Ocean Group Seminar Series 2025 Core legal aspects for the development of the Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) value chain
Key legal aspects of the CCS value chain, including liability, CO₂ transport, and incentives, within international and European law.
During this presentation, Professor Banet will reflect about the most central legal elements that influence the development of the Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) value chain. Among the topics addressed will be first the structuring requirements for the value chain, such as responsibility for leakage, transfer of liability between actors, cross-border transport of CO2 by pipeline or ship, and coverage of activities under emissions trading schemes. Then, the presentation will discuss the possible incentives and risk coverage instruments to further enable CCS. The role of CCS within the umbrella of negative emissions technologies (NETs) will also be addressed. The presentation will analyze these issues from international, European, and, when relevant, some national legislation.
About the speaker
Catherine Banet is Professor of law specialized in Energy Law, and Head of the Department for Energy and Resources Law, University of Oslo, Norway. She is Academic co-Director at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE).