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China continues to set the pace: Global CCS Institute APAC Forum, Shanghai
China continues to set the pace: Global CCS Institute APAC Forum, Shanghai

18th May 2018

In May, the Institute hosted its first APAC CCS Forum in China, a reflection of China’s continued emphasis on CCS as vital in reducing emissions and creating a new energy highway. The Forum, which took...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Energy efficiency, Engineering and project delivery, law and regulation, Policy, Project financing, use and storage (CCUS)

Rocking the climate: taking CCS on tour
Rocking the climate: taking CCS on tour

18th March 2018

In the past few weeks, there’s been an increase in mainstream and social media “noise” around carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a clean technology. Despite it being identified as vital to meeting Paris climate...

Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, Economics, Energy efficiency, Engineering and project delivery, Project financing, use and storage (CCUS)

Can the United States Achieve a Low Carbon Economy by 2050?
Can the United States Achieve a Low Carbon Economy by 2050?

17th May 2017

  Karl Hausker, PhD, Senior Fellow, Climate Program, World Resources Institute, is the leader of the analytic and writing team for the latest study by the Risky Business Project: From Risk to Return: Investing in a...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Energy efficiency, Renewables, use and storage (CCUS)

Technology development and diffusion within the UNFCCC
Technology development and diffusion within the UNFCCC

15th July 2015

Technology is a central issue in addressing carbon emissions and the global climate change negotiations. Related issues including carbon markets, finance and technology transfer have widespread implications. The 2015 Agreement expected to result from the...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Bonn climate talks progressing in a positive spirit
Bonn climate talks progressing in a positive spirit

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight Series: one Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are meeting in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

G7 and the role of the European Union ahead of COP21 in Paris
G7 and the role of the European Union ahead of COP21 in Paris

15th June 2015

Several important events are taking place in the months ahead of the international climate change negotiations at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December. In separate events world leaders have demonstrated...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Bonn climate negotiations – "Non-State Actors" enter the scene
Bonn climate negotiations – "Non-State Actors" enter the scene

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: five Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of the...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

Are we heading to a successful new climate agreement in Paris?
Are we heading to a successful new climate agreement in Paris?

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: four Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of the...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

A new climate agreement and the role of INDCs
A new climate agreement and the role of INDCs

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: three Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are meeting in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

What might the Paris Agreement do for Technology?
What might the Paris Agreement do for Technology?

15th June 2015

Bonn Insight series: two Negotiators for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are meeting in Bonn, Germany June 1-11 2015 to discuss business for the three Subsidiary Bodies ahead of...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Carbon markets, Economics, Energy efficiency, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)

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