Framing Co2 Storage Risk: A Cultural Theory Perspective

Benjamin Evar
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Benjamin Evar: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, UK Contact

Energy & Environment, 2012, vol. 23, issue 2-3, 375-387

Abstract: This research note discusses risk perceptions of CO 2 storage from a cultural theory perspective. Data for consideration is drawn from several publications by key stakeholders in the CO 2 storage risk debate, as well as studies of (lay) public perceptions of risk. Two strands of further research are proposed based on the data, and a claim is made that publications from one stakeholder, the EU Commission, strongly indicate a risk framing that conforms to the hierarchical typology within cultural theory. Suggestions are made for more detailed fieldwork to confirm this finding and to investigate the research questions further.

Keywords: CCS; carbon storage; risk; cultural theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.23.2-3.375

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