Panel: Sustainability of Carbon Management

While the term “sustainability” is in common use, there are wide variations in its definition and its use in evaluating energy systems. The different definitions are likely to imply or require different means of assessing whether a given energy system is sustainable. Further, energy system sustainability assessments frequently focus on carbon only, often ignoring other environmental, economic, regulatory requirement, and societal impacts in their assessments. The panelists in this session will discuss the various approaches to assessing sustainability and the critical elements, including, water, economics, human habitat, and other externalities.