Public Awareness
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EU–GCC meet on clean energy set to begin today
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Enhancing inter-regional knowledge dissemination and information exchange on clean energy topics, including research, technology and policy aspects, is the aim...
How’s the world doing on its climate goals? Not so well.
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Each year, the International Energy Agency puts out a study of what technological advances are needed to keep global warming below 2°C. The 2012 report (pdf)...
Global CCS Institute to facilitate CCS knowledge sharing in Europe
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The Global CCS Institute has won a tender to provide secretariat and knowledge dissemination services for the European Commission’s Carbon Capture and Storage...
The impact of societal debates
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“Local opposition to onshore windfarms has tripled, poll shows” - The Guardian.
Masdar Institute Faculty Says CCS Has Direct Impact on Finding Solutions to CO2 Emissions
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There is no single solution for the CO2 emissions problem, although a portfolio of solutions is available and carbon capture and storage (CCS) plays a major...
The Nottingham Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage
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The Nottingham Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage (NCCCS) is a pioneering joint venture that brings together the combined expertise of the British...
Providing information is not enough! - Communication in practice at ROAD
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“I try to read most of the relevant studies on communication, public engagement and outreach of CCS projects”, says Marc Kombrink, communication manager of the...
Managing stakeholders in an ambiguous country
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The Netherlands is an ambiguous country when it comes to CCS. During the last years, onshore CCS initiatives in the town of Barendrecht and in the north of the...
Canadian and Albertan perceptions of carbon capture and storage
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In partnership with Shell Canada, TransAlta commissioned a polling firm in the summer of 2010 to conduct research amongst Canadians and Albertans regarding...
Rotterdam CCS Network Project: Case Study – Interim Results
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This slide report presents the interim results of the case study conducted to make explicit the history and lessons learnt of the Rotterdam CCS Network Project...
English is the lingua franca of CCS communications, whether we like it or not
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Journalists are always looking for information, so I make a point of knowing where to find a range of it – statistics, reports, case studies – online. ...
Public awareness and CCS - Climate change and carbon dioxide
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The reason why we want to develop, demonstrate and deploy carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that we emit...
Public Engagement on Carbon Capture and Storage – Response to Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center Project
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Carbon capture and storage, most often referred to as CCS, represents a great conundrum. It is currently a technology that shows potential for storing large...
Why we need a Communications and Engagement Toolkit for CCS Projects
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Today we will hear from Peta Ashworth - Group Leader - Science into Society at the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (...
ESTEEM: Engaging stakeholders through a systematic toolbox
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Today we will be reviewing an approach to assist in engaging stakeholders for new energy projects called ESTEEM.
One blogger’s context and roadmap for CCS - Part 1
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CCS is a significant and complex emerging issue and the Institute’s blogs are a significant emerging forum. If the roadmaps of the IEA, CSLF, Global CCS...
India’s forays into CCS
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Several business news outlets in India, including BBC Asia Business, reported last week that state-owned National Aluminium Company (NALCO) plans to set up a...
Global CCS Institute: Newsletter - December 2010
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The Global CCS Institute Newsletter is a publication intended to inform our readers about the progress being made by the Institute and developments in the CCS...
Feasibility Study of CCS-Readiness in Guangdong (GDCCSR) 2010 Annual Report
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The project “Feasibility Analysis of CCS-Readiness in Guangdong (GDCCSR)” was launched on 18 March 2010 and will run to March 2013. It is aimed at...
Communication, project planning and management for carbon capture and storage projects: An international comparison
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This report is an overview summary of a series of case study reports undertaken by the CSIRO as part of an international comparison of communication and...
IEA/CSLF Report to the Muskoka 2010 G8 Summit
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Two years after the G8 leaders commitment to the broad deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) by 2020, significant progress has been made towards...
Global CCS Institute Newsletter - First Quarter 2010
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The Global CCS Institute Newsletter is a publication intended to inform our readers about the progress being made by the Institute and developments in the CCS...
Strategic Analysis of the Global Status of Carbon Capture & Storage
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In May 2009, a consortium led by WorleyParsons and comprising Schlumberger, Electric Power Research Institute and Baker & McKenzie was engaged to undertake...
