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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
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
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
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
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...
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
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...
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
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?
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...
New trends bolster chance of successful deployment of carbon capture and storage
25th February 2020
The United States leads the global deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. A progressive policy framework and sustained government support have launched the roll-out of the next generation of CCS facilities. With impacts of climate...
Capturing and storing CO2 will be key to the clean energy transition. Here’s why
10th February 2020
At this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, we were reminded that the future must be defined by sustainable and clean economic growth, and by the opportunities this will present to create prosperity. To achieve the targets...