The Industrial Carbon Management Forum (ICM Forum), named the CCUS Forum until 2023, was established in 2021 and meets annually since. It brings together representatives from the EU institutions, EU and non-EU countries, NGOs, business leaders and academia to facilitate the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies.
The meeting documents and links to the recordings are accessible to all and organised per year and forum.
10-11 October 2024, Pau
The fourth edition of the ICM Forum took place in Pau, France on 10-11 October 2024 and was co-hosted by the French Ministry in charge of Energy. About 500 in-person participants gathered in Pau and around 2 600 participants connected online, demonstrating the continued growing interest in ICM technologies to reach climate targets.
27-28 November 2023, Aalborg
The third edition of the CCUS Forum took place in Aalborg, Denmark on 27-28 November 2023 and was co-hosted by the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities. The forum’s 2023 edition gathered more than 450 in-person participants in Aalborg and up to 1400 participants connected online, illustrating the interest in accelerating the deployment of CCS and CCU technologies in Europe.
As a result of the forum, 4 working groups were established. They have published several papers in an inclusive, bottom-up process, coordinated by the working group’s co-chairs
CO2 infrastructure
Towards a European market for cross-border CO₂ transport and storage: the working group on CO2 infrastructure published this paper in February 2025.
CO2 standards
Towards EU-wide CO₂ specifications: the working group on CO2 standards published this paper in March 2025.
Public perception
Public Perception Issue Paper: the working group on public perception published this paper in December 2024.
Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU)
Report on enabling conditions for industrial deployment of CCU: the working group on carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) published this paper in February 2025.
27-28 October 2022, Oslo
The working groups helped prepare the second forum plenary in Oslo on 27-28 October 2022 in cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
It gathered almost 300 in-person participants and up to 1 400 online, showing a growing interest and importance of CCS and CCU in mitigating climate change.
As a result of the second forum, 4 working groups were established and have published several papers in an inclusive, bottom-up process, coordinated by the working group’s co-chairs
- CO2 infrastructure
- industrial partnership for CCUS
- public perception
the CCUS strategy
- Towards a European cross-border CO2 transport and storage infrastructure: the working group on CO2 infrastructure prepared this paper, underlining the need to develop robust, transboundary and open access CO2 networks.
- An interoperable CO2 transport network – towards specifications for the transport of impure CO2: also prepared by the infrastructure working group, this report addresses the issue of CO2 quality standards.
- Public perception of CCUS: the WG on public perception published this paper in September 2023.
- Partnership for CCUS – A start: the WG on industrial partnership for CCUS published this paper in August 2023.
11 October 2021, Brussels
The first high-level CCUS Forum took place in October 2021 and gathered nearly 400 participants revealing a growing interest in CCS and CCU and the need for ongoing stakeholder dialogue.
As a result of the first forum, 3 working groups were established
- WG 1 dealt with the CO2 infrastructure and addresses the prevailing lack of infrastructure development
- WG 2 developed a CCUS vision document examining the role of CCUS in decarbonising energy in the EU
- WG 3 was about industrial partnership and worked towards better industry involvement in technology deployment.
WG 2 has published a paper in an inclusive, bottom-up process, coordinated by the working group’s co-chairs
- Vision for Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage in the EU: prepared by the CCUS Vision working group – which was active until the 2022 edition of the forum. The paper emphasises the importance of CCUS technologies for achieving the EU climate targets and outlines clear actions the Commission should take to promote their implementation.
Active Working Groups
The ICM Forum’s work is supported by working groups (WGs). They are organised by the Commission and moderated and supported by co-chairs selected from participating stakeholders, ensuring balanced representation (NGOs, think tanks, public administration, academia and industry associations).
The following WGs are currently established
- WG on CO2 infrastructure
- WG on CO2 standards
- WG on public perception
- WG on Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU)
They are composed of a wide range of stakeholders and meet regularly throughout the year to prepare issue papers for the annual plenary session of the forum.
Issue papers
The ICM Working Groups are working on issue papers in an inclusive, bottom-up process, coordinated by the working group’s co-chairs.
Papers are published on CircaBC.
Join the Working Groups
In case of any questions regarding the working groups, please send an email to ENER-CCUSFORUM@ec.europa.eu.