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The overall aim of the research project 'Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage' is to examine the political, policy and societal implications of CCS (in the context of barriers, opportunities, risks and benefits associated with CCS) as a climate mitigation option. The project is financed by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra) 2008-2010. It is coordinated by the Department of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden and involves international scholars from research institutes and universities in Canada, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, UK and the US. The Mistra-CCS project focuses on the political, institutional and governance dimensions of carbon capture and storage. It is concerned with the way CCS is understood by social actors, how disputes and tensions about CCS are managed by societies, the complex problems governments must negotiate concerning the uptake of this new technology, and the development of appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies have increasingly been brought to the fore as a tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve CO2 stabilization. Cautious optimism reflects dominant perceptions of CCS: CCS is not the silver bullet to solve the climate problem, but remains a necessary option in a larger portfolio of diverse climate mitigation strategies. In the current policy debate, CCS is advanced as an option in the context of a portfolio of climate change mitigation strategies, such as transition to renewable energy, promotion of energy efficiency and other low-carbon alternatives such as nuclear and hydropower. The past years CCS has become increasingly embedded in EU's energy and climate policy making, such as the 2008 framework directive on CCS as well the UNFCCC post-2012 climate negotiations. While CCS is seen as one of many necessary mitigation options among political elites and industry, the technology is becoming increasingly contested among environmentalists and parliamentarians.
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Earth Negotiation Bulletin covered the Mistra side event on Carbon Capture and Storage at the COP15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen, see film
Mikael Roman participated in the South African Carbon Capture and Storage Conference 29-30 September 2009
IEA released technology road map for carbon capture and storage, 13 October 2009
Heleen De Coninck and Karin Bäckstrand participated in an International Workshop and Carbon Markets Partnerships with a CCS session 4-5 November in Gaborone, Botswana
Mistra portraiting Michael Oppenheimer
James Meadowcroft and Olof Langhelle are editors of Caching the Carbon: The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage, which will be published in January 2010 by Edward Elgar
Upcoming conferences:
4th Annual European Carbon Capture Storage Conference in London, February 23-24, 2010
Call for papers Carbon Capture and Storage. Bridging the Transition from Fossil Fuels to Renewables in Dublin, March 11-12, 2010
Call for papers 9th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 10-13 2010.
Call for papers 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, Netherlands 19-23 September 2010.
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Project Coordinator:
Karin Bäckstrand, Department of Political Science, Lund University
karin.backstrand(AT)svet.lu.se, +46 46 222 47 63
Project Assistant:
Cecilia Kardum-Smith, LUCSUS, Lund University
cecilia.kardumsmith(AT)lucsus.lu.se, +46 46 222 04 70
Website Manager:
Rasmus Karlsson, Department of Political Science,
rasmus.karlsson(AT)svet.lu.se
Senior Adviser:
Professor Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University
omichael(AT)princeton.edu
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