Many organizations and research institutes are also involved in CO₂ capture projects. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has been established within the framework of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement an international energy program, and has 25 member countries. International Energy Agency has implemented IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D for controlling CO₂ from power generation. The Laboratory For Energy and the Environment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is very active in capture and sequestration studies. See Bibliography for a list of MIT publications on Carbon Sequestration Initiative.

The goal of the U.S. Department of Energy is to reduce CO₂ capture costs substantially; 90% reduction in the cost of CO₂ capture for new builds by 2008, and 75% reduction on the cost of CO₂ capture for retrofit applications by 2010. See Carbon Sequestration Technology Roadmap for details. The long-term cost goal of the U.S. Department of Energy is in the range of $10/ton of avoided net costs for carbon (equivalent to $2.7/ton of CO₂). See National Energy Technology Laboratory for details. To achieve this goal, The U.S. Department of Energy signed a Cooperative Agreement with a team of nine major international energy companies: BP Amoco, Chevron, Norsk Hydro, Royal Dutch/Shell, Statoil, Suncor Energy, Texaco, PanCanadian and ENI S.p.A. U.S Department of Energy contributed $5 million towards the CO₂ Capture Project. CO₂ capture technology development is expected by the end of 2003. See a progress report of CO₂ Capture Project.