Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK

Authored by Elliott Johnson, Oliver Broad and Paul Brockway in November 2025

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Summary

This report evaluates the role of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to achieve Net Zero by 2050 in the UK, highlighting significant gaps between current deployment and the levels projected by the Climate Change Committee.

While CCS is critical for mitigating residual emissions, technological, financial, and policy challenges create substantial uncertainty over whether the UK can scale these solutions rapidly enough to meet its climate targets.

About the authors

Elliott Johnson is a Research Assistant and postgraduate researcher in energy demand reduction at the University of Leeds

Oliver Broad is a Senior Research Fellow in energy modelling at University College London

Paul Brockway is an Associate Professor at the University of Leeds