“Enabling cross-border infrastructure coupling the industrial clusters in Northwest Europe will be crucial in achieving the #energytransition ” says BBR Chairman Eric ter Hark. Together the NGOs and industry call on the German, Belgian, French, and Dutch governments for a common vision and strategy to realise a CO2 transport and storage infrastructure that accelerates industrial decarbonisation and structural emission reductions. The BBR calls for the creation of a public-private task force to take this on with the highest priority. The challenge of climate change is cross-border and cross-sector; thus, it can only be tackled as such. Please check out the post of Bellona Europa to get the full scoop! #CO2infrastructure #decarbonisation #benelux
After much anticipation, we’re excited to share this open letter calling for a strategy on regional #CO2infrastructure in the Netherlands🇳🇱, Belgium🇧🇪 & North Rhine-Westphalia🇩🇪 This Valentine's Day💘, let's show our Earth some love & collaborate for the climate! 18% of EU emissions come from the production of basic materials such as #cement, #steel & #chemicals manufactured in north-western Europe. There isn't one solution to reduce industrial emissions, we need to provide industry with the necessary #CO2infrastructure to #decarbonise🌱 In our open letter we called for: ✅ cross-border #CCS working group ✅ framework conditions for CCS ✅ common legal & funding framework ✅standardise multi-modal & multi-purpose nature of CCS ✅different modes of #transport (pipelines, ships, barges, trains, trucks) ✅ability to connect to other #industrial clusters further inland (for example in Germany and France). Micky Adriaansens, Rob Jetten, Hans Vijlbrief, Hilde Crevits, Zuhal Demir, Philippe Henry, Willy Borsus, Tinne Van der Straeten, Khattabi Zakia An initiative from Bellona Europa, together with #Aramis, Benelux Business Roundtable (BBR), Bundesverband der Deutschen Kalkindustrie e. V. (BVK), Carbon Collectors, Clean Air Task Force, EBN B.V., Fluxys, Gasunie, GE, HeidelbergCement, Holcim Belgium NV, Lhoist, Natuur & Milieu, Natuur en Milieufederatie Zuid-Holland, North Sea Port, Port of Antwerp, Port of Rotterdam, Porthos, Shell, Smart Delta Resources, TotalEnergies, Victrol en Verein Deutscher Zementwerke #VDZ Read here: https://bit.ly/3rOVpVH