Carbon Capture and Storage in International Energy Policy and Law

Table of Contents

Part I. Conceptualizing International Energy Law and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Light of Climate Change 1. International Energy Law: Still a Brave New World 2. The Energy of Cooperation 3. Climate Change Mitigation and the Technological Specificities of CCS

Part II. Case Studies on CCS and related Policies, and their Consequences for Climate Change 4. The Institutional Approach of Climate Change in the multinational level: lessons from the Brazilian legislative experience 5. CCS Technologies and Efforts on Climate Change in Latin American and Caribbean Countries 6. Geologic CO2 sequestration in the USA: The allocation of property rights and policy implications involved 7. The United Kingdom's Experience in CCS Projects: The current regulatory framework and related challenges 8. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage in Europe: A Regulatory Review and Specific Cases 9. Australian Legislation on New Mitigation Technologies: The Case of CCS 10. Carbon Capture and Storage: Intellectual Property, Innovation Policy, and Climate Change 11. The impact of negative emissions and patent rights for climate policies

Part III: Comparative Experiences around the World 12. Who is taking Climate Change Seriously? Evidence based on a Comparative Analysis of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) regulatory policies in Brazil, Canada, the European Union, and the United States 13. Reducing CO2 emissions through Carbon Capture Use and Storage in Mexico and Alberta, Canada: Addressing the legal and regulatory barriers 14. Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Legal and Regulatory Barriers in Brazil: Lessons from the European Union 15. An Overview of the existing CCS Projects in Asia: Comparing Policy Choices and their Consequences for Sustainable Development 16. Relevant aspects of Carbon Storage activities' liability in Paradigmatic Countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, the European Union, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Part IV: The Current Picture and Future Perspectives 17. A Transitioning Model: From Oil Companies to Energy Players 18. Sustainable Development and its linkage to CCS technology: Towards an equitable energy transition 19. Why social acceptance is important for CCS projects? 20. Climate change, energy transition, and Justice: where we are now, and where are we (should be) headed?

Authors

Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa Collaborating Professor, Energy Program, University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Energy and Environment (PPGE / IEE / USP) and Deputy Director, CEPID / SHELL E & P Brazil / FAPESP Energy Policy and Economics Program, and Postdoctoral Fellow from Energy Program, University of Sao Paulo. Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa is a lawyer, consultant and professor. She has been working in energy sector since 2004. Hirdan is bachelor's in law, her undergrad background is Petroleum Law from the University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil). Moreover, she has a Master Degree on Energy Issues from the University of Sao Paulo and her dissertation focused on the Regulation of Natural Gas. She holds an LL.M (Master of Laws) from the University of Oklahoma, College of Law, USA, where she was a Visiting Researcher (2008-2009). She was also a distinguished Visiting Researcher PRH04 / ANP / MCTI / IEE / USP (2013-2016). Currently, Hirdan is a Collaborating Professor at Energy Program of the University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Energy and Environment (PPGE / IEE / USP), where she is the Coordinator of Projects 21 and 42 of CEPID / SHELL E & P Brazil / FAPESP Energy Policy and Economics Program. She is also the Deputy Director of CEPID / SHELL E & P Brazil / FAPESP Energy Policy and Economics Program, and Postdoctoral Fellow from Energy Program at University of Sao Paulo. Carolina Arlota Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma, College of Law, USA. Carolina Arlota is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law, where she has taught courses on several international topics, such as International Energy Law, International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, International Business Transactions, Comparative Law, and European Union Law. Dr. Arlota holds an LL.M. and a J.S.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In Illinois, she was awarded the Lemann Graduate Fellowship. Dr. Arlota was also a recipient of prestigious fellowships granted by the TINKER Foundation and by the Fondation pour le Droit Continental (Universit� Paris II, Pantheon Assas - located in Paris, France).