A new study released today by Australian commercial law firm, HWL Ebsworth, has defined the critical elements of a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage enforcement regime in a bid to build confidence in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.
Commissioned by the Global CCS Institute, the ‘Effective enforcement of underground storage of carbon dioxide’ study was undertaken by environmental lawyer, Dr. Mereith Gibbs of HWL Ebsworth. Gibbs was appointed by the international membership organisation in February 2016 to help advance CCS in Asia Pacific.
The report assessed five legal jurisdictions in the Commonwealth of Australia, the State of Victoria, Japan, Malaysia and China.
Based on research that took place during the first half of 2016, the report compares existing legislation for current geological storage activities and identifies the additional legislative measures that are required to support permanent geological storage of CO2.
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