Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a cornerstone of European and Dutch transition plans, promoted by a strong pro-CCS community, comprising industry, researchers, knowledge centers, and consultancies. Yet for decades, CCS has failed to deliver on its promises: high costs hinder scaling, and its effectiveness falls short of expectations. Moreover, CCS enables industry to perpetuate extractive business models, thereby preserving structural flaws in our economy. Our learning objective: What interventions can help researchers, civil society organisations, journalists, and policymakers assess CCS realistically, creating space for transformative climate solutions?
Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action
What does an economy look like that focuses not on GDP growth, but on well-being, ecology and justice?
What is needed to achieve this sustainable economy and how is our current economic system holding back these changes?
We are exploring these questions from a practical perspective as part of the program: ‘Economic transition: the costs and benefits of (in)action’. Together with partners from academia, the professional sector, government and social movements, we are working to shape this transition, set it in motion and anchor it. In doing so, we actively apply knowledge in practice to bring about a transformation of our current economic system.