Six Recommendations for COP27
Author: Patrick Portolano, supported by the H2 Group
Prepared for: ACP Energies (France)
Date: October 25, 2022
Document: 8 pages
This paper presents six recommendations developed by ACP Energies to accelerate the response to the climate crisis.
Two main recommendations form the foundation of the proposal:
- Promote local energy production with a central role for biomass (R1). Restore and enhance biological carbon cycles while developing renewable bioenergy and strengthening territorial resilience.
- Make fossil fuel producer-consumer chains responsible for their carbon (R2). Progressively establish a framework in which fossil carbon extraction is balanced by an equivalent amount of carbon captured and geologically sequestered.
Four complementary recommendations address:
- R3: Restoration of fundamental biogeochemical cycles essential to life.
- R4: Industrial transition of fossil fuel-producing regions.
- R5: Research and development to accelerate implementation.
- R6: Awareness, communication and stakeholder engagement.
The document connects geological carbon neutrality with a broader transition towards renewable biological energy systems and the restoration of natural carbon cycles.
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