New Habeck plan: CO₂ should be stored under the North Sea. Carbon Caputre an Storage (CCS) often viewed by critics as technological utopias or alibis for real climate protection.

Some environmental organizations have recently become open to it. CCS is intended to help achieve the long-term goal of becoming climate neutral by 2045. A broad alliance of environmental organizations are in favor of CCS and CCU processes. However, environmental and climate organizations disagree about the benefits.