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Publish date: August 31, 2009
Written by: Martina Novak
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The programme`s goal is to give students from different backgrounds a broad overview on issues regarding the development and implementation as well as the technology of CCS. The course consists of discussions and presentations of local and international experts on CCS as well as practical student research projects on significant issues regarding CCS.
The IEA GHG is supported by a variety of organisations and companies, amongst these the Global CCS Institute and the Victorian Government, as the major local sponsor, but also companies like Shell and E.On.
Details on the CCS summer school can be found on the IEA GHG`s website.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.