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Will the decision by the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change impact the process and the speed of deploying carbon capture and storage? Does this move put China in the driving seat as the world leader in deployment of clean technology and carbon capture and storage (CCS)? Here, Muriel Cozier looks at some of the reaction to the US decision and assess what impact, if any, this pullout might have on the global efforts to tackle climate change. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

It is very easy to get so caught up and focused on the task ahead that one forgets just how much has been achieved. This is very much the case in carbon capture and storage (CCS). However, a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), published in November 2016, provides a timely reminder of the progress that has been made in the area of CCS capacity and technologies over the last two decades, while giving a perspective on the steps that need to be taken to increase the rate of CCS deployment. In this Feature, Muriel Cozier looks at some of the main findings from the report. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this feature, Muriel Cozier rounds up some of the major events that have impacted CCS across the world and considers what impact, if any, the major political changes might have on CCS and its deployment as we move toward the end of the second decade of the millennium. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

As 2015 drew to a close, the UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) community, and indeed the global CCS community, was rocked by the UK government's decision to withdraw £1 billion of funding which had been ring fenced for the commercialization of CCS in the UK. The government had perhaps hoped that by putting the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, forward to explain the cut, a line could have been drawn under the matter. But it wasn't to be. In this follow‐up article Muriel Cozier looks at the continuing fallout and how the CCS industry views the future development of the technology in the UK. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

The UK has for some time been considered one of Europe's leading advocates for carbon capture and storage (CCS). But a sudden and somewhat unexpected announcement by the UK government that £1 billion of funding for a CCS competition was no longer available has left many people around the world wondering if CCS in the UK or indeed in Europe, has a future. Muriel Cozier rounds up reactions to the announcement. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

The United Nations Conference of Parties 21 (UN COP21) Climate Change Conference, which runs from 30 November to 11 December in Paris, France, has set out to reach a binding agreement to cut emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and to set goals for economic development and social and environmental issues. Muriel Cozier takes a look how the major players have positioned themselves to influence and bring about an agreement and how carbon capture and storage (CCS) is very much part of the toolkit required to help keep greenhouses GHGs in check. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Environmental protection is high on the list of all those advocating and backing the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). But not everyone is in agreement that the technology will have the positive impact on the environment that is hoped for or is indeed a technology worth investing in. Here Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology looks at the positions taken by a number of non-governmental organisation (NGOs) on the issue of CCS. It is clear that amongst the environmentally focused organisations there is plenty of room for debate on the matter.© 2015 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

The UK could be on the brink of becoming the first country in the world to start work on a carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipped industrial cluster. Located in the north east of England in a region known as Teesside, this industrial hub is home to some of the UK's largest emitters of CO2. At the same time the region provides jobs and training and produces raw material that puts the UK on the world stage for innovation and development. Here Sarah Tennison, Low Carbon Economy Manager at Tees Valley Unlimited, talks to GHGS&T about the Teesside Collective project and explains that this is not just an option, it is a must.

After years of talk, false starts and financial sticking points, carbon capture storage and utilization (CCSU) seems to have come into its own in 2014. Here GHGS&T's Muriel Cozier looks back over the last year and rounds up some of the developments that have seen the technology take center stage on the political and industrial agendas. We also look at how CCSU has become pivotal as politicians, industry, and civil society begin the build-up to December 2015 and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP 21), which will be held in Paris, where a deal has to be struck on climate change if meaningful steps are to be taken to keep global temperatures in check.

A multinational effort to establish the viability and efficacy of bioenergy has led to the publication of an in-depth report which aims to bring some consensus to the bioenergy debate. Here Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (Biofpr) looks at some of the findings. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Could the debate over carbon capture and storage (CCS) shift to focus on carbon capture and utilization (CCU)? With the announcement from Algae.Tec, an Australian advanced renewable oil firm, that it has signed a deal with the country's biggest energy generator to use its CO2 emissions for the growth of algae for conversion to fuels and other products, this just might be the case. Roger Stroud, Executive Chairman of Algae.Tec, talks to Muriel Cozier about the project and explains how the company is working with businesses around the world to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.

As delegates have been meeting for the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) conferences of 2012, the theme that seems to have emerged in the early stages of this year is: what next for CCS? Muriel Cozier provides an insight into the minefield of some of the political and financial challenges facing the commercialization and wide-scale deployment of CCS projects.