Following the workshop held in March 2007, the project concentrated on developing recommendations for how to address the main challenges that CCS presents. These have been described in a Policy Brief, which contains recommendations on the following 6 areas of CCS :
Learning from pilot projects
Making the transition to general governance
Assigning regulatory responsibility
Resolving long-term liability and responsibility issues
Achieving public acceptance
Making CCS financially viable
| This Policy Brief was published in February 2008 |
IRGC submissions to the European Commission and the UNFCCC
Additionally, a sub-group of those attending the March workshop wrote an IRGC submission to the European Commission in response to the Environment Directorate’s consultation on CCS, and also prepared a submission to the UNFCCC on CCS as Clean Development Mechanism project activities. The policy recommendations in these submissions were informed by the workshop, but do not represent the consensus position of all participants.
The EC submission presented recommendations focused on five main policy areas :
The need for action to be taken at an international level
The need to promptly commence large-scale CCS demonstration projects
The need for regulation to evolve as scientific and technical knowledge expands
The need to address long-term management and liability issues at storage sites
The need for transparency in communication to publics, and between nations
Click here to view the EC submission
The UNFCCC submission advocated including CCS under the CDM, and recommended procedural mechanisms to ensure rulemaking based on quality technical input.
Click here to view the UNFCCC submission