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As COP 26 ends: Is the glass half-full?
As COP 26 ends: Is the glass half-full?

16th November 2021

Expectations for COP 26 were high after a year’s delay, a period which saw hundreds of countries and thousands of companies commit to net-zero targets. The first days of the conference in Glasgow reminded COP...

CCUS: Essential for Achieving Carbon Neutrality in China
CCUS: Essential for Achieving Carbon Neutrality in China

3rd August 2021

On the 25th July 2021, the Global CCS Institute co-hosted the First CCUS Strategy Forum under the Context of Carbon Neutral Perspective with the China CCUS Professional Committee in Beijing. The forum brought together over...

Momentum for CCS Across the Gulf Cooperation Council is Growing
Momentum for CCS Across the Gulf Cooperation Council is Growing

14th July 2021

Climate Change in the GCC The GCC region, consisting of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain is home to less than 1% of the global population...

CCUS and International Collaboration Essential for China to Achieve Carbon Neutrality
CCUS and International Collaboration Essential for China to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

19th April 2021

A recap on the 6th International CCUS Forum, Beijing. On the 10th of April 2021, more than 300 participants attended the 6th International CCUS Forum held in Beijing, China. With distinguished speakers and enthusiastic engagement, the...

Institute’s experts review the upcoming IPCC Sixth Assessment report
Institute’s experts review the upcoming IPCC Sixth Assessment report

8th April 2021

Every five to seven years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes comprehensive scientific assessment reports. The latest of these reports was the Fifth Assessment Report (2014) that provided the main scientific input to the Paris Agreement.   Since the Fifth Assessment Report was published, the IPCC has released several...

45Q: The “Most Progressive CCS-Specific Incentive Globally” Is Now Open for Business
45Q: The “Most Progressive CCS-Specific Incentive Globally” Is Now Open for Business

24th March 2021

A year ago this April, the Global CCS Institute released a Brief  detailing new developments to the United States’ Section 45Q Tax Credit for carbon oxide (COx) sequestration (45Q). At the time, the Institute called...

CCS and Reaching Climate Targets in Europe: Reflections from Industry Experts and EU Officials
CCS and Reaching Climate Targets in Europe: Reflections from Industry Experts and EU Officials

5th March 2021

EU Industry Week 2021 – an initiative hosted by the European Commission – was not short of compelling insights as event organisers launched dialogues on industrial challenges and opportunities. On 25 February, both the Global...

Topic(s): CCS, EU, Europe

With the U.S back in the Paris Agreement, 2050 Climate Targets are Within Reach
With the U.S back in the Paris Agreement, 2050 Climate Targets are Within Reach

20th February 2021

On his first day in office, newly elected U.S. President Joe Biden made his commitment to addressing climate change strikingly clear by signing an executive order that would have the United States re-enter the Paris...

Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) – A role for CCS
Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) – A role for CCS

18th November 2020

Global installed capacity of carbon capture and storage (CCS) must increase more than a hundredfold on today’s levels for the technology to play its vital role in reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and reaching net-zero...

Topic(s): CCS, ESG

Global CO2 Storage Resource Database a critical step forward for the deployment of CCS
Global CO2 Storage Resource Database a critical step forward for the deployment of CCS

4th August 2020

At the global level, both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) consistently show CCS being deployed at a significant scale to reduce emissions to net-zero by 2050 and...

Topic(s): CO2 storage

Carbon capture and storage: Challenges, enablers and opportunities for deployment
Carbon capture and storage: Challenges, enablers and opportunities for deployment

30th July 2020

Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is a proven and safe technology vital to achieving climate targets, as highlighted by the IPCC and other credible organisations, studies, and governments. Over the past three years, the...

Topic(s): CCS, Incentive mechanisms, Policy

Where does CCS feature in the European Green Deal?
Where does CCS feature in the European Green Deal?

12th June 2020

This blog serves as an update to the Perspective “The European Green Deal: New opportunities to scale up carbon capture and storage” from February 2020. The European Commission has come out with several major initiatives...

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