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#CCS is not a climate plan, it's a delay strategy with the public footing the bill. As #ICMForum convenes Europe faces a choice - subsidising a high-cost technofix to suit fossil fuel interests or prioritise real climate solutions that cut emissions now.

Equinor's & Shells' involvement in #ICMForum working groups means they're making #CCS policy recommendations to the @EU_Commission . Both companies are involved in #CSS projects receiving billions in public funds.

Seems like a bad investment of public € - 78% of #CCS projects fail & 70% of the tracked subsidies are for projects still in the planning stage.

@corporateeurope.org show that #ICMForum is dominated by fossil fuel lobbyists, making recommendations that are reflected in EU strategy.

Despite nearly €17.3 billion in European public subsidies since 2001, #CCS has repeatedly failed to deliver real emissions cuts. Instead its use risks providing polluters with an excuse to keep on polluting.

On 8&9 Dec, the @EU_Commission hosts its Industrial Carbon Management Forum #ICMForum -promoting #CCS & dominated by fossil lobbyists. New Analysis reveals Europe is pouring €bns into #CCS, a technology that continues to fail while lobbyists shape the agenda

#CCS is not a climate plan, it's a delay strategy with the public footing the bill. As #ICM25 convenes Europe faces a choice - subsidising a high-cost technofix to suit fossil fuel interests or prioritise real climate solutions that cut emissions now.

Equinor's & Shells' involvement in #ICM25 working groups means they're making #CCS policy recommendations to the @EU_Commission . Both companies are involved in #CSS projects receiving billions in public funds.

Seems like a bad investment of public € - 78% of #CCS projects fail & 70% of the tracked subsidies are for projects still in the planning stage.

@corporateeurope.org show that #ICM25 is dominated by fossil fuel lobbyists, making recommendations that are reflected in EU strategy.

Despite nearly €17.3 billion in European public subsidies since 2001, #CCS has repeatedly failed to deliver real emissions cuts. Instead its use risks providing polluters with an excuse to keep on polluting.

On 8&9 Dec, the @ec.europa.eu hosts its Industrial Carbon Management Forum #ICM25 -promoting #CCS & dominated by fossil lobbyists. New Analysis reveals Europe is pouring €bns into #CCS, a technology that continues to fail while lobbyists shape the agenda

#AI & #CCS must not be used as a lifeline for polluting industries. #PollutersOuts

"AI is now optimizing and expanding those systems – deepening the industry’s dependence on technologies that exist to prolong its life. It’s a dangerous feedback loop of technology enabling additional emissions and eroding accountability.”

“AI and carbon capture are being packaged as climate solutions, but most CCS today is being pumped back into the fossil fuel system to extract even more oil."

Holly Alpine at Enabled Emissions Campaign↕️
www.enabledemissions.com

"The influx of CCS lobbyists at COP30 shows how the AI industry is using the false promise of carbon capture as a lifeline for fossil fuels. AI is the love child of Big Tech and the fossil fuel industry."

@ajeansu.bsky.social for @biologicaldiversity.org

The number of Carbon Capture and Storage #CCS lobbyists is higher than:

⏫ Any other single nation, except the host country, Brazil
⏫ The national delegations from the G7 countries
⏫ 62 delegations combined, including 14 EU countries