The Legal Framework for Offshore Carbon Dioxide Storage in Canada: 2026 Update

Authors

• Rebecca Lowy, Columbia Law School, Sabin Center for Climate Change LawFollow
• Romany M. Webb, Columbia Law School, Sabin Center for Climate Change LawFollow

Document Type

Paper

Publication Date

11-2026

Abstract

In February 2021, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law published a white paper on the legal framework for the Solid Carbon project, which aims to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the sub-seabed off the coast of Canada. That paper identified international and domestic Canadian law which could affect the implementation of such a project. Five years later, we now revisit that paper to provide updates on the project approach and technologies, and the relevant legal frameworks.

Disciplines

Environmental Law | International Law | Law | Other Law

Recommended Citation

Rebecca Lowy & Romany Webb, The Legal Framework for Offshore Carbon Dioxide Storage in Canada: 2026 Update, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Nov. 2026)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/283

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