This book presents a summary of a three-year research project on risk management for the
Capture Transport and Storage of CO2 (CTSC) offering an in-depth study on complex
sociotechnical systems and systemic modeling. Approaching CTSC as a complex sociotechnical
system this book proposes systemic modeling as a decision-making aid. It offers a means of
decision-making for the development of CTSC projects in the real-world context where the
future of the technology is uncertain. Risk management is considered as a means of control that
can provide a control structure for the whole system. The risks associated with CTSC are not
exclusively technical in nature CTSC also faces a number of further uncertainties from
development to commercial scales.A major question concerning CTSC at the current scale of
development is: What are the factors explaining the success or failure of CTSC projects in
different contexts? In order to answer this question the book proposes a systemic risk
management framework based on the system dynamics and STAMP (Systems-Theoretic Accident Model
and Processes) concepts.
