Innovation, industrial stakes and achievements

Paris, Hôtel "Le Méridien Étoile" - 3-5 October 2007

The international community’s growing awareness of issues related to global warming together with converging scientific data, provide clear evidence of an urgent need for the worldwide implementation of technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The growth in energy demand makes it impossible to relinquish, any time soon, the use of fossil fuels - oil, natural gas and coal - which constitute the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to reconcile the use of these resources with the need to control the emissions responsible for global warming, CO₂ capture and storage represent a highly promising avenue, with much at stake, in both economic and industrial terms.

Following the success of the first international symposium on emission reduction and CO₂ capture and geological storage held in Paris in 2005, IFP, ADEME and BRGM organized a second event on the same theme, in October 2007. In particular, the event was an opportunity to present feedback from a number of pilot projects being conducted around the world.

The symposium, which adopts a transverse and cross-disciplinary approach, was aimed at researchers, manufacturers, economists and financiers from the various sectors involved, as well as public and private-sector decision-makers who have to make economic and financial choices in this field.

Programme and speakers' presentations

Press file (02/10/2007 - in French)