IPCC Special Report on Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage
Shepherd of CO2CRC for skillfully preparing the figures in
We endorse the words of gratitude expressed in the Foreword the Summary for Policymakers. Last but not least, we would
by the Secretary–General of the WMO and the Executive like to express our appreciation to Renate Christ and her staff
Director of UNEP to the writing team, Review Editors and and to Francis Hayes of WMO for their hard work in support
Expert Reviewers. of the process.
We would like to thank the staff of the Technical Support We, as co-chairs of Working Group III, together with the
Unit of Working Group III for their work in preparing this other members of the Bureau of Working Group III, the Lead
report, in particular Heleen de Coninck for her outstanding Authors and the Technical Support Unit, hope that this report
and efficient coordination of the report, Manuela Loos will assist decision-makers in governments and the private
and Cora Blankendaal for their technical, logistical and sector as well as other interested readers in the academic
secretarial support, and Leo Meyer (head of TSU) for his community and the general public in becoming better
leadership. We also express our gratitude to Anita Meier for informed about CO2 capture and storage as a climate change
her general support, to Dave Thomas, Pete Thomas, Tony mitigation option.
Cunningham, Fran Aitkens, Ann Jenks, and Ruth de Wijs for
the copy-editing of the document and to Wout Niezen, Martin
Middelburg, Henk Stakelbeek, Albert van Staa, Eva Stam and Ogunlade Davidson and Bert Metz
Tim Huliselan for preparing the final layout and the graphics Co-Chairs IPCC Working Group III on Mitigation of
of the report. A special word of thanks goes to Lee-Anne Climate Change