenhouse gases.

But many experts believe that this technology, still in its infancy, is extremely expensive, without evident results, and that it can in no way replace environmental policies that aim to progressively reduce the use of hydrocarbons.

This debate promebe one of the main events at COP28, which will take place in November and December in Dubai, a global emporium of consumption, hyper-climatization and luxury cars.

The almost 200 signatory countries of the Paris Agreement 2015 if withpromeThey will have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to contain global warming “well below 2ºC” and, if possible, limit it to 1,5ºC.

But the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned in March that global warming caused by human activity could reach 1,5ºC compared to the pre-industrial era between 2030 and 2035.

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What is carbon sequestration?

Carbon sequestration refers to the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere in order to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and mitigate the effects of global warming. This is done through a variety of techniques, including storage in geological reservoirs, use in industrial processes and agriculture, and capture and storage in forests and oceans.

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