The publications library highlights trusted, unbiased, and authoritative carbon capture and storage (CCS) resources and recommendations from national government sources.
Featured CSLF Publications
CSLF Technology Roadmap 2021 The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Technology Roadmap 2021 is an update of the 2017 version, based on reported progress and published documentation on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) activities between October 2017 and February 2021. The roadmap provides recommendations to ministers of the CSLF member countries, and their climate and energy policymakers, on technology developments that are required for CCUS to fulfill the CSLF mission to facilitate the development and deployment of CCS technologies via collaborative efforts that address key technical, economic, and environmental obstacles. View roadmap. |
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2017 CSLF Ministerial Communiqué In this communiqué, issued at the 7th Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Ministerial Meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, ministers underscore the importance of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to the global clean energy transition, noting that there is a critical need for CCUS in the power sector and key opportunities for CCUS to achieve deep carbon dioxide emissions reductions from process industries such as refineries, the chemical sector, and cement and steel production. View communiqué. |
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Open letter to the UNFCCC on Carbon Capture and Storage In this letter to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Ernest Moniz, former U.S. Secretary of Energy, and Khalid A. Al Falih, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources, on behalf of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, discuss the importance of carbon capture and storage as a technology pathway to deliver national climate targets. View letter. |
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White Paper on CCS in the Industrial Sector This paper was prepared for the June 2016 Clean Energy Ministerial and Mission Innovation Ministerial. Twenty countries plus the European Union have joined Mission Innovation (MI) to date and pledged to double clean energy research and development funding in 5 years. 16 of the 21 MI members listed carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a core technology within their individual baseline plans (source: Mission Innovation Country Book). View white paper. |
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Featured Network Publications
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Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage 2019 The Global CCS Institute's 2019 Global Status of CCS report documents important milestones for CCS over the past 12 months, its status across the world and the key opportunities and benefits the technology presents. View report. |
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Clean Growth: Technologies for meeting the UK’s emissions reduction targets This report from the UK government's Science and Technology Committee deems the UK government’s target for "net-zero" by 2050 undeliverable unless clean growth policies are introduced. The Committee has highlighted the lack of government policies in place to meet the net-zero goal and recommends 10 steps the government should take to meet this legally binding target. Learn more. |
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Global CCS Institute Report – Lessons and Perceptions: Adopting a Commercial Approach to CCS Liability Liability has long been raised as a significant barrier to the wide scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Despite regulatory developments, the topic of liability continues to be considered by some CCS project developers, policy-makers and regulators as a critical issue and potential "show-stopper" for the technology’s deployment. This report, through policy and regulatory analysis as well as interviews with policy makers, regulators, lawyers, project proponents, and representatives from the insurance sector, seeks to challenge these views and make the case for a more commercially minded view of liability. View report. |
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Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage 2018 The Global CCS Institute's Global Status of CCS Report 2018 documents the status of CCS around the world and significant operational milestones in 2018. It demystifies common misunderstandings about the technology and identifies where and how it can, and must, be more widely deployed. View report. |
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Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage 2017 This report by the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute details the recent milestones reached by individual carbon capture facilities, advances in technology, and the government policy challenges facing the industry. View report. |
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Ministerial Communiqués
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- 2015 Ministerial Communiqué
- 2013 Ministerial Communiqué
- 2011 Ministerial Communiqué
- 2009 Ministerial Communiqué
- 2004 Ministerial Communiqué
Meeting and Workshop Publications
Visit the Events page to access additional publications from Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) meetings and workshops.
CSLF Background Documents
- CSLF Charter
- CSLF Terms of Reference
- CSLF Technology Roadmap (revised 2017)
- CSLF Strategic Plan (October 2011 revision)
- CSLF Project Submission Form and Gaps Analysis Checklist
- PIRT Terms of Reference
Task Force Reports
Task Force for Monitoring Progress of the CSLF Technology Roadmap (TRM)
- March 2020 Update: Progress on Addressing Recommended Priority Actions to Meet TRM Targets (April 2020)
Task Force on CCUS for Energy Intensive Industries
- From Energy/Emission Intensive Industries to Low Carbon Industries (September 2019)
Task Force on Improved Pore Space Utilisation
- Current Status of Techniques (April 2019)
Task Force on Clusters, Hubs, and Infrastructure and CCS
- Results and Recommendations from “Phase 0” Activities (April 2019)
- Annual Report: March 2019–March 2020
- September 2020 Update: Report from the Clusters, Hubs and Infrastructure Task Force
Task Force on Hydrogen Production and CCS
- Results and Recommendations from “Phase 0" (June 2018)
Task Force on Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
Task Force on CSLF Regulation
Task Force on Offshore Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2-EOR)
- Final Report (November 2017)
Task Force on Supporting Development of 2nd and 3rd Generation Carbon Capture Technologies
- Final Report (December 2015)
Task Force on Technical Barriers and Research and Development Opportunities for Offshore, Sub-Seabed Storage of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
- Final Report (September 2015)
Task Force on Reviewing Best Practices and Standards for Geologic Monitoring and Storage of CO2 2013
Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technology Opportunities and Gaps
- Final Report (October 2013)
Task Force on Technical Challenges of Conversion of CO2-EOR Projects to CO2 Storage Projects
- Final Report (September 2013)
Task Force on Utilization Options of CO2
- Phase I Final Report (October 2012)
- Phase II Final Report (October 2013)
Task Force to Examine Risk Assessment Standards and Procedures
- Phase I Final Report (October 2009)
- Phase II Final Report (May 2012)
Task Force for Review and Identification of Standards for CO2 Storage Capacity Estimation
- Phase I Final Report (August 2005)
- Phase II Final Report (June 2007)
- Phase III Final Report (April 2008)
Task Force for Identifying Gaps in Monitoring and Verification of Geologic CO2 Storage
- Final Report (November 2006)
Task Force for Identifying Gaps in CO2 Capture and Transport
- Final Report (November 2006)
Strategic Plan Implementation Reports (SPIRs)
- September 2012 SPIR
- September 2011 SPIR
- February 2011 SPIR
- April 2010 SPIR
- January 2010 SPIR
- April 2009 SPIR
- January 2009 SPIR
- October 2008 SPIR
- July 2008 SPIR
- March 2008 SPIR
- January 2008 SPIR
- October 2007 SPIR
- July 2007 Report
Letter from Policy Group Chair
July 2007 SPIR - February 2007 Report
Letter from Policy Group Chair
Legal Issues Task Force Report
Letter from Capacity Building Task Force Chair
Letter from Financial Issues Task Force Chair
Report from Projects Interaction and Review Team (PIRT)
Storage Capacity Estimation Task Force Report
Report from Secretariat
Report from Stakeholders - December 2006 Report
Letter from Policy Group Chair
Note by Secretariat on the SPIR Systems
Report from Task Force on Capacity Building in Emerging Economies
Report from Task Force on Legal Issues
Report from Projects Interaction and Review Team (PIRT)
Report from Task Force to Identify Gaps in CO2 Capture and Transport
Report from Task Force to Review and Identify Standards for CO2 Storage Capacity Measurement
Report from Stakeholders
Report from CSLF Secretariat