Climate Change Mitigation Technologies: Carbon Capture and Storage in the Brazilian scenario

Hirdan Katarina De Medeiros Costa ,Raíssa Moreira Lima Mendes Musarra ,Edmilson Moutinho Dos Santos ,Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari

doi:10.7176/rhss/11-20-01

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Abstract

In the present paper, it is intended to analyze how CCS (Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage) activities are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals and how Brazil can adjust itself in regulatory terms to the activities in question, especially in the ambit of the requirements for its environmental licensing. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a necessary support for the Environmental Licensing process of activities that cause significant environmental degradation, as it is suggested that the activities of Carbon Capture, Storage, and Transport associated with the exploration and production of oil and gas. After the assessment, the environmental agency may grant environmental licenses. Based on the analogy to existing norms in our planning, this paper presents possible alternatives to the environmental licensing of CCS activities in Brazil. Thus, from a study case, specifically, considering the potential for the construction of salt caves for carbon storage in the pre-salt area, we concluded that it is possible to draw alternatives rules to achieve offshore storage. Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals, CCS (Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage), Regulation, Environmental License, Salt Cavern DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/11-20-01 Publication date: October 31 st 2021

Highlights

According to the IPCC Global warming of 1.5°C reports (2018), human activities are estimated to have caused approximately 1.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels, with a likely range of 0.8°C to 1.2°C, and global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C, between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate
In the present paper, it is intended to analyze how carbon capture and storage (CCS) (Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage) activities are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals and how Brazil can adjust itself in regulatory terms to the activities in question, especially in the ambit of the requirements for its environmental licensing
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a necessary support for the Environmental Licensing process of activities that cause significant environmental degradation, as it is suggested that the activities of Carbon Capture, Storage, and Transport associated with the exploration and production of oil and gas

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97. Abstract

It is intended to analyze how CCS (Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage) activities are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals and how Brazil can adjust itself in regulatory terms to the activities in question, especially in the ambit of the requirements for its environmental licensing. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a necessary support for the Environmental Licensing process of activities that cause significant environmental degradation, as it is suggested that the activities of Carbon Capture, Storage, and Transport associated with the exploration and production of oil and gas. Based on the analogy to existing norms in our planning, this paper presents possible alternatives to the environmental licensing of CCS activities in Brazil.

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Brazilian case

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7.Conclusion and policy implications