The Bottom Line

Carbon Capture


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Can carbon capture save the planet - and make money? The government has announced millions of pounds of funding to support the UK's emerging carbon capture industry. How will it change our futures?

Evan Davis speaks to the head of The East Coast Cluster, a project awarded some of this financial support, alongside other industry leaders, to understand whether this revolutionary technology could solve our climate change problems, or whether it is another way to evade our environmental obligations.

GUESTS

Andy Lane, vice president (CCUS), BP & head of East Coast Cluster

Esin Serin, UK policy analyst, The Grantham Institute of Climate Change
Olivia Powlis, head of UK office, Carbon Capture and Storage Assosciation
Julie Golsalvez, chief marketing officer, Climeworks

PRODUCER

Lucinda Borrell

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The Bottom LineBy BBC Radio 4