カーボン・サーキュラー・エコノミー

抄録

The world is currently in a situation where the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air has been rising since the Industrial Revolution as a result of the massive consumption of fossil fuels, as a result of population growth and economic growth, and the increase must be halted.

In the energy sector as well, it must be considered that shifting from a linear economy to a circular economy in order to build a sustainable society while protecting the global environment.

While it is important to reduce the use of carbon, an essential element of fossil fuels that has supported the world’s energy, and to switch to carbon-free fuels such as hydrogen, it is also necessary to adopt a method of recycling carbon in order to fully utilize the current infrastructure, considering the continuity of energy supply. This part of the report outlines the carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies and anthropogenic carbon cycling energy systems needed to transition to a carbon-circulating economy, while also introducing the status of efforts overseas.