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Asia-Pacific CCUS Legal and Regulatory Forum
15th June 2015
In this Insight the Institute's Ian Havercroft, Senior Adviser - Legal and Regulatory in the APAC region discusses a new Institute initiative - the Asia-Pacific CCUS Legal and Regulatory Forum. In recent years the Institute...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
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?
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)
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)
The UNFCCC Technology and Finance Mechanisms
15th June 2015
The Institute is closely engaged with all aspects of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process as they relate to carbon capture and storage (CCS). We are particularly interested in the interaction...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
US CO2 injection rules clarified to facilitate CCUS
15th June 2015
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a clarification of the rules for CO2 injecting companies to transition from EOR (enhanced oil recovery) to CO2 storage. In this Insight, L. Stephen Melzer, Melzer Consulting...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
Proposed Market Stability Reserve to stabilise European carbon trading
15th June 2015
A new Market Stability Reserve (MSR) has been proposed to stabilise the carbon price under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). The Global CCS Institute's Francesco Corona, Communications Adviser for Europe, Middle East and...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
CCS opportunities and challenges in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
15th June 2015
This Insight provides the viewpoint of Julio Carneiro, assistant professor of the University of Évora, on carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology opportunities in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). It is based on...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, Engineering and project delivery, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
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)
The importance of CCS Hubs and Clusters
15th June 2015
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only feasible option for capturing emissions from the many smaller-scale industrial sources of CO2 which make up almost half of global emissions reductions under the 2-degree scenario (2DS)....
Topic(s): Carbon capture, CO2 hubs, Economics, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)
G7 leaders endorse energy sector transformation
15th June 2015
On 7-8 June 2015, Germany hosted the meeting of the G7 (Group of Seven) Heads of State and Governments. Leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the European Commission and the US met...
Topic(s): Economics, law and regulation, Policy, Renewables
The role of Carbon Capture and Storage in a decarbonised world
15th May 2015
The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) is a global initiative coordinated by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)[1]. Last year the Pathways to Deep Decarbonization, 2014 Report was released, which provides a comprehensive...
Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, use and storage (CCUS)