Sustainable Carbon Cycles: A Framework for the Ramp-up of Carbon Capture?

Abstract With its communication “Sustainable Carbon Cycles”, the European Commission has opened a new chapter in climate policy. For first time, natural and artificial CO 2 capture storage technologies are to be covered jointly an overarching regulatory approach. This article reviews techno-economic potentials of application fields envisaged by Commission’s strategy, defines central requirements for future funding framework. The establishment markets carbon credits is identified as basis commercialising solutions. However, prerequisite efficient trading create transparency about impact technology alternatives. Efforts improve existing measurement concepts test procedures well development certified standards decisive steps on this path. time horizon sequestration should crucial aspect certification monitoring. Double unnecessary subsidisation activities that already profitable today need avoided.