1. The politics and policy of carbon capture and storage 2. Technology leader, policy laggard: CCS development for climate mitigation in the US political context 3. CCS in Australia: from political posturing to policy potential 4. CCs in Canada 5. Technology as political glue: CCS in Norway 6. Electricity gap versus climate change: electricity politics and the potential role of CCS in Germany 7. CCS in the UK: squaring coal use with climate change? 8. CCS in the Netherlands: glass half empty or half full? 9. CCS and the European Union: magic bullet of pure magic? 10. CCS in comparative perspective 11. The politics and policy of CCS: the uncertain road ahead