Convention on Biological Diversity Archives - Page 5 of 9

Engineering a Solution to Climate Change: Suggestions for an International Treaty Regime Governing Geoengineering

2014

Scholarly Work

Vishal Garg

This Note examines the international law that could govern geoengineering programs, with a focus on ocean iron fertilization and how international law must require that geoengineering be done on a multilateral scale.

Marine Geo-Engineering: Legally Binding Regulation under the London Protocol

2014

Scholarly Work

Harald Ginzky , Robyn Frost

This article explores the 2013 amendments to the London Protocol that regulate ocean fertilization and additional emerging marine geo-engineering activities.

Umweltbundesamt, Options and Proposals for the International Governance of Geoengineering

2014

Think Tank Report

Ralph Bodle, Sebastian Oberthür, Lena Donat, Gesa Homann, Stephan Sina, Elizabeth Tedsen

In this research project for the German Federal Environment Agency, the Ecologic Institute develops specific proposals for the governance of the main currently discussed geoengineering concepts at the international level.

A Navigational System for Uncharted Waters: The London Convention and London Protocol’s Assessment Framework on Ocean Iron Fertilization

2013

Scholarly Work

Melissa Eick

This article examines the London Convention and London Protocol's measures to bring ocean iron fertilization within their regulatory scope.

A Napoleonic Approach to Climate Change: The Geoengineering Branch

2013

Scholarly Work

Anthony E. Chavez

This article reviews the domestic and international laws that might control climate engineering research and testing in the United States and presents considerations for a regulatory scheme that would foster further research and testing.

Engineering the Climate: Geoengineering as a Challenge to International Governance

2013

Scholarly Work

David A. Wirth

This essay examines the existing international governance structures to address geoengineering and concludes that they are inadequate to the task and makes recommendations for structural adaptations in international governance to address the problem.

Implementing the Precautionary Principle for Climate Engineering

2013

Scholarly Work

Elizabeth Tedsen , Gesa Homann

This article provides an overview of debate in how to apply the precautionary principle to climate engineering (in part carbon dioxide removal) and what the precautionary principle means in a climate engineering context.

Regulating Geoengineering in International Environmental Law

2013

Scholarly Work

Tuomas Kuokkanen , Yulia Yamineva

The article shows how regulating geoengineering activities, including ocean iron fertilization, through existing environmental protection regimes may lead to a governance and legal landscape that is fragmented, incoherent, and incomprehensive.

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