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DUBAI: There is 鈥済rowing momentum鈥� to global efforts to accelerate carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) techniques to help the world meet increasingly urgent climate change targets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday.

Fatih Birol, the IEA鈥檚 executive director, said global investment in CCUS techniques 鈥� which 抖阴短视频 has placed at the center of its energy transition strategy 鈥� has already reached $4 billion this year, and will likely increase as pressure to meet international standards on greenhouse gas emissions intensifies.

鈥淚f oil- and gas-producing countries like 抖阴短视频 make a big push for CCUS, it鈥檚 more than welcome,鈥� he added.

鈥淭he issue is whether these technologies will reduce emissions in a timely and significant manner.鈥�

Birol was speaking at a virtual event to mark the publication of an IEA report titled 鈥淐CUS in clean energy transitions,鈥� which calls for a 鈥減rofound transformation in the way we produce and use energy that can only be achieved through a broad suite of strategies.鈥� He said: 鈥淲e love energy, but we don鈥檛 like emissions. Energy is good, emissions are bad.鈥�

The Kingdom鈥檚 energy strategy, which seeks to promote technologies and processes that actually remove carbon from the circular economy, will be on show at a virtual meeting of G20 energy ministers organized in Riyadh next Sunday.

Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman is expected to focus on the Kingdom鈥檚 efforts to develop technologies that eliminate carbon from the atmosphere, either storing it securely or using it in other industrial processes.

Birol said oil and gas producers have to manage a strategy that reconciles the requirements of their economies with long-term climate targets.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a very important task to see a marriage between the availability of energy and the need to reach target goals,鈥� he added.

The IEA event was opened by Erna Solberg, prime minister of Norway, which this week launched an energy program called Longship, named after the Viking raiding boats that Solberg said were the leading technology of their day.

The project aims to cut emissions in oil-exporting Norway and other countries, and invest in CCUS technologies.

The IEA said CCUS will form a 鈥渒ey pillar of efforts to put the world on the path to net-zero emissions.鈥�

CCUS techniques are already in use in 抖阴短视频 at several of its oil-production facilities, and new megaprojects such as Neom will aim to achieve 鈥渃arbon balance,鈥� partly through the use of clean hydrogen as an alternative to traditional hydrocarbon fuels, as well as other forms of renewable energy.