Ethics Seminar Series, Part 2: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is by many expected to have potential to become an important technology to reduce man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and thus contribute to stabilizing global temperature raise at 2 degrees C by 2100.
If you are interested in attending this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator
Asbjørn Torvanger of CICERO will be holding this lecture.
CCS is expensive with regard to energy use and money, and only makes sense as a climate policy measure, as opposed to renewable energy and improved energy efficiency
that contribute to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as well as increased energy availability.
Development and implementation of CCS involves a number of ethical issues, which will be the topic of this seminar.
The treatment is organized under three questions:
- How should we meet a climate target?
- When should we meet the climate target?
- Who should contribute to meeting the climate target?
Recommended reading:
Torvanger and Meadowcroft, 2011, GEC.
Kern and Smith 2008 Restructuring energy systems for sustainability.
KLIF 2010, Klimakur 2020 - Tiltak og virkemidler.
OECD and IEA 2008 Capture and Storage - A key abatement option.
Tjernshaugen 2009, Technology as a political glue ...
Tjernshaugen, A. (2007), Gasskraft - Tjue års klimakamp. Pax Forlag A/S,
Oslo.
Wilson et al. (2008), Regulating the geological sequestration of CO2.
Environmental Science & Technology, April 15, 2718-2722.