Comment:Visions | Carbon-capture-and-storage

Programme: Can CCS Work?

September 1, 2010 in Carbon Capture and Storage

The world will continue to rely on fossil fuel to supply the bulk of its energy for decades to come. So, finding ways to reduce the carbon emissions that come from burning these fuels is a major challenge that must be addressed.
An important opportunity for reducing these emissions is through the introduction of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology.

How can we?
There are various technologies already in use to capture the CO2, however implementing CCS on a global scale presents significant challenges in its own right.

Speeding up installation, reducing cost, creating an effective transport infrastructure and overcoming community resistance to local storage facilities are all priorities that need to be addressed.

If adoption of Carbon Capture and Storage is urgent, then why isn’t it happening faster?

Discussion: If adoption of Carbon Capture and Storage is urgent, then why isn't it happening faster?

Programme: Carbon capture and storage – a solution to climate change?

February 1, 2009 in Carbon Capture and Storage

Discussion: Carbon capture and storage: don't ask questions, just do it now?

Programme: How Can We Solve the Challenge of Climate Change?

March 3, 2008 in Carbon Capture and Storage

With the dynamics, the consequences and the solutions regarding climate change subject to fierce ongoing debate, this month’s Comment Visions gets an expert’s perspective on the issues.

An international authority on the polar regions and a distinguished glaciologist and climatologist, Dr. Olav Orheim has been researching the polar regions for more than 30 years. He has visited the Arctic 50 times and made 18 field trips to the Antarctic. Dr. Orheim has seen up close the effects of climate change, having spent over two decades as the Director of Research at Norway’s Polar Research Institute. He was made a Knight of the Order of St. Olaf in 2007 for his services to polar research.

With the future extent of climate change as yet unknown the search for political and practical solutions remains vital and Olaf Orheim looks at what can be done to engage with the problem.

Discussion: Carbon Capture and Storage has been proposed as a way to reduce greenhouse gases and slow down global warming, but are there other strategies that could be more effective?