TY - JOUR
T1 - The politics and policy of carbon capture and storage
T2 - Framing an emergent technology
AU - Bäckstrand, Karin
AU - Meadowcroft, James
AU - Oppenheimer, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the Mistra foundation for supporting this international collaborative project. Thanks to all the researchers in the Mistra network, who contributed to the development of this project and volume in workshops. Special thanks to Cecilia Kardum Smith, Mikael Roman and the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at Princeton University for hosting workshops in Lund, Stockholm and Princeton, which were critical in moving this Special Issue forward. Appreciation is also given to invited participants of the Mistra workshop in Princeton October 14–15, 2010 where constructive ideas and useful feedback was given on how to move forward the social science research agenda on CCS: Nigel Bankes, Francis Bowen, Elizabeth Malone, Jennifer Morgan, Rob Socolow and Andreas Tjernshaugen. We are also grateful to Hang Deng, Rebecca Lutzy and William Tucker at Princeton University for contributing to the workshop and summarizing the discussions in the workshop report. We also would like to extend our thanks to the editors of the journal, the contributors to this special issue and to the anonymous reviewers for their work throughout the process.
Funding Information:
This Special Issue originated in a two-year project supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra), 1 1 focused on the political, policy and societal dimensions of CCS. Key objectives of this project have been to broaden the range of social science researchers exploring the implications of CCS and to balance an instrumental concern with problem-solving with more open-ended and critical research on potential long term implications, risks and challenges. The work presented here has gained much from pioneering studies of the policy dimensions of CCS conducted over the previous decade ( Coninck, 2008; Reiner and Herzog, 2004; Shackley et al., 2007, 2009; Torvanger et al., 2005; Wilson et al., 2007 ), and seeks to extend this work in new directions. In particular, contributions to this Special Issue address at least one of three inter-related themes:
Copyright:
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PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Over the past decade carbon capture and storage (CCS) has attracted increasing international attention as a climate change mitigation option and moved into the center of climate policy debates and negotiations. This special issue of Global Environmental Change brings together leading scholars to analyze the politics, policy and regulation of CCS in cross-country comparisons as well as in a global context. The aim is to contribute on two fronts: first, by applying concepts, theories and methodologies from the social and policy sciences, to elucidate how societies are engaging with CCS as a mitigation option; and secondly, to point toward a future research agenda which, while exploring basic aspects of technology development as situated in a social context, would also be aligned with the needs of the climate and environmental policy community. The contributions address at least one of three inter-related research areas; CCS and the emergence of long-term climate and energy strategies; regulation, policy instruments and public acceptance; and international politics and CCS in developing countries.
AB - Over the past decade carbon capture and storage (CCS) has attracted increasing international attention as a climate change mitigation option and moved into the center of climate policy debates and negotiations. This special issue of Global Environmental Change brings together leading scholars to analyze the politics, policy and regulation of CCS in cross-country comparisons as well as in a global context. The aim is to contribute on two fronts: first, by applying concepts, theories and methodologies from the social and policy sciences, to elucidate how societies are engaging with CCS as a mitigation option; and secondly, to point toward a future research agenda which, while exploring basic aspects of technology development as situated in a social context, would also be aligned with the needs of the climate and environmental policy community. The contributions address at least one of three inter-related research areas; CCS and the emergence of long-term climate and energy strategies; regulation, policy instruments and public acceptance; and international politics and CCS in developing countries.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.03.008
DO - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.03.008
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:79956280802
SN - 0959-3780
VL - 21
SP - 275
EP - 281
JO - Global Environmental Change
JF - Global Environmental Change
IS - 2
ER -