This document discusses the importance of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology for meeting climate change goals. It notes that fossil fuels will continue to be a major source of energy and that CCS is critical for decarbonizing power generation and industrial processes. Several large-scale CCS projects utilizing coal are under construction in North America, and Japanese technology is supporting some of these projects. Japan is also demonstrating CCS technology through several pilot projects and is collaborating with Australia on a CCS demonstration at a coal-fired power plant. Wide adoption of CCS is considered an important part of scenarios that limit global temperature increase to 2°C.