Japan cannot make CO2 disappear just by exporting it

Plans for overseas storage must involve taking permanent responsibility

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An oil refinery in Tomakomai, Japan is the site of a key carbon dioxide storage demonstration project: The country's initial CO2 storage plan comprises five domestic and two overseas sites.

Putra Adhiguna is managing director of the Energy Shift Institute, an energy finance think tank focused on Asia's green transition.

Carbon capture and storage technologies form a key element of Japan's strategy for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

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