Minister Haga invites to informal meeting on CCS

The British Minister of Energy Mr. Malcolm Wicks and the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ms. Åslaug Haga have taken a joint initiative to gather colleagues to an informal discussion on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) on Sunday 20 April. They have invited energy ministers from various countries to participate in the discussion, which takes place as a side event to the International Energy Forum (IEF) in Rome.

- We believe that for CCS to reach its full potential as a climate mitigation technology, action is needed on a global scale. We need to work together to encourage demonstration projects and other capacity building activities across the world, Minister Wicks and Minister Haga wrote in the invitation.

The British and Norwegian ministers see the IEF as an opportunity to engage ministers from key countries in discussing what should be done to take forward the deployment of CCS. CCS technology has the potential to reduce emissions from fossil fuel power stations by up to 90 per cent. Furthermore, studies by the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggest that CCS could contribute up to 28 per cent of the global carbon dioxide mitigation by 2050.

The meeting takes place on 20 April in the IEF conference venue Cavalieri Hilton in Rome.

During her stay in Rome, Minister Haga will also participate in the International Energy Business Forum (IEBF), where she will be chairing the fourth session “Technology and Human Resources” on April 20 at 4.30 p.m.

Information to the press:
The CCS meeting itself will not be open for the press. Press Contact for Ms. Haga in Rome: Unni Claussen +47 915 17 357.
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