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UNECE Executive Secretary calls for more effort to develop, demonstrate and deploy CCS technology
UNECE Executive Secretary calls for more effort to develop, demonstrate and deploy CCS technology

15th December 2015

The following Insight is based on a speech delivered by Christian Friis Bach, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) at the sixth Ministerial Conference of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum...

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

Climate Talks Commence
Climate Talks Commence

15th December 2015

The 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21, UNFCCC) is being held in Paris. These landmark international climate negotiations are considered the best opportunity for the international...

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

Lessons Learned on CO2 Storage from the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program
Lessons Learned on CO2 Storage from the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program

15th December 2015

Completing field tests that demonstrate that geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) can be conducted safely and commercially is one step towards developing robust strategies for mitigating large point source CO2 emissions. The Midwest Regional Carbon...

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

Roadmap scenario modelling confirms the important role of CCS
Roadmap scenario modelling confirms the important role of CCS

15th December 2015

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recently published a Roadmap for Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration and Deployment in the People's Republic of China. The Roadmap contains scenario modelling that illustrates the importance of carbon...

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

Roadmap for CCS Demonstration and Deployment in China – A Possible Game Changer
Roadmap for CCS Demonstration and Deployment in China – A Possible Game Changer

15th December 2015

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a new publication titled Roadmap for the Demonstration and Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the People's Republic of China. Tony Wood leads the Grattan Institute’s...

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

Have Reports of the Death of CCS in the UK Been Greatly Exaggerated?
Have Reports of the Death of CCS in the UK Been Greatly Exaggerated?

15th December 2015

The following Insight is an article by Alan James, Sam Gomersmall and Steve Murphy of Pale Blue Dot. It is republished here with permission. The original version can be viewed at Pale Blue Dot. Yesterday's...

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

Korea Global CCS Symposium 2015
Korea Global CCS Symposium 2015

15th November 2015

In October 2015 the Global CCS Institute sponsored a global carbon capture and storage (CCS) symposium in Gwang-gu, South Korea, including an Institute Member's Meeting. In this Insight the Institute's Jessica Morton, Public Engagement Adviser...

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

Carbon Capture and Deep Decarbonization
Carbon Capture and Deep Decarbonization

15th November 2015

by Duncan Kenyon and Binnu Jeyakumar Technologies that capture greenhouse gases and either store or use them could play a significant and essential role in decarbonizing our world. But carbon capture and storage (CCS) has...

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

Why is the State of the Energy Union 2015 relevant for CCS in Europe?
Why is the State of the Energy Union 2015 relevant for CCS in Europe?

15th November 2015

This Insight is part of a series published on carbon capture and storage (CCS) policy developments in Europe. For further background see previous Insights in this series. In this Insight, Silvia Vaghi, Global CCS Institute...

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

Carbon Capture and Storage key to slowing emissions growth
Carbon Capture and Storage key to slowing emissions growth

15th November 2015

The Global CCS Institute has published its annual major report on the latest developments in carbon capture and storage (CCS). The Global Status of CCS: 2015 presents the most comprehensive overview of large-scale CCS projects...

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

Minister Henk Kamp addresses the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
Minister Henk Kamp addresses the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum

15th November 2015

From November 2-4 the Institute's General Manager - Europe, Middle East & Africa, Andrew Purvis, attended the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The following Insight is an excerpt of a speech delivered...

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

The importance of bio-CCS to deliver negative emissions
The importance of bio-CCS to deliver negative emissions

15th November 2015

The Global CCS Institute has published its annual major report on the latest developments in carbon capture and storage (CCS). The Global Status of CCS: 2015 presents the most comprehensive overview of large-scale CCS projects and...

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

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