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IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, Chapter 4: Transport of CO2

2018
Scientific Report
David Coleman, John Davison, Chris Hendriks, Olav Kaarstad, Masahiko Ozaki
This chapter from the IPCC's special report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage provides an overview of the methods of transportation of carbon dioxide and the international regulatory framework governing its movement.

Consensus, Certainty, and Catastrophe: Discourse, Governance, and Ocean Iron Fertilization

2017
Scholarly Work
Kemi Fuentes-George
This article explains how a subjective understanding of certainty influenced global ocean governance as related to ocean iron fertilization.

Geoengineering the oceans: an emerging frontier in international climate change governance

2017
Scholarly Work
Jeffrey McGee, Kerryn Brent, Wil Burns
This article draws on discussions from the 2016 Marine Geoengineering Symposium to highlight prominent marine geoengineering proposals and raise questions about the readiness of the international law system to govern its research and implementation.

Ocean Iron Fertilization and Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Food: Leveraging International and Domestic Law Protections to Enhance Access to Salmon in the Pacific Northwest

2016
Scholarly Work
Randall S. Abate
This article addresses whether indigenous communities like the Haida in the U.S. Pacific Northwest region could assert a legal right to employ OIF as a strategy to help restore a cultural food source that has been depleted due to climate change.

Barometer Rising: The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety as a Model for Holistic International Regulation of Ocean Fertilization Projects and Other Forms of Geoengineering

2016
Scholarly Work
Matthew Hubbard
This note argues that there is a strong comparison between biotechnology and geoengineering, and that the current regulatory framework for biosafety can serve as a model for similar regulation of ocean fertilization.

The Missing Pieces of Geoengineering Research Governance

2016
Scholarly Work
Albert C. Lin
This Article develops mechanisms to address the systemic concerns, including technological lock-in, moral hazard, and global conflict, and the physical risks of geoengineering research.

Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Potential Impacts and Regulatory Framework

2016
Scientific Report
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
This report provides an update, including regulatory developments, to the CBD's 2012 Technical Series No. 66: Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity report on the potential impacts of geoengineering.

It’s Getting Hot in Here: A Look into Whether Ocean Iron Fertilization is Legally Viable in the United States

2015
Scholarly Work
James Richards
This article analyzes the legal status of ocean iron fertilization under United States laws and international laws, in the context of the Planktos experiment, in order to shed light on whether this strategy could be legally viable.

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