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East and Southeast Asian countries unite to drive carbon dioxide storage
East and Southeast Asian countries unite to drive carbon dioxide storage

15th May 2015

In this Insight the Global CCS Institute's Chris Consoli, Senior Adviser for Storage (Asia Pacific) discusses methodologies for selecting geological carbon dioxide storage and estimating storage capacity and their relevance to East and Southeast Asia. A...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Engineering and project delivery, use and storage (CCUS)

CCS in developing countries – webinar series
CCS in developing countries – webinar series

15th May 2015

A recent series of three webinars hosted by the Global CCS Institute explored the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in developing countries. In this Insight the Institute's Principal Manager for Capacity Development, Alice Gibson...

Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, Engineering and project delivery, Renewables, use and storage (CCUS)

Getting real about carbon capture and storage
Getting real about carbon capture and storage

15th May 2015

The following Insight is an excerpt from an article by Chris Davies, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) 1999-2014 and Rapporteur for the CCS Directive and the Parliament's implementation report on CCS. Read the full...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, law and regulation, Policy, Project financing, use and storage (CCUS)

Melbourne hosts Australian Emissions Reduction Summit
Melbourne hosts Australian Emissions Reduction Summit

15th May 2015

The Global CCS Institute joined many prominent Australian and international organisations in sponsoring the 2nd Australian Emissions Reduction Summit held in Melbourne on 5 and 6 May 2015. In the Insight below the Institute's Lawrence...

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

Focus on private sector financing for climate technologies
Focus on private sector financing for climate technologies

15th May 2015

The Institute attended the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) meeting for Network members in Bangkok over 28-29 April 2015. The CTCN is the operational arm of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

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

Tempered optimism in lead up to COP21 climate talks
Tempered optimism in lead up to COP21 climate talks

15th May 2015

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) convened a forum on 23 April in Washington, DC to examine the issues, options and priorities for the upcoming Paris climate talks. In this insight, Victor Der,...

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

CCUS progress in Brazil
CCUS progress in Brazil

15th May 2015

The Global CCS Institute co-sponsored the 3rd Congresso Brasileiro de CO2, held 28-29 April in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In this insight, Meade Goodwin, Senior Advisor – Capacity Building and Public Engagement for the Americas,...

Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)

Key issues and barriers in developing countries
Key issues and barriers in developing countries

15th May 2015

​ This third webinar in the series 'CCS in Developing Countries' was presented by the World Bank. Deploying CCS in developing countries is critically important.  The International Energy Agency estimates that to achieve global emissions...

Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)

Early public engagement on Indonesia’s CCS Gundih Pilot Project
Early public engagement on Indonesia’s CCS Gundih Pilot Project

15th April 2015

In April 2015, Dr Farah Mulyasari from the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia gave Global CCS Institute staff and Australian-based Members a presentation on the public engagement strategy associated with Indonesia’s ‘Gundih CCS Project’....

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Public engagement, use and storage (CCUS)

Building carbon capture technical capacity in Mexico
Building carbon capture technical capacity in Mexico

15th April 2015

Over the past year, the Global CCS Institute has conducted a series of carbon capture and storage (CCS) workshops in Mexico that have drawn participants from academia, industry, and government institutions such as Secretaría de...

Topic(s): Capacity development, Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)

BASTOR2 – Unlocking the potential for CCS in the Baltic Sea
BASTOR2 – Unlocking the potential for CCS in the Baltic Sea

15th April 2015

            The Baltic Sea CO2 Storage (Bastor2) project was established with the primary objective of investigating the potential and conditions for geological storage in the Baltic Sea Region. However, the degree...

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

Carbon storage in the Baltic – new insights from the Bastor2 study
Carbon storage in the Baltic – new insights from the Bastor2 study

15th April 2015

This Insight, written by one of the study's authors, Per Arne Nilsson, is adapted from the Executive Summary to the Final Summary Report from the Elforsk Bastor2 study. The five part report series was undertaken...

Topic(s): Carbon capture, Economics, Health, law and regulation, Policy, Public engagement, safety and environment, use and storage (CCUS)

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