IEA Calls for Fast Action on Carbon Storage in Developing World

Developing countries need more than 2,000 carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) plants by midcentury to stave off catastrophic global warming, an International Energy Agency report out today will say. With emissions swiftly rising in developing countries, at least 65 percent of those will have to be built in nations still working toward industrialization, said Thomas Kerr, a senior IEA analyst in Paris. "That means China, India and other developing countries will have to do a lot of CCS and do it fast," Kerr said.

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