The Global Status of Carbon capture and storage (CCS): 2011 report is the Institute’s flagship publication and consolidates the current understanding of the level and nature of global CCS activities, as well as the major opportunities and challenges experienced by large-scale integrated CCS projects. This report aims to provide a global overview of the current status of CCS projects that are intended to demonstrate the technology at large scale. The spread of projects across industries and countries is detailed, in addition to the gaps in large-scale demonstration efforts. The report concludes with some observations on the current business case for CCS, and the steps needed to facilitate further projects entering construction or operation.