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US leads new wave of carbon capture and storage deployment
5th January 2020
CCS has long been recognized as necessary to address climate change, yet its scale-up has been lagging. A new report by the Global CCS Institute on the global status of CCS in 2019 shows that the tide...
COP25 outcomes – slow progress and no rules on carbon markets
18th December 2019
COP25 took place in a continuously changing geopolitical context and under strong scrutiny from the Fridays for Future movement, which brought thousands of people marching on the streets of Madrid. Spain had taken on hosting...
The critical emissions abatement method Australia can’t afford to ignore
29th August 2019
Australia, along with many countries around the world, faces an increasingly challenging path towards achieving the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reductions required to meet Paris climate change targets, and contribute to a global net-zero emissions...
New low-carbon fuel policy boosts opportunities for bioethanol production with CCS
7th August 2019
As the world’s demand for energy increases, biofuels will play an increasingly important role in delivering the deep emissions reductions required to achieve global climate targets. In particular, when addressing the challenge of decarbonising the...
The California climate policy no one is talking about
24th July 2019
California is often lauded for its commitment to confront the climate crisis and its leadership in developing innovative policy solutions. The state delivered on its 2020 climate goals by 2016 and its climate ambition is enshrined it...
Global CCS Institute turns 10: Interview with CEO Brad Page
15th July 2019
In June 2019 the Global CCS Institute turned 10. To mark the occasion, we sat down with CEO Brad Page to hear his thoughts on how the Institute has evolved, some of its major achievements,...
Hydrogen may be the next clean energy game changer
29th June 2019
Climate change and the challenges to limit global warming are demanding an unprecedented transition to a net-zero emissions economy by mid-century. On track to a 3-plus degrees Celsius world (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the...
Institute participates in international clean energy conference in Vancouver
18th June 2019
Last May, the Canadian city of Vancouver hosted the 10th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM10) and the 4th Mission Innovation (MI-4) Ministerial. Hosted by the Government of Canada, the Ministerial meetings gathered key decision-makers from over...
Investing in CCS: What do financiers need?
12th June 2019
In 2018 the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) determined that to avoid the worst effects of climate change, we must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. To achieve this, carbon dioxide emissions must reduce...
Topic(s): Policy, Project financing
Can We Make CO2 Capture Profitable?
10th June 2019
The fate of the energy transition lies with governments. Yet, government alone will not solve the climate problem.The solutions will be developed, commercialized and deployed by the private sector. When it comes to carbon capture...
Climate Ambition: Timely Reset of Carbon Capture Debate
14th May 2019
International institutions, scientists, and activists are calling for more aggressive action on climate change. With lawmakers putting forward principles and ideas to inspire comprehensive climate and clean energy policy, solutions-oriented debates to address global warming...
New international system for classifying storage resources provides further confidence in CCS
2nd May 2019
The theoretical capacity of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage resources has always been higher than the CO2 storage required to meet the projections of any climate change scenario. In addition, the recent IPCC Special Report cited...
Topic(s): CO2 storage, SRMS