The acceptability of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in Europe: An assessment of the key determining factors. Part 2. The social acceptability of CCS and the wider impacts and repercussions of its implementation
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In: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 3, No. 3, 05.2009, p. 344-356.
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T1 - The acceptability of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in Europe
T2 - An assessment of the key determining factors. Part 2. The social acceptability of CCS and the wider impacts and repercussions of its implementation
AU - Shackley, Simon
AU - Reiner, David
AU - Upham, Paul
AU - de Coninck, Heleen
AU - Sigurthorsson, Gudmundur
AU - Anderson, Jason
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - In Part 1, we presented the findings of the EU ACCSEPT project (2006-2007) with regards to scientific, technical, legal and economic issues. In Part 2, we present the analysis of social acceptability on the part of both the lay public and stakeholders. We examine the acceptability of CO2 capture and geological storage (CCS) within the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. The debate over the inclusion of CCS within the CDM is caught-up in a set of complex debates that are partly technical and partly political and, therefore, difficult, and time-consuming, to resolve. We explore concerns that support for CCS will detract from support for other low-carbon energy sources. We can find no evidence that support for CCS is currently detracting from support for renewable energy sources, though it is probably too early to detect such an effect. Efforts at understanding, engaging with, and communicating to, the lay public and wider stakeholder community (not just business) in Europe are currently weak and inadequate, despite well-meaning statements from governments and industry.
AB - In Part 1, we presented the findings of the EU ACCSEPT project (2006-2007) with regards to scientific, technical, legal and economic issues. In Part 2, we present the analysis of social acceptability on the part of both the lay public and stakeholders. We examine the acceptability of CO2 capture and geological storage (CCS) within the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. The debate over the inclusion of CCS within the CDM is caught-up in a set of complex debates that are partly technical and partly political and, therefore, difficult, and time-consuming, to resolve. We explore concerns that support for CCS will detract from support for other low-carbon energy sources. We can find no evidence that support for CCS is currently detracting from support for renewable energy sources, though it is probably too early to detect such an effect. Efforts at understanding, engaging with, and communicating to, the lay public and wider stakeholder community (not just business) in Europe are currently weak and inadequate, despite well-meaning statements from governments and industry.
KW - CDM
KW - Social acceptability
KW - Stakeholder perceptions
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=64649094418&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2008.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijggc.2008.09.004
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:64649094418
VL - 3
SP - 344
EP - 356
JO - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
JF - International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
SN - 1750-5836
IS - 3
ER -