Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) is a strategic tool for achieving climate neutrality objectives, especially in industrial sectors that are difficult to decarbonise. A coherent and enabling legislative framework that regulates and coordinates all links in the carbon value chain - from capture, through transport and storage, to the possible uses of sequestered carbon - is essential to enable its feasible large-scale deployment.

In this context, the European Union is making progress in defining this framework through initiatives such as the Industrial Carbon Management Regulation, the Net Zero Industry Act and the Carbon Certified Carbon Phase-out Framework (CRCF), aimed at encouraging investment, guaranteeing the traceability of CO₂ and facilitating new business models.

However, turning these initiatives into concrete projects involves technical, economic and governance challenges. It is essential to understand how the different actors in the system interact: from emitting companies, transport and storage operators, to regulators and financial institutions.

The Repsol Foundation Chair on Energy Transition at Rovira i Virgili University is organising this webinar to analyse these challenges and opportunities.