Date: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Time: 11:45 - 12:45 CEST
Session code 2CO.5
Stakeholders and socio-economic assessments
Stakeholders’ Perspectives in the Development of CCUS for the Expansion of the Circular Bioeconomy
Short Introductive summary
This paper draws on empirical data to examine the understandings and perspectives of different interest groups of a proposed CCUS concept that entails capturing carbon for transforming into bioproducts. A mixed-methods approach was employed to engage stakeholders and the wider public and help gauge their understanding of diverse facets of a CCUS concept oriented towards the circular bioeconomy. The analysis shows that stakeholders views, opinions and perspectives on feedstocks, conversion technologies, and intermediate and end products sometimes converge, sometimes diverge. Equally, perceptions often agree but also disagree about the role and scope of policy and interventions by the state and responses by the market. The analysis also explores the links between the demographics of research participants and their views on a selection of topics discussed (e.g., gender, age, education, etc).
Presenter
Yara EVANS
Imperial College London, Centre for Environmental Policy
Presenter's biography
I am Human Geographer with specialisms in urban development, conflicts over natural protected aereas, international migration, political ecology, and socioeconomic assessment of projects and development inititives on local communities and the social dimensions of the bioeconomy.
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Co-authors:
R. Diaz-Chavez, Imperial College London, UNITED KINGDOM
Session reference: 2CO.5.1