#CCS Panacea? – symposium and exhibition / December 12, 2024

When something is brought to the surface, it immediately becomes visible and sparks debate. But how can we effectively engage with aspects hidden in the ground, especially those subject to sequestration in the subsurface?

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) rarely reaches broader discussions beyond the soil. Risks seem to have decreased; the necessity of the method appears inevitable given the urgency of the climate crisis, and civic awareness of the technology remains low. Yet, the topic offers a wide range of global and local perspectives for further discussion. Can transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral interaction mitigate future conflicts, enhance accountability and bottom-up control for geo- engineering strategies, consider non-human actors, address concerns, explore alternative approaches, and create non-linear spaces of intangibility and imagination? Or do we open Pandora’s box, leading to more entrenched positions and top- down decisions that generate new problems instead of solutions?