California Air Resources Board

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is an important strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigate climate change. However, without a robust California specific accounting framework, CCS projects have not yet been able to participate in California’s climate programs. In this paper staff will cover the following content:

• Overview of CCS and its benefits;
• California’s climate programs;
• Primary challenges to implementing CCS projects;
• CCS program staff activities and milestones;
• CCS technical discussions, and staff literature reviews;
• How staff plans to integrate CCS into California’s climate programs and the particular difficulties in doing so for each specific program;
• Next steps.