The Global CCS Institute Members’ Meeting

The Global CCS Institute Members’ Meeting was held in Paris, France, November 8 to 10 2009.

Over 180 members from various government, private industry, and research bodies attended the meeting.

At the meeting the Global CCS Institute presented a vision for the multi-pronged project engagement strategy. Sessions were informed by the CCS ‘stock take’ and ‘desired portfolio’ which explained the plan to execute the Global CCS Institute’s various roles and mandate.

Other parts of the meeting detailed the knowledge sharing framework, the strategic plan and forward work program, capacity building and a Membership and governance update.  Further sessions covered CCS project related work that has already commenced and planned activity over 2010 for CCS projects.

Global CCS Institute Members' Meeting information documents:

• Agenda [PDF 391KB]
• The Status of CCS - Strategic Analysis of the Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Report [PDF 10.2MB]
• An Ideal Portfolio of CCS Projects and Rationale for Supporting Project Report [PDF 1.67MB]
• The Global CCS Institute Achievements [PDF 56KB]

Communicating for CCS projects - What have we learned in five years?

On 4 November 2009, the Global CCS Institute held a one-day workshop in Paris focusing on communication issues for carbon capture and storage projects. The major goal for the day was to share the findings of the past five years of international social research on CCS and translate it into hands-on communication tips for project proponents, industry leaders, policy makers, and regulators.

This workshop was a key element in the Global CCS Institute’s early activities for public awareness and community engagement and included presentations from leading risk communication experts together with case studies from project developers highlighting their approaches to public awareness and stakeholder engagement.

This workshop was run in cooperation with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and with the participation of members of the IEA GHG's Social Research Network.

Communicating for CCS projects Agenda:

• Agenda [PDF 186KB]

Communicating for CCS projects Presentations:

• Effective public engagement for energy planning: Lessons from the decision sciences - Joe Arvai [PDF 2MB]
• Public acceptance of CCS - Michael Siegrist [PDF 299KB]
• Public Acceptance of onshore CO2 storage in depleted gasfields: Theory and practice based on Barendrecht Project experiences - Margriet Kuijper [PDF 1.28MB]
• Public outreach for projects storing CO2 in deep geologic formations: Best practices - Sarah Wade [PDF 482KB]
• In just 3 minutes: 'In Just three minutes' - updates on research findings from representatives of the social research network [PDF 756KB]
• Global CCS Institute: Communication research agenda - Christopher Short [PDF 496KB]
• Global CCS Institute-CSIRO research program - Peta Ashworth [PDF 19KB]

The inaugural Foundation Members' Meeting of the Global CCS Institute was held in Canberra, Australia on April 15 to 17, 2009.

The Global CCS Institute was officially launched by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the first day of the meeting, which was also attended by Minister for Resources and Tourism, Martin Ferguson, and Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong.

More than 160 representatives from various government, private industry, and research bodies attended the meeting. Approximately 85 of the bodies represented signed on as Foundation Members and Collaborating Participants of the Global CCS Institute.

Sessions at the meeting covered the intended governance, structure, and international architecture of the Global CCS Institute, as well as group and panel discussions around securing projects, creating partnerships and alliances, knowledge sharing, and harnessing community support. Interim CEO Nick Otter closed the meeting with a discussion on 'The Way Forward' for the Global CCS Institute.

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Solution or Sidetrack? CCS goes under the spotlight.

Does Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) have an essential part to play in making serious reductions of global CO2 emissions, or is CCS a doomed bid by powerful and vested interests to preserve the fossil fuel industry?

Join Green Capital for a lunchtime debate in Melbourne on 15 March, with keynote addresses from Jim Carter from the Alberta CCS Development Council, and The Australia Institute’s Richard Denniss, followed by a panel discussion to put CCS under the spotlight and probe its economic and environmental policy dimensions, and implementation challenges. Global CCS Institute CEO Nick Otter will take part in the panel discussion, in support of CCS.

For more information, visit Green Capital.