NOFOMA is the Nordic Logistics Research Network.  Its 38th Annual Conference was held on the 15 and 17 June 2026 in the BI Norwegian Business School’s building in Bergen. I was invited to be a keynote speaker at the event and welcomed the opportunity to reconnect with this very active research community.  I decided to use my presentation to argue that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will open new avenues for research in sustainable logistics.  This seemed an appropriate choice of subject as governments and businesses in the Nordic region plan to make a major contribution to global carbon capture and storage and CDR efforts.   Indeed, the Øygarden CO₂ terminal, part for the world’s first open-source CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure, known as Northern Lights, was only 40kms away. 

My talk briefly reviewed the history of carbon sequestration, discussed the logistical challenges it will pose if scaled up in line with current climate modelling and identified related research questions that urgently need answers. The presentation, which contains around 50 weblinks to relevant data sources, and can be downloaded here.