Toward policy integration: Assessing carbon capture and storage policies in Japan and Norway
This article explores the idea of an ‘integrated carbon capture and storage policy’ (ICCSP) through a review of CCS policies in Japan and Norway.
Long-term Liability for Carbon Capture and Storage in Depleted North American Oil and Gas Reservoirs A Comparative Analysis
This article examines emerging legislative frameworks, in a limited number of jurisdictions, that have been adopted to manage long-term liability: viz., Wyoming, Kansas, Montana, the European Union (EU), and Australia.
Legal Uncertainties of Carbon Capture and Storage in the EU: The Netherlands as an Example
This paper examines the legal obstacles and uncertainties in the European Union that need to be resolved in order to provide companies with a proper incentive to invest in CCS, using the Netherlands as a case study.
Prospects for Coal, CCTS and CCS in the European Union
This IEA Clean Coal Centre report examines the scope and status of major EU clean coal and carbon capture and storage programs, including such initiatives as the creation of the Zero Emission Platform (ZEP) in 2006.
Biochar and Waste Law: A Comparative Analysis
This article provides a comparative analyses whether biochar is waste in the EU and the US and whether the pyrolysis treatment, transportation and storage of biochar may be exempted from the regulatory burden placed on the classification of waste.
Legal and regulatory developments associated with carbon dioxide capture and storage: A global update
This paper provides a 2009 update of the regulatory and legal developments of CCS in the European Union, United States, Australia, Canada, and Norway, as part of the IEA’s International CCS Regulator’s Network.
Sub-Seabed Carbon Sequestration: Building the Legal Platform
This paper analyzes the rapid changes made at the international, EU and UK level to shape a legal framework of sub-seabed carbon sequestration and how the EU Emissions Trading Scheme will play a role in the viability of the technology.
Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
This Directive sets out the legislative framework concerning the environmentally safe storage of carbon dioxide in the European Union Member States as well as their exclusive economic zones and continental shelves.