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Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) wird weithin zu den zentralen Technolo-gien im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel gezählt. Trotzdem ist CCS in der Schweiz bis heute nicht Teil der nationalen Klimaschutzstrategie. Innerhalb der Bundesverwal-tung gibt es keine einheitliche Position zur Rolle von CCS und es fehlen Studien zu Potential, Entwicklung und Akteuren. Mit der Interpellation 08.3064 von Bastien Girod im Nationalrat hat das Thema im März 2008 erstmals politische Aufmerksam-keit erregt. Ziel der vorliegenden Kurzstudie ist es, im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Umwelt (BAFU) die Wissensträger und Interessensgruppen in Forschung, Industrie und Verwaltung zu identifizieren, deren Wissensstand und Aktivitäten aufzuzeigen sowie die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen zu ergründen. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse dienen als Vorarbeit zur Formulierung einer Schweizer Position zur CCS-Technologie. Mittels Literaturrecherchen und 15 Expertenbefragungen wurden die wichtigsten Schweizer Akteure und Aktivitäten auf dem Gebiet CCS identifiziert. Graue Literatur, Webauftritte und Medienberichte zum Thema wurden zusätzlich analysiert. In der Wissenschaft finden sich drei CCS-Gebiete, in denen Schweizer Forschungsin-stitutionen besonders aktiv sind: Die Wasserstoffverbrennung im Zuge der Pre-combustion CO2-Abscheidung (am PSI und FHNW), die CO2-Speicherung in Kohleflö-zen mit gleichzeitiger Methan-Förderung und die CO2-Fixierung durch Karbonisie-rung natürlicher Silikate (beides an der ETH Zürich). Was bisher fehlt, ist eine gezielte Untersuchung des geologischen Speicherpotentials von CO2 innerhalb der Schweiz. Zur Klärung dieser Frage hat das BFE im Oktober 2008 eine Studie ausgeschrieben. Das erste transdisziplinäre CCS-Projekt der Schweiz namens CARMA startet im Januar 2009 und untersucht neben technischen Fragen im Abscheidungs- und Speicherbe-reich auch ökologische, ökonomische, rechtliche und gesellschaftliche Fragestellun-gen. Beteiligt sind neben den oben erwähnten Institutionen noch die ETH Lausanne und die Universität Bern. ...

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is the lead federal agency for the development and deployment of carbon sequestration technologies. Its mission includes promoting scientific and technological innovations and transfer of knowledge for safe and permanent storage of CO2 in the subsurface. To accomplish its mission, DOE is characterizing and classifying potential geologic storage reservoirs in basins throughout the U.S. and Canada, and developing best practices for project developers, to help ensure the safety of future geologic storage projects. DOE's Carbon Sequestration Program, Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (RCSP) Initiative, administered by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), is identifying, characterizing, and testing potential injection formations. The RCSP Initiative consists of collaborations among government, industry, universities, and international organizations. Through this collaborative effort, a series of integrated knowledge-based tools have been developed to help potential sequestration project developers. They are the Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada, National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic System (NATCARB), and best practice manuals for CCS including Depositional Reservoir Classification for CO2; Public Outreach and Education for Carbon Storage Projects; Monitoring, Verification, and Accounting of CO2 Stored in Deep Geologic Formation; Site Screening, Site Selection, and Initial Characterization of CO2 Storage in Deep Geologic Formations. DOE's future research will help with refinement of these tools and additional best practice manuals (BPM) which focus on other technical aspects of project development.

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is the lead federal agency for the development and deployment of carbon sequestration technologies. Its mission includes promoting scientific and technological innovations and transfer of knowledge for safe and permanent storage of CO2 in the subsurface. To accomplish its mission, DOE is characterizing and classifying potential geologic storage reservoirs in basins throughout the U.S. and Canada, and developing best practices for project developers, to help ensure the safety of future geologic storage projects. DOE's Carbon Sequestration Program, Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (RCSP) Initiative, administered by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), is identifying, characterizing, and testing potential injection formations. The RCSP Initiative consists of collaborations among government, industry, universities, and international organizations. Through this collaborative effort, a series of integrated knowledge-based tools have been developed to help potential sequestration project developers. They are the Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada, National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic System (NATCARB), and best practice manuals for CCS including Depositional Reservoir Classification for CO2 ; Public Outreach and Education for Carbon Storage Projects ; Monitoring, Verification, and Accounting of CO2 Stored in Deep Geologic Formation ; Site Screening, Site Selection, and Initial Characterization of CO2 Storage in Deep Geologic Formations. DOE's future research will help with refinement of these tools and additional best practice manuals (BPM) which focus on other technical aspects of project development.

This exciting new textbook is a compilation of communication case studies that identify the most salient issues regarding communication about sex in relationships. The text provides a basis for developing tangible communication skills, clearer understandings of how interpersonal concepts and theories play into practice, and an examination of ideas not often considered by students. Understanding interpersonal communication elements of sexual relationships is an indispensable component of any model of an overall healthy human sexual development. Moreover, being able to transform such understandings into practice in relationships is a leap toward being able to have the kind of meaningful communication with sexual partners that can potentially improve relationships, encourage safer sex practices, highlight responsible family planning, and work against limits of gendered and cultured expectations related to sex and sexuality. Twenty-one case studies from leading researchers in sexuality from Communication Studies, Sex Science, English and Medicine focus on interpersonal communication, cultural aspects of sexuality, media influences, health, and dark side of communication while building communication skills about these difficult to discuss topics. Each chapter features a series of possible discussion questions and a reference list of the resources that were used as a knowledge-base for composing that case study.

The UK's decision to scrap its CCS commercialisation competition brings into sharp focus an urgent need to consider the economic service role of capture, transport and storage activities. In July 2016 a spending review briefing by the National Audit Office noted that, while agreeing with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that CCS is required to meet UK carbon targets, "HM Treasury raised concerns about the merits of the carbon capture and storage competition given fiscal constraints". We consider how some key omissions in the information provided to HM Treasury (HMT) by DECC may have contributed to the decision to cancel the competition, focussing around how the wider economic case was not fully made or communicated in an effective manner. Given that the UK Government seems to retain the belief that CCS is likely to be necessary and play a crucial role in the future energy system and low carbon economy, we argue that it is necessary to quantify solidly grounded scenarios for the role that the capture, transport and storage elements can play in an economic service context.

The World Bank Carbon Capture and Storage Trust Fund (CCS TF) was established in 2009 to support CO2 capture and storage (CCS) capacity and knowledge building in developing countries. CCS TF Phase 1 support for CCS in Botswana included an allocation of USD 1.4 million and had the objective of supporting the Government of Botswana in the following areas: 1. Identifying potential geological reservoirs that can be utilized to store CO2 captured from coal-fired power plants; 2. Evaluating institutional and regulatory arrangements for CCS deployment in the country and recommendations for reinforcing institutional capacity; and 3. Providing training, education and capacity building at all stages throughout implementation, including a Study Tour for key individuals.

Marketing Communication Industry is critical to the Indian economy, creating competitive advantages for sustenance of indigenous enterprises in the face of intense global competition and knowledge-based economy. This text focuses on the entrepreneurs who have started their ventures without the support of large corporations

Communication Rights is a key issue in contemporary societies, especially in a country like India, which faces major communication deficits. Negotiating Communication Rights explores some of the most important aspects of communication rights movements in India. Beginning with the theoretical aspects of communication rights, the book deals with five case studies related to significant movements of our times, namely, the Right to Information, Free and Open Source Software, Women and Media, Community Radio, and Citizen Journalism. It also analyses the complexity of specific rights issues in India