Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/281027 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
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SWP Comment No. 54/2023
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
The upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) will see a new round of battle regarding the call to phase out fossil fuels. Intense debates have taken place in Germany and the European Union (EU) to determine positions in the run-up to the conference. The main point of contention is whether to call for a complete global phase-out of all fossil fuels or only for a phase-down of their unabated use, that is, without additional abatement measures such as carbon capture and stor­age (CCS). The role of abated fossil fuels in a net-zero economy is very controversial. In the long run, it will depend on several factors, including the effective deployment and scale-up of CCS, the capture rates achieved therein and the availability of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies to address residual emissions. CCS is unlikely to make a significant contribution to urgently needed greenhouse gas reductions in the power sector by 2030. Whether the decision in Dubai will deliver a credible signal to rapidly reduce fossil fuel emissions depends in no small part on a precise, science-based definition of the scale of emission reductions required for fossil fuels to be considered as abated in line with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.
Subjects: 
United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai 2023 (COP28)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
global CO2 emissions
net zero
climate crisis
European Union (EU)
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
UNFCCC
coal
oil
gas
Global Stocktake (GST)
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Research Report

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