The publications library highlights trusted, unbiased, and authoritative carbon capture and storage (CCS) resources and recommendations from national government sources.

 

Featured CSLF Publications

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. 
CSLF Technology Roadmap 2017

The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Technology Roadmap 2017 provides recommendations to Ministers of the CSLF member countries, and their climate and energy policymakers, on technology developments that are required for carbon capture and storage (CCS) 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. Governments have a critical role in accelerating the deployment of CCS. View roadmap. 

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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.

Featured Network Publications

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.
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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.
World Energy Investment 2017 cover image World Energy Investment 2017

This International Energy Agency report shows that global energy investment fell by 12% in 2016, the second consecutive year of decline, as increased spending on energy efficiency and electricity networks was more than offset by a continued drop in upstream oil and gas spending. View report.  

 
IEA GHG ANnual Review 2016 - cover thumbnail IEA Greenhouse Gas Programme Annual Review 2016

The International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas (IEAGHG) Programme Annual Review 2016 outlines the work undertaken and produced by the IEAGHG in 2016, including the 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, networks, technical reports, information papers, and presentations made by members of staff at external meetings. View document.

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 Final Reports

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)