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The 6th Ministerial Meeting of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) took place on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, at the Kingdom Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Attended by nine ministers and over 100 participants, the theme of the meeting was “Moving Beyond the First Wave of CCS Demonstrations.”
In the morning participants were welcomed by Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, United States and CSLF Ministerial Co-Chair, then heard an address by Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia, and CSLF Ministerial Co-Chair. The scene was then set with presentations on the global role of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and the role of CCS in the Middle East. Participants then heard a presentation on the history and opportunity of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by UN Under-Secretary-General Christian Friis Bach. Two roundtable discussions were held, the first on ”Steps to complete and move beyond the first wave of CCS demonstration projects - How fast is reasonable?“, and the second on national and international policies and efforts to accelerate the deployment of CCS.
In the afternoon participants heard key perspectives from the Stakeholders, Technical Group and Policy Group meetings held on 2-3 November, after which Co-Chair Moniz summarized the roundtables and identified potential actions. Ministers then discussed country experiences, opportunities, key policies and actions needed for CCS deployment. After a brief closed discussion between ministers, a Ministerial Communiqué was issued and a press conference was held. In the evening, participants attended a dinner.
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IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, covered the Ministerial Conference of the 6th Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Ministerial Meeting, which took place on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition, IISD Reporting Services, also covered the Saudi Aramco Site Visit on Thursday, 5 November 2015, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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