Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: Separating Fact From Fiction

by Andrew Isaacs, Natàlia Costa i Coromina, and Aditya Aggarwal
01 Jan 2023

In 1992, 179 countries effectively agreed to end the fossil-fuel age at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Yet thirty years later, the Earth Summit’s 'new blueprint for international action' had not stopped the increase of long-lived greenhouse-gas concentrations. In 2022, the United Nations stated 'carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) can play a significant role in mitigating carbon emissions.' Some climate experts considered CCUS necessary for reaching net-zero Greenhouse gas emissions. Others thought technology and infrastructure were too nascent to make a difference. Had decades-old pledges to stop fossil fuel use been replaced by capturing emissions?

Learning Objectives

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1) Understand the business, social, and ethical issues with corporate climate commitments that incorporate CCUS. 2) Explore the liability issues associated with CCUS pledges.

Details

Pub Date: January 1, 2023

Discipline: Corporate Social Responsibility

Subjects: Green marketing, Green business, Environmental performance, Environmental responsibility, Environmental stewardship, Environmental sustainability, Greenpeace, Carbon emissions

Product #: B6027-PDF-ENG

Industry: Energy & Natural Resources

Geography: United States, California, Texas, United Kingdom

Length: 5 page(s)