Website: Carbon Capture and Geological Storage (CCS)

Author (Corporate)	European Commission: DG Climate Action
Publisher	EC
Publication Date	2011
Content Type	Key Source, Overview
	The technology of carbon capture and storage has the potential to contribute both to the EU's climate goals and to its security of energy supply. But it must be deployed safely and with the support of the public and stakeholders. The Commission is currently developing a programme of work aiming to ensure this, both within the EU and internationally. Work in the EU focuses on an enabling legal framework, which the Commission has proposed on 23 January 2008, addressing the environmental integrity of the technique and other deployment issues. A public consultation on this policy has taken place in the course of the assessment. Read more... Internationally, the EU is actively engaging in discussions in the context of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto protocol. It is also working directly with third countries. The Community is also actively promoting research into CCS – both to promote the rapid commercialisation of the technology, and to assess the environmental risks.
Source Link	Primary Source http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/lowcarbon/ccs/index_en.htm
Related Links	EurActiv: Links Dossier: Carbon capture and storage http://www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change/carbon-capture-storage/article-157806 IEA: A Policy Strategy for Carbon Capture and Storage, January 2012 http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/policy_strategy_for_ccs.pdf Wikipedia: Carbon capture and storage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage UK: UK Energy Research Centre: Carbon Capture and Storage http://www.co2storage.org.uk/ Website: Carbon Capture and Storage Association http://www.ccsassociation.org.uk/ European Commission: DG Energy: Energy: Coal: Sustainable coal: Clean coal technologies and Carbon Capture and Storage http://ec.europa.eu/energy/coal/ccs_en.htm ESO: Background information: Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 http://www.europeansources.info/record/directive-2009-31-ec-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-of-23-april-2009-on-the-geological-storage-of-carbon-dioxide-and-amending-council-directive-85-337-eec-european-parliament-and-counc/
Subject Categories	Environment
Countries / Regions	Europe