Along with renewable energy resources, Carbon Abatement technologies will play a crucial role in fighting climate change. Among these, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is especially of high priority as at this moment there is no other alternative for managing carbon dioxide emission resulting from carbon based energy supply.

Considering the fact that the world’s need for energy, and therefore the use of fossil fuels resources is expected to grow in the future, no option for resolution should be ignored. As established by the Stern Review, new business associated with climate change offer great opportunities for those who act early and think long term.

The British Embassy in Budapest has organised two major events dealing with the technological, legal-regulatory and policy aspects of CCS in the course of May 2008.

CCS workshop in Budapest

Press release of the Budapest workshop in Hungarian

Programme of the Budapest workshop

Programme of the Budapest workshop in Hungarian

Presentations

• Frigyes Lesták: More with less [pdf, opens in new window]
• Geirr H. Haarr: CCS - the key to sustainable development [pdf, opens in new window]
  
• Michael Gibbons Energy policies and the Hatfield CCS power project [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Simon Tysoe: Incentives for CCS in power projects - legal, financial and structural issues [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Stephen Adamson: Scottish Power presentation [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Bronwen Northmore: Carbon capture and storage workshop [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Gábor Zelei: MOL Group CCS efforts [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Elgi: Storage options in Hungary - overview of capacities and the economic potential [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Mónika Gottfried: A szén-dioxid geológiai tárolásának környezetvédelmi vonatkozásai [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Nick Riley: CO2GeoNet presentation [ppt, opens in new window]
• Ruth Hampton: carbon capture and storage workshop [ppt, opens in new window]
  

Presentations of the CCS conference in London for Central and Eastern European experts

• Debbie Stockwell: Carbon capture and storage in developing countries [ppt, opens on new window]
  
• Jeremy Martin: Bali and beyond... UNFCCC negotiations [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Paul van Heyningen: Climate change bill and carbon budgets [ppt, opens in new window]
• Sam Evens: International climate change economics and finance - an introduction [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Ian Pickard: International climate change policy - UK ambitions for 2008-2009 [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• John Walsh: Climate change, energy, CCS and EU cohesion policy [ppt, opens in new window]
  
• Ruth Hampton: Carbon capture and storage UK workshop [ppt, opens in new window]
• Rachel Crisp: UK CCS demonstration [ppt, opens in new window]