Scientific evidences linking the upraise of CO2 emissions and anthropogenic climate change are overwhelming, which makes it necessary to urgently develop CO2 capture and storage (CCS) technologies scalable to a commercial level in order to allow the continuous use of fossil fuel as a reliable source of energy on demand. Leading CO2 capture technologies which are expected to be available in the short and long term will be reviewed in the proposed Course. More specifically, a detailed update will be outlined on leading technologies such as solvent scrubbing, oxyfuel combustion, chemical looping and calcium looping. This will include a critical review of the wide diversity of materials which are being investigated as potential CO2 sorbents such as conventional solvents, solvent blends, biphasic solvents, ionic liquids, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs), solid sorbents, low-temperature sorbents and membranes. Experience shows that the performance of these materials must be assessed taking into account the conditions and constraints imposed by each specific application, which may play a critical role on proposed techniques for process intensification or sorbent reactivation. It is thus of paramount importance to focus theoretical and lab-scale studies on analyzing the material behavior at conditions closely mimicking those to be found at practice and to pursue a fundamental understanding on the physical-chemical processes that govern the behavior of the materials. These points will be a main focus in the Course. The Course will consider also modeling and thermodynamics of the integration of CCS and power plants, which is a critical issue to help system-scale network design and optimize post-combustion capture efficiency. Integration of CCS in gasification and steam reforming plants for pre-combustion capture as well as integration of CCS with other CO2 pollutants industrial processes, most notably cement manufacture, iron and steel making will also be a relevant subject of the Course. An important matter of concern that will be further considered regards energy penalties in CCS. Methods to reduce inefficiencies and increase overall performance in thermal systems will be discussed with an emphasis on currently developing techniques for their specific application to CCS. A promising technology that will be addressed is the integration of Bioenergy and CCS (BECCS). It is believed that capture and long term storage of CO2 produced by combustion of biomass, which matches approximately the CO2 consumed during biomass growth, would effectively result in net removal of atmospheric CO2 yet bringing about new serious environmental and social issues stemming from the escalating demand for biomass. A further critical aspect for reducing carbon emissions is the utilization of CO2 as feedstock for industrial applications. In this regard, a number of emerging technologies in petrochemical, biochemical, fuel, and power energy sector are expected to play a leading role in minimizing carbon pollution from industrial facilities. Current progress on the mature Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology will be discussed in the Course. An additional relevant subject to be considered in the Course concerns current policy and economics issues which hinder large-scale CCS deployment in the EU. The necessity of adopting new and more effective strategies will be examined. Participation in the Course is open to doctoral students, young and senior researchers, technologists and engineers having in common an interest on CCS technologies and policy.