Communiqué of the 7th Ministerial Meeting of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum: 6 December 2017: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Advancing the Business Case for CCUS

This communique reports on the 6 December 2017 meeting of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum. The meeting focused on expanding and strengthening the business case for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) around the world. The communique proposes that recent progress should be a springboard for continued growth and targets eight key actions that are needed to achieve this goal: support for CCUS technology, pursuit of suitable projects, regional strategy development, innovation in application, collaborative R&D, stakeholder engagement, sharing of best practices and effective public engagement.