S4S CCUS is one of the two large-scale projects funded by EPFL’s Solutions for Sustainability initiative, which aims at developing sustainable solutions to decrease our energy dependence and carbon emissions

Fueled by rising atmospheric CO2 levels, the climate crisis is a major societal challenge. An overwhelming amount of data provides evidence of the grave impact that climate change is having on global ecosystems; Arctic glaciers are melting, oceans are rising and acidifying, there are extreme weather patterns globally with record-breaking temperatures in the last decade, and one cannot overlook the extinction of various living species. Climate change predominately stems from high atmospheric CO₂ levels created by the combustion of fossil fuels since the industrial revolution. The Paris Agreement established a global framework to limit climate change to “well below 2 degrees Celsius”, with the ultimate goal of not exceeding 1.5 °C. However, there will be enough CO2 in the atmosphere at the current emission rate to rapidly break through the climate target.