Convening and supervising.

An invitation-only research workshop on what the recent climate advisory opinions mean for the practice of maritime law and policy. In 2024 and 2025, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Court of Justice, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights each handed down advisory opinions on the climate. The workshop read them against the practice of maritime law: flag-, port-, and coastal-state obligations; shipping decarbonisation and offshore energy; sub-seabed storage and the law of marine pollution. Each contribution ran to approximately twenty minutes, with discussion built around the papers themselves.

Day 1 (8 June) at the Faculty of Law, Lund University; Day 2 (9 June) at the World Maritime University, convened with the WMU Maritime Law and Policy Specialization. Held in part under the research project Sustainable Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law.

Organised together with Olena Bokareva (Lund University), Luciana Fernandes Coelho (Lund University), and Aref Fakhry (World Maritime University).

With thanks to the Rune and Lena Lavin Foundation for Legal Research.

With thanks to the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation.

An international conference on the legal, governance, and liability aspects of carbon capture and storage at sea. As pipelines remain the dominant mode of CO₂ transport, transport by ship is rapidly gaining importance, offering flexibility, scalability, and international reach as captured CO₂ is moved from emitters worldwide to offshore storage reservoirs, but the international frameworks (the London Protocol, UNCLOS) provide only a fragmented starting point, and regional agreements are emerging to fill the gaps.

The two-day programme worked through that fragmentation across five thematic panels and three keynote sessions: international, EU and national legal frameworks for CCS; civil, operational, and post-injection liability; the legal and environmental challenges of transboundary CO₂ transport by ship; regulatory gaps in sub-seabed storage within and beyond national jurisdiction; governance alternatives and long-term risk management; environmental justice and the socio-ecological dimensions of CCS; and the role of CCS in achieving EU, Swedish, and Nordic climate goals. Hybrid programme; 60+ registered participants from 25+ countries.

Hosted at the Faculty of Law, Lund University, in collaboration with the Department of Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. Organised together with Olena Bokareva (Lund University), Gabriela Argüello (University of Gothenburg), and Fabian Vukic. Keynote speakers: Catherine Banet (University of Oslo) and Niels Krabbe (University of Gothenburg). Part of the research project Sustainable Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law.

With thanks to the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation.

Part of the research project Sustainable Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law. Two presentations followed by interdisciplinary discussion among Lund, Gothenburg, Aberdeen, and SGU colleagues.

Lena Gipperth (Pro-Dean, Department of Law, University of Gothenburg) presented on regenerative legal frameworks that enhance biodiversity and climate resilience, drawing on her research in environmental law, marine governance, water management, and biodiversity (MISTRA BioPath, FRAM Centre for Future Chemical Risk Assessment and Management Strategies, the ZORRO Zostera Restoration programme). Thomas Muinzer (University of Aberdeen) followed with a presentation on CCS and sustainability in the context of the net-zero transition, exploring law, policy, and standardisation across multiple jurisdictions.

With thanks to the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation.

Part of the research project Sustainable Carbon Capture, Transportation and Storage: Liability and Governance in Light of International and EU Law. The seminar took up the question of how the global energy landscape is being reshaped by geopolitical tensions, regulatory uncertainty, and the push toward decarbonisation, with Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves yet shaped by decades of political instability, sanctions, and underinvestment, as the central case study.

Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (University of Bergen) examined the legal frameworks governing petroleum resources and the geopolitical dimensions of oil, and their implications for global energy markets and the energy transition. The seminar also introduced the COAST Law Center at the University of Bergen, a research centre for climate, energy, and sustainability law focused on the ocean, the marine environment, and maritime activities.

With thanks to the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation.