ACDI/IMEL/UCL Carbon Capture and Storage Workshop (Cape Town)

IMEL, together with UCT’s African Climate and Development Initiative and University College of London’s Carbon Capture and Storage Programme, hosted a workshop on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) at UCT in September 2012. CCS refers to the process of capturing carbon dioxide released from industrial processes and injecting the carbon (in liquid form) into geological formations deep underground. The intention is to reduce the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere, thereby preventing further climate change.

The aim of the workshop, titled ‘Towards a Lower Carbon Economy – Prospects and Challenges’, was to bring together experts from different fields (including engineering and law) to discuss issues regarding the viability of, and challenges for, CCS in South Africa. A report Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Towards a Regulatory and Legal Regime in South Africa (authored by Prof Jan Glazewski (IMEL), Andrew Gilder (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs) and Ernesta Swanepoel (Independent Legal Consultant)) was launched at the workshop.

You can download a copy of the Carbon Capture and Storage report here.