Shift CCUS funding onto producers recommends IPPR

The UK think tank IPPR recommends shifting carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) funding responsibility onto fossil fuel producers through an extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework to fairly distribute costs and reduce reliance on taxpayer subsidies. This shift aims to make producers liable for permanently storing a rising proportion of embedded carbon and could unlock government fiscal space for other investments.

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