Opportunities and Challenges for Carbon Capture and Sequestration

This briefing from the World Resources Institute discusses the role of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) in mitigating climate change and identifies the primary policy and technical barriers to its deployment.

• Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is viewed as a critical tool for limiting carbon dioxide emissions and stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, with increasing interest observed in Asia, Europe, and North America over the last five years.
• The deployment of CCS faces four primary challenges: the need for policy drivers to incentivize use, the creation of flexible regulatory frameworks, the requirement for funding for large-scale demonstration projects to lower costs and resolve technical uncertainties, and the issue of public acceptability.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Opportunities and Challenges for Carbon Capture and Sequestration. https://www.wri.org/research/opportunities-and-challenges-carbon-capture-and-sequestration

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Opportunities and Challenges for Carbon Capture and Sequestration. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/opportunities-and-challenges-carbon-capture-and-sequestration.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendopportunities, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Opportunities and Challenges for Carbon Capture and Sequestration}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/opportunities-and-challenges-carbon-capture-and-sequestration}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }