CCSLaw

Sustainable Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law

Publications & Dissemination

This page presents academic publications, external dissemination activities and consultancy outputs associated with the project Sustainable Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law.

Academic Publications

Argüello, G. and Bokareva, O. (2024) Transboundary transportation of CO₂ streams by ships: regulatory barriers for scaling up carbon capture and sub-seabed storage. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, Article 1423962. Read more →


External Dissemination

Invited and External Conference Presentations

Sabin Center Climate Law Colloquium
Presentation: “Between Mitigation and Pollution: Governing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction”
Presenter: Anıl Öztürk (paper co-authored with Suriya Sundararajan, World Maritime University)
Venue: Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, New York (online)
Date: 21–22 May 2026

10th UEF Law School Energy Transitions Conference 2026
Presentation: “Legal Risks of Multi-Source CO₂ Cargoes: Blending, Attribution, and Liability”
Presenter: Anıl Öztürk
Venue: UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu
Date: 19–20 February 2026

EMB 56th Third Thursday Science Webinar
Presentation: “Risks and Long-Term Liabilities of Subseabed Carbon Sequestration”
Presenter: Gabriela Argüello
Venue: European Marine Board (Watch on YouTube)
Date: 15 January 2026

9th Annual Energy Transitions Conference 2025
Presentation: “Hazardous or Harmless? CO₂ Legal Status and Its Impact on CCS Implementation”
Presenters: Gabriela Argüello and Olena Bokareva
Venue: UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu
Date: 13–14 February 2025

Research Conference on Sustainable Development 2024
Presentation: “Legal Framework for Sustainable Carriage of Carbon Dioxide for Permanent Storage”
Presenter: Olena Bokareva
Venue: Lund University
Date: 4 December 2024

Kurt Grönfors Lecture 2024 — The Ocean–Climate Nexus in International Law
Presentation: “Policy Dilemmas in the Deployment of Offshore Climate Technology”
Presenter: Gabriela Argüello
Venue: School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg
Date: 4 October 2024

47th Annual Conference on Oceans Law and Policy (COLP 47)
Presentation: “Climate Policy Dilemmas in Offshore Wind Power and Sub-Seabed Carbon Storage Governance”
Presenter: Gabriela Argüello
Venue: Peruvian Naval Academy, La Punta, Callao, Lima, Peru
Date: 17–20 September 2024

Research Conference on Sustainable Development 2023
Poster: “Sustainable Decarbonisation in Maritime Transport in Light of International and EU Law”
Presenter: Olena Bokareva
Venue: Lund University
Date: 7 November 2023

Presentations at Project-Organised Events

CCS at Sea 2026: International Conference on the Regulation and Governance of Transport, Sequestration, and Liability
Keynote: “From Waste to Cargo: The Shifting Legal Nature of Captured CO₂ at Sea”
Presenters: Gabriela Argüello and Olena Bokareva
Venue: Faculty of Law, Lund University
Date: 7–8 May 2026

CCS at Sea 2026: International Conference on the Regulation and Governance of Transport, Sequestration, and Liability
Presentation: “Implications of the BBNJ Agreement on Transboundary CO₂ Transportation by Ships for Storage Overseas”
Presenter: Luciana Fernandes Coelho (paper co-authored with Gustavo Leite Neves da Luz, Dalhousie University)
Venue: Faculty of Law, Lund University
Date: 7–8 May 2026

CCS at Sea 2026: International Conference on the Regulation and Governance of Transport, Sequestration, and Liability
Presentation: “Purpose Over Category: A Jheringian Diagnosis of CCS Regulation at Sea”
Presenter: Anıl Öztürk
Venue: Faculty of Law, Lund University
Date: 7–8 May 2026


Consultancy

Comments and Recommendations on SGU Report RR 2025:06
Subject: Regulatory Simplifications Concerning Carbon Dioxide Storage
Contributors: Gabriela Argüello, Olena Bokareva and Anıl Öztürk
Date: March 2026


Events and seminar series organised by the project team are presented separately under Events.