Is carbon capture and storage (also known as geosequestration) the answer to meeting global emission reduction targets?
This was the major question raised at international workshop, recently held in Norway. Australia, the only country to present as united front, was seen as the shining light behind the latest developments in the new technology.
In 2005, the G8 Group of Nations Meeting resolved to coordinate international thought leadership on the various requirements for developing early opportunities for carbon capture and storage (CCS or geosequestration).
In association with the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), workshops were held in Oslo in June 2007. These workshops considered public awareness, legal and regulatory, technical and commercial/financial/international mechanisms, as the main drivers of, and impediments to, CCS early opportunities.
