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.

 Roadmap cover showing various CCUS technologies, research, and deployment
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

Cover image of the Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage 2019 report 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.
Cover image of report 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.
Global CCS Institute Report 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.
Cover image of the Global Status of Carbon Capture and Storage 2018 report 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.
2017 Global Status of CCS report cover 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.

Ministerial Communiqués

Meeting and Workshop Publications

Visit the Events page to access additional publications from Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) meetings and workshops.

CSLF Background Documents

Task Force Reports

Task Force for Monitoring Progress of the CSLF Technology Roadmap (TRM)

Task Force on CCUS for Energy Intensive Industries

Task Force on Improved Pore Space Utilisation

Task Force on Clusters, Hubs, and Infrastructure and CCS

Task Force on Hydrogen Production and CCS

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)

Task Force on Supporting Development of 2nd and 3rd Generation Carbon Capture Technologies

Task Force on Technical Barriers and Research and Development Opportunities for Offshore, Sub-Seabed Storage of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

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

Task Force on Technical Challenges of Conversion of CO2-EOR Projects to CO2 Storage Projects

Task Force on Utilization Options of CO2

Task Force to Examine Risk Assessment Standards and Procedures

Task Force for Review and Identification of Standards for CO2 Storage Capacity Estimation

Task Force for Identifying Gaps in Monitoring and Verification of Geologic CO2 Storage

Task Force for Identifying Gaps in CO2 Capture and Transport

Strategic Plan Implementation Reports (SPIRs)