S.F. 2503 – Buffer Law 2015
This state law is designed to reduce agricultural runoff, but will also increase soil carbon sequestration on the newly planted strips of land abutting lakes and streams.
Forest Carbon Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change: A Toolkit for State Governments
This toolkit suggests policies that States can adopt to support forest carbon services.
State Forestry Agency Perspectives on Carbon Management and Carbon Market Assistance to Family Forest Owners
This report surveys efforts to aid family farm owners in carbon management of forested areas, including six states that have offered programs for carbon management by direct payments to landowners or by providing a platform for carbon markets.
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification
The SFI has certified 250 million acres of forest in the US and Canada, and recognizes the importance of forests in carbon capture and climate change mitigation.
H.C.R. 8 – Concurrent Resolution on Carbon Sequestration on Rangelands
This resolution requests the President of the United States to direct Federal agencies managing land in Utah to develop specific plans to maximize the amount of carbon sequestered.
Clearing the Air on ‘Geoengineering’ and Intellectual Property Rights Towards a framework approach
This paper focuses on patents and trade secrets as the most relevant categories of intellectual property to climate engineering (CE), and develops a framework within which to situate IP-related concerns, specifically as related to DAC and OIF.
Exclusive Rights to Saving the Planet: The Patenting of Geoengineering Inventions
This article argues that the United States should develop unique procedures to approve geoengineering patent applications and form a geoengineering patent pool that will facilitate both innovation and accessibility.
Emerging policy perspectives on geoengineering: An international comparison
This paper examines a wide variety of policy documents from different countries, international organizations and NGOs to gain insights into how geoengineering is perceived at the policy level.