This report provides policymakers with a detailed summary of the main legal issues surrounding carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) debate. It includes up-to-date background information, case studies, and conclusions on the best legal and regulatory approaches to advance CCS technology.
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Source: International Energy Agency, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date: January 2007
This policy brief outlines high-level issues related to the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It broadly introduces some key challenges that must be addressed for wide-scale deployment of CCS.
Source: World Resources Institute
Date: October 2007
This road map provides a vision for addressing the challenges associated with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).
Source: International Energy Agency, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date: October 2009
This road map paves the way for low-carbon industrial growth in developed and developing countries by providing a vision of industrial carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) until 2050.
Source: International Energy Agency, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Date: September 2011
This handbook is designed to be a user-friendly guide rather than a technical compendium or comprehensive collection of relevant legislation. The focus is on national legislation, but the report encompasses national constitutional provisions, regulations and state and local laws.
Source: United Nations
Date: January 2007
This Clean Energy Canada website provides users with a list of public and private financing entities that support clean energy technologies.
Source: Government of Canada
The report provides policy information on the assessment of the environmental and social costs and benefits of biofuels. It examines concerns of critical developments and reviews the options for a more sustainable use of biomass and measures to increase resource productivity.
Source: United Nations
Date: January 2009
This article makes the case for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in developing nations while also addressing some of the barriers to entry and concerns of developing nations regarding adoption of this process.
Source: Carbon Capture Journal
Date: January 2011
After two years of data gathering, the authors of this report produced a comprehensive overview of the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) in Clean Energy Ministerial countries. Existing policies are discussed and a matrix was built for the countries included.
Source: Clean Energy Ministerial, Electric Vehicles Initiative, International Energy Agency
Date: April 2013
This report highlights two underutilized but fully implementable technologies that efficiently integrate heat and electricity systems, provide flexibility and enhance energy security.
Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)
Date: May 2014