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The politics and policy of carbon capture and storage: Framing an emergent technology

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Author

  • Karin Bäckstrand
  • James Meadowcroft
  • Michael Oppenheimer

Summary, in English

Over the past decade carbon capture and storage (CCS) has attracted increasing international attention as a climate change mitigation option and moved into the center of climate policy debates and negotiations. This special issue of Global Environmental Change brings together leading scholars to analyze the politics, policy and regulation of CCS in cross-country comparisons as well as in a global context. The aim is to contribute on two fronts: first, by applying concepts, theories and methodologies from the social and policy sciences, to elucidate how societies are engaging with CCS as a mitigation option; and secondly, to point toward a future research agenda which, while exploring basic aspects of technology development as situated in a social context, would also be aligned with the needs of the climate and environmental policy community. The contributions address at least one of three inter-related research areas; CCS and the emergence of long-term climate and energy strategies; regulation, policy instruments and public acceptance; and international politics and CCS in developing countries. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

275-281

Publication/Series

Global Environmental Change

Volume

21

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article (comment)

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Political Science

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0959-3780