Understanding Social Values on Low Carbon sub surface technologies

向净零能源过渡是一个影响市场、机构和公民社会的社会目标。2019年6月，英国议会通过立法，要求到2050年将英国的温室气体净排放量比1990年的水平减少100%(CCC 2019)。向净零的过渡对行业发展、投资和创新具有重大影响，并得到一系列新技术和新兴技术的支持。实现净零的核心是需要确保安全、高效和具有成本效益的碳的地质储存或使用(CCUS)。IPPC 2018年特别报告中关于未来碳排放的模型显示，CCUS被要求实现碳减排目标。碳储存以及制氢和其他地下技术是实现净零目标(CCC2019)的关键，但非技术因素对于成功实现目标同样重要，如果不是更重要的话。社会接受程度是决定地下技术成功与否的重要因素，也是社会经营许可证的决定因素，但在区域范围内的价值观和新兴技术的具体价值上存在重大证据差距。我们建议对苏格兰东北部和澳大利亚东北地区进行研究，这两个地区都在制定能源转型战略，以实现净零排放。在这些场地内，我们建议研究碳捕获和封存(CCUS)、用于能源的地质封存和氢气生产等低碳技术的社会价值，这些技术在开发的早期阶段具有区域意义。本博士学位将解决以下方面的知识差距：i)地方背景(S)和拟议的工业和技术变革的动力，以实现净零；ii)地方背景如何影响低碳技术的接受度、方向和采用；iii)如何在地方规模上实质性地改进参与战略；以及iv)这对于在本国、更广泛的英国和国际背景下改进国家气候和能源目标的交付意味着什么。

The Energy Transition to Net Zero is a societal objective that influences markets, institutions and civil society. In June 2019, the UK parliament passed legislation requiring the reduction of UK's net emissions of greenhouse gases by 100% relative to 1990 levels by 2050 (CCC 2019).The transition to Net Zero has major ramifications for industry development, investment and innovation and is supported by a suite of new and emerging technologies. Central to achieve Net Zero is the need to secure safe, efficient and cost-effective geological storage, or use, of carbon (CCUS). Models of future carbon emissions in the IPPC 2018 special report show that CCUS is required to meet carbon reduction targets. Carbon storage alongside hydrogen production and other subsurface technologies are key to achieving Net Zero targets (CCC2019) yet non-technical factors are equally, if not more, important for successful delivery. Societal acceptance is a significant factor in determining the success of subsurface technologies and a determinant of a social licence to operate, yet a major evidence gap exists on values at regional scales and specific to emerging technologies.This project intends to map for the first time the level of public understanding and social acceptance of CCUS in two contrasting regions. We propose an examination of the NE of Scotland and Australia both developing strategies for energy transition to achieve Net Zero. Within these sites we propose to examine the social values on carbon capture and storage (CCUS), geological storage for energy and hydrogen production as low carbon technologies of regional interest at early stages of development. This PhD will address a knowledge gap in understanding i) the local context(s) and dynamics of proposed industrial and technological changes to achieve net zero; ii) how local context can influence the acceptability, direction and uptake of low carbon technologies; iii) how engagement strategies can be materially improved at a local scale and iv) what this means for improving the delivery of the national climate and energy goals in the home nations, the wider UK and international context.