1 online resource (233 p.)

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The context; Climate change science: the controversies; Global and national efforts to take action on climate change; About this book; 2 CO2 and climate change; Greenhouse gases; The nature of carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide and earth's history; Weather v...

The production and use of energy and its impacts on CO2 emissions: an overviewThe use of fossil fuels; Two key sectors: electricity production and transport; Conclusions; 4 Technology options for decreasing CO2 emissions; Solar energy; Wind power; Hydroelectric power; Ocean energy; Biomass; Geotherm...

Non renewable energy in the energy mixThe energy mix in the medium to long term; Conclusions; 6 Where and how can we capture CO2?; Directly removing CO2 from the atmosphere; Capturing CO2 emitted from various sources; CCS and gas production; CCS and coal and gas-fired power generation; Post combusti...

Conclusion8 Storing CO2; Why geological storage over other forms of storage?; Identifying suitable geological CO2 storage sites: sedimentary basins; Features of a sedimentary basin that may make it suitable for storage; Storage of CO2 in depleted oil and gas fields; Storage in deep saline aquifers;...

Natural accumulations of CO2Knowledge derived from large scale commercial CO2 storage projects; Location-specific risk assessment: characterising the site; The risks of earthquakes; The risk to groundwater; Monitoring; The regulatory regime; A 'social licence' for CCS?; 10 The cost of clean energy;...

11 The technology and the politics of clean energy.