Many factors impacted the global energy scene during 2005 - entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the G8 summit in Gleneagles, the formation of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate (AP6), the publicaton of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, and COP/ MOP 1 and COP 11 in Montreal. The increasing emphasis on technological solutions to meet the environmental challenges of our energy consumption was an important development In 2005 - one which the coai industry welcomes. In this report, the World Coal Institute (WCI) reviews these options and what the year. ahead might hold.
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