1、Defossilizing Industry:Considerations for Scaling-up Carbon Capture and Utilization Pathways W H I T E P A P E RS E P T E M B E R 2 0 2 5In collaboration with Wood Mackenzie Images:Getty Images,ShutterstockDisclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a proje

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3、rs,Partners or other stakeholders.2025 World Economic Forum.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,including photocopying and recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system.ContentsForeword 3Executive summary 41 Stat

4、e of play 51.1 The role of carbon capture and utilization 51.2 The current CCU project pipeline 81.3 Utilization pathways 91.4 World Economic Forum Uplink start-ups 112 Policy barriers 132.1 The state of CCU policy 132.2 How policy could support CCU 162.3 Considerations for addressing policy barrier

5、s 193 Financial barriers 213.1 Investment trends in CCU 213.2 Financial barriers and enablers along the innovation curve 233.3 Considerations for addressing financial barriers 264 Cross-sectoral collaboration 284.1 Leveraging collaboration to realize growth 284.2 The role of multi-stakeholder collab

6、orations 304.3 Considerations for cross-sectoral collaboration 325 Ways forward 335.1 Building credible and durable market signals 335.2 Driving deployment in an immature market 345.3 Collaboration and governance 35Conclusion 37Glossary 38Contributors 39Endnotes 42Defossilizing Industry:Consideratio