Under-Sea Geological Sequestration: What are the Legal and Regulatory Issues?
Article from: OGEL 1 (2006), in Coal & Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Introduction
The role of CO2 in climate change is of increasing importance, as CO2 has the ability to trap thermal heat in the Earth's lower atmospheric layers. With larger concentrations being emitted via fossil fuel combustion, it is feared that the global mean temperature will continue to rise, thus causing the Earth's climate system to become more dynamic. Since many populations are already vulnerable to the current climate regime, any deviation from the norm could have dire consequences. Given the probability that the inertia of climate change has already commenced, it ...