Objectives of the GHGT meetings

The Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT) conference series was formed in 1997 following the merger of the earlier series of ICCDR and the Greenhouse Gas: Mitigation options conference. The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEA GHG) is the guardian of the conference series. The GHGT conferences are held every two years in IEA GHG's member countries. The conference series rotates between, North America, Europe and Asia.

The GHGT conference series has established itself as the principal international conference on greenhouse mitigation technologies. The last conference, GHGT-8, was the largest held to date, attracting over 950 delegates. As at previous conferences there was considerable interest in the topic of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). The GHGT conference series has become a focal point for international research on CCS. Interest in this topic has grown considerably in recent years, as has research funding which is reflected in the large number of papers presented at this conference on the topic.

GHGT Conference History

First International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Removal (ICCDR-1), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1992

ICCDR-2, Kyoto, Japan, 1994

Greenhouse Gases: Mitigation Options conference, (IEA GHG), London, UK, 1995

ICCDR-3, Cambridge, USA, 1996

GHGT-4, Interlaken, Switzerland, 1998

GHGT-5, Cairns, Australia, 2000

GHGT-6, Kyoto, Japan, 2002

GHGT-7, Vancouver, Canada, 2004

GHGT-8, Trondheim, Norway, 2006