Level 3 - Source on CO₂ Capture and Storage

• 1. What is carbon dioxide capture and storage?
  • 1.1 What is CO₂ capture and storage and what could its applications be?
  • 1.2 What role could CO₂ capture and storage play in the fight against climate change?
• 2. What sources of CO₂ emissions are suitable for capture and storage?
  • 2.1 What are the characteristics of suitable emission sources?
  • 2.2 To what extent could future CO₂ emissions be captured?
• 3. How do CO₂ capture technologies work?
  • 3.1 What capture technologies are currently available?
  • 3.2 What are the costs of CO₂ capture?
• 4. How can CO₂ be transported once it is captured?
  • 4.1 What are the methods of CO₂ transport?
  • 4.2 How expensive is CO₂ transport?
• 5. How can CO₂ be stored underground?
  • 5.1 What are the possibilities of geological storage?
  • 5.2 How expensive is geological storage?
• 6. Could CO₂ be stored in the deep ocean?
  • 6.1 What are the methods of ocean storage?
  • 6.2 What are possible environmental impacts and costs of ocean storage
• 7. How can CO₂ be stored in other materials?
  • 7.1 Can CO₂ be transformed and stored in solid form?
  • 7.2 What are the industrial uses of CO₂ and can they reduce CO₂ emissions?
• 8. How cost-effective are different CO₂ capture and storage options?
• 9. How could emission reductions be quantified?
• 10. Conclusion: the future of CO₂ capture and storage
  • 10.1 What knowledge gaps remain?
  • 10.2 How much could CO₂ capture and storage contribute to climate change mitigation?