Global Climate Change Policy
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Journey to Doha – key climate change talks in Bonn
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will gather in Bonn for the 36th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies...
EU and China to team up on green energy
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European Commission and Chinese officials have agreed the details of an urbanisation partnership announced at the last EU-China summit in Beijing in February....
Mixed report card for CCS at Clean Energy Ministerial
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The third Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM3) was held in London on 25-26 April 2012, bringing together Ministers from more than 20 participating countries to...
EU urges gas partner Russia to back carbon capture
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The European Commission, which has begun talks with the EU's biggest natural gas supplier Russia on cementing energy ties until 2050, said both sides had to...
International Energy Agency publishes CCS progress report
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The IEA and Global CCS Institute presented the report, 'Tracking Progress in Carbon Capture and Storage', at the 3rd Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting in...
Tracking progress in carbon capture and storage: Report to the third Clean Energy Ministerial
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is recognised as being amongst the technologies with the greatest potential for achieving carbon dioxide emissions savings. In...
Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Modalities and procedures for carbon dioxide capture and storage in geological formations as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project activities
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In September 2011, the Global CCS Institute attended the UNFCCC's technical workshop on CCS in the CDM in Abu Dhabi. The workshop helped facilitate the UNFCCC...
Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Elaboration of the modalities and procedures for new market based mechanisms
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This submission focuses on the specific needs of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies, especially in light of the UNFCCC's acceptance of CCS...
Details emerge on deal struck in Durban on CDM offsets program
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Tucked into the text of the U.N. climate pact emerging from Durban, South Africa, are technical provisions that will shape the future of carbon offsets under...
Legal and regulatory developments related to carbon capture and storage between November 2010 – June 2011
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As a part of the Policy, Legal and Regulatory (PLR) team’s research and preparatory activity for the drafting of the Global Status of CCS Report 2011, a legal...
The Global Status of CCS: 2011
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The Global Status of CCS: 2011 report is the Institute’s flagship publication and consolidates the current understanding of the level and nature of global CCS...
Climate Policy Initiative - Existing Source Guidance for the Electric Power Sector
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The Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT) conference series was formed in 1997 following the merger of the earlier series of International Conference on...
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Demonstration in Developing Countries: Analysis of Key Policy Issues and Barriers
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The importance of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to fossil fuel based developing countries (or emerging economies) cannot be overemphasised...
Prospects for CCS post Cancun
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Cancun exceeded the expectations of most which is a welcome change. For CCS the progress on inclusion in the CDM was particularly good news. People may...
South Africa & Carbon Capture and Storage
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This is a guest blog post as part of the third Q&A installment of the Cancun Blog Series. Given South Africa’s rising greenhouse gas emissions and the need...
Cancun Blog Series:Q&A 3: CCS and Developing Countries
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This is the third, and last, installment of our Cancun Blog Series. In this session, we will be continuing our interview Mark Bonner, Principal Manager –...
CCS in CDM? Benefits and challenges
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This is a guest blog post as part of second Q&A installment of the Cancun Blog Series. At the climate summit in Cancun, parties agreed to consider...
Where now for CCS, post-Cancun?
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This is a guest blog post as part of the second Q&A installment of the Cancun Blog Series.
Cancun Blog Series:Q&A 2: CCS under the CDM
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Here's the second installment for our Cancun Blog Series. We're keen on hearing your thoughts about our Q&A1: Cancun Outcomes & Impacts post, so...
Cancun Blog Series:Q&A 1: Cancun Outcomes & Impacts
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Mark Bonner, Principal Manager – Policy, Regulatory and Legal of the Global CCS Institute, led the Institute’s effort in Cancun and more broadly leads the...
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...
