CCS: the pathway to decarbonise European industry

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CCS Europe July Newsletter 2026
CCS Europe July Newsletter July edition - web version 9 July, 2026
The 50 Mt Target Is Achievable. Now Europe Must Deliver
The European Commission’s latest report on progress towards the EU’s CO₂ injection capacity target sends an important and welcome message: the Net-Zero Industry Act’s 50 million tonnes target for 2030...

Joint Letter to Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention and HELCOM to enable CO₂ storage

On 15 July, CCS Europe, alongside 24 industry, research and civil society organisation, has sent a joint letter to Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention and HELCOM to explore practical legal mechanisms that enable environmentally safe geological CO₂ storage in the Baltic Sea, while remaining fully consistent with the Convention's environmental objectives.  
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PRESS RELEASE: CCS Europe Calls for Effective NZIA Implementation Ahead of CCS Expert Group Meeting

Ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of the CCS Expert Group, CCS Europe calls on the European Commission and Member States to ensure the NZIA’s CO₂ storage obligation is implemented without delay or dilution.
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What is Carbon Capture and Storage?

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has the sole purpose of curbing climate change by reducing the volume of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions released into the atmosphere or withdrawing those already within it. 

Emissions from industrial processes and remaining fossil fuel power plants must be captured and transported for permanent storage in deep geological formations, to be supplemented by CO2 captured directly from the air.

CCS Europe is an advocacy and communications body supported by technology providers, project developers, industry and environmental NGOs, who share a commitment to achieve significant reductions in CO2 emissions.

CCS Europe’s objective is to secure recognition of the urgent need to deploy carbon capture technologies to curb CO2 emissions from industrial sources and reduce CO2 already within the atmosphere.