The European Ocean Pact
The European Ocean Pact introduces a single reference framework on protecting and leveraging the ocean's potential for Europe.
Limits to Paris Compatibility of CO2 Capture and Utilization
This paper finds that for a CCU technology to be Paris Agreement compatible by 2030, it has to have low GHG emissions from CO2 capture and conversion, replace a GHG-intensive substitute, and in most cases lead to permanent storage.
The Role of Corporates in Governing Carbon Dioxide Removal: Outlining a Research Agenda
This paper provides a perspective on how corporates influence and enact de facto governance of CDR.
Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Artificial Upwelling and Downwelling: Legal Challenges and Opportunities
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of how existing international and domestic (U.S.) law would apply to artificial upwelling and artificial downwelling projects.
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for CCUS: An IEA CCUS Handbook
This handbook identifies 25 priority issues that CCUS legal and regulatory frameworks should address for deployment, and presents global case studies on how different jurisdictions have approached these issues.
Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Fertilization: Legal Challenges and Opportunities
This paper explores the application of existing international and domestic (U.S.) law to ocean fertilization research and deployment.
Governance of Continental Shelf Spaces in the Energy Transition: Offshore Carbon Storage in Transboundary Geological Formations
The paper examines the governance of offshore carbon dioxide storage operations in the transboundary context under the light of applicable international rules and regulations and state practice.
Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and Seaweed Cultivation
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal frameworks that apply to ocean alkalinity enhancement and seaweed cultivation.
Emergency deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis
This paper models a wartime-like crash deployment of direct air capture (DAC) as a policy response to the climate crisis, calculating funding, net CO2 removal, and climate impacts.
Net Expectations: Assessing the role of carbon dioxide removal in companies’ climate plans
This briefing aims to help investors and others interpret and assess the feasibility of the role of CDR in companies’ climate plans.