抄録
This paper overviews policy and regulatory developments of the countries that introduce comprehensive framework for enabling commercially viable CCS projects. In the analysis, CCS related laws are categorized by their roles into, those oblige or urge operators to take emission reduction measures, those permit operators to implement CCS activities and those support demonstration projects with a goal of CCS commercialization. Governments with a progressive vision are found to have developed legal systems consisting of all three categories of laws.