On November 7 and 8 2007 IRGC co-organised, with the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue in Rüschlikon near Zurich, an international multi-stakeholder conference with the theme Regulating and Financing Carbon Capture and Storage. The Programme of this conference is available here.
Presentations from the conference can be downloaded using the links below:
7 November 2007
Photos of the first day of the conference are available here
Carbon capture and deep geological sequestration: an overview Prof. Granger Morgan, Chair Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Part 1-Part 2
CCS in the context of climate change mitigation Prof. Ed Rubin, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Part 1-Part 2
The CCS regulation challenge Thomas Kerr, Senior Energy Analyst and attorney, International Energy Agency, France
Providing confidence in CCS technology and its associated risks Chair: Dr. Lutz Cleemann, Executive Vice President of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), AZT Risk & Technology, Germany
Current state of CCS technology and future challenges Dr. Dietmar Keller, Deputy Manager of the RWE IGCC CCS-Project, RWE Power AG, Germany
The risk management challenge Dr. Wolfgang Heidug, General Manager CO2 Policy, Shell International Renewables, The Netherlands
The commercialisation challenge Iain W. Wright, CO2 Project Manager, BP Alternative Energy plc, UK
The communication challenge Prof. Ragnar Löfstedt, Director, King’s Centre for Risk Management, King’s College London, UK
Recommendations by the IRGC for the regulation of CCS Prof. Elizabeth Wilson, Assistant Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy and Law, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, USA
CCS policy in China His Excellency Dr. Liu Yanhua, Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology, PR China
CCS policy in the EU Scott Brockett, CCS Policy Desk Officer, Environment DG, European Commission, Belgium
CCS policy in the US Casie Davidson, Research Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
CCS within Kyoto and beyond Heleen de Coninck, Researcher, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), The Netherlands
Policy approaches globally Florin Vladu, Programme Officer, Technology Adaptation, Technology and Science Programme, UNFCCC Secretariat, Germany
Introduction to open access website on CCS legislation Ian Havercroft, Centre for Law and the Environment, University College London, UK
8 November 2007
Photos of the second day of the conference are available here
Exploring the means to attract commercial investment Dr. Paul Zakkour, Principal Consultant, Energy & Climate Change, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), UK
Incentivising CCS through market based mechanisms, Prof. Catrinus J. Jepma, Professor of Energy and Sustainability, Department of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Part 1-Part 2
Threats and opportunities in the commercial deployment of CCS Jeff Chapman, Chief Executive, The Carbon Capture and Storage Association, UK
Resolving the long-term liability contractual risk of slow CO2 leakage Chair: Christopher Norton, Partner, Environment and Climate Change, Lovells LLP, UK
The long-term liability contractual risk of slow CO2 leakage Christina Ulardic, Vice President, Risk Management, Swiss Re, Switzerland
Options for managing liability in CCS technology Cliff Warman, Senior Vice President, Environmental Practice, Marsh, UK
Managing the "triple bottom line" risk Gudmundur Sigurthorsson, Senior Vice President, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), The Netherlands
Perceptions of geologic sequestration in California’s Central Valley Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Research Associate, Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Public perception and confidence in CCS Jared Huffman, Assembly member, California State Assembly, USA
Public perception of CCS Dr. Gabriela von Goerne, Climate Campaigner, Greenpeace Germany, Germany