Seminar/Webinar
Baltic Breakfast: Messing with the seabed – Potential effects of CCS and seabed mining
February 15, 2023
Seminar/Webinar
Baltic Breakfast: Messing with the seabed – Potential effects of CCS and seabed mining
Start date: February 15, 2023
End date: February 15, 2023
Time:
Place: Scandic Klara, Slöjdgatan 7, Stockholm and online
Address:
What are the Baltic breakfast?
Baltic Breakfast is a series of short breakfast webinars organised by the Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre. Their aim is to present the latest knowledge about issues of central importance to the Baltic Sea environment. The breakfast webinars are addressed to people in different sectors working for a sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region and everyone interested in environmental issues of the Baltic Sea.
Description
The seminar was held on 15 February 2023 8:30 - 9:15 at Scandic Klara, Slöjdgatan 7, Stockholm.
The seabed is becoming a hot topic in the sustainable development
debate, especially the green growth discussions. More and more people
are turning their eyes to the seabed for raw materials. Lately, the
possibility to retract manganese nodules from the seabed has been
discussed and some companies have shown interest to get started. Another
sea bed topic is CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage. The possibility of
capturing carbon dioxide from flue gases, to pump it far below the ocean
floor for long-term storage, is by many seen as a necessary action to
reduce the concentrations in the atmosphere and mitigate climate change.
What are the opportunities and problems with such interventions? Are we
free to use the seabed to contribute to sustainable development? How
far has research come and what questions remain to be answered?
Speakers:
Francisco Nacimento, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Science, Stockholm University
Gry Møl Mortensen, Senior Geologist, Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU)
Moderator: Gun Rudquist, Head of Policy, Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre
CCB's Program Manager, Andrea Cervantes (CCB Biodiversity Officer) and Camille Fraizy (CCB International Coordinator) took part in the webinar.
The participant's list is not available for this event.
The seabed is becoming a hot topic in the sustainable development
debate, especially the green growth discussions. More and more people
are turning their eyes to the seabed for raw materials. Lately, the
possibility to retract manganese nodules from the seabed has been
discussed and some companies have shown interest to get started. Another
sea bed topic is CCS, Carbon Capture and Storage. The possibility of
capturing carbon dioxide from flue gases, to pump it far below the ocean
floor for long-term storage, is by many seen as a necessary action to
reduce the concentrations in the atmosphere and mitigate climate change.
What are the opportunities and problems with such interventions? Are we
free to use the seabed to contribute to sustainable development? How
far has research come and what questions remain to be answered?
Speakers:
Francisco Nacimento, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Science, Stockholm University
Gry Møl Mortensen, Senior Geologist, Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU)
Moderator: Gun Rudquist, Head of Policy, Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre
CCB's Program Manager, Andrea Cervantes (CCB Biodiversity Officer) and Camille Fraizy (CCB International Coordinator) took part in the webinar.
The participant's list is not available for this event.