Bilateral and multilateral processes between developed and developing countries and their progress towards achieving effective implementation of CCS

This paper aims at providing recommendations on how international cooperation on CCS can be improved. It analyses multilateral and bilateral processes with relevance to CCS, identifies gaps in these processes and provides recommendations for improvement. While an increase in these processes with relevance can be observed, there is a remaining need for international cooperation. Especially with respect to project financing and the legal framework development in countries, there is an increased need for international cooperation. Furthermore, bilateral initiatives between developed and developing countries primarily focus on China on the developing country side. These should be extended to other developing countries relevant for a successful international CCS role out. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.