ZEP Chairman Dr. Graeme Sweeney spoke at The Economist Energy Summit on November 4th – 5th in London. The Summit brought together energy industry’s stakeholders, including policy-makers and academics. The aim of the high-level event was to provide an insight into what the energy business will look like in 15 years. Dr. Graeme Sweeney took part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Europe’s low-carbon future’. The panel tackled the feasibility of the 2030 framework, which includes the binding target to reduce EU domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below the 1990 level. Dr. Sweeney highlighted that CCS is essential to achieving timely and cost-effective decarbonisation. He also stressed that if Europe is to benefit from CCS technology, a business case needs to be made to disrupt the logic that emitting CO2 is cheaper than capturing and storing it.