International Policy/Guidance Archives

Hugging the Shore: Tackling Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal as a Local Governance Problem

2021

Scholarly Work

Javier Lezaun

This paper outlines some of the key local dimensions of marine CDR as currently imagined, and suggests a framework for increasing local participation in its assessment.

Fair distributions of carbon dioxide removal obligations and implications for effective national net-zero targets

2021

Scholarly Work

Kaylin Lee, Claire Fyson, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner

This paper looks at the implications that an equity perspective could have on national and regional obligations for negative emissions and the respective timings of net-zero targets.

Mapping Multi-Level Policy Incentives for Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage in Sweden

2020

Scholarly Work

Mathias Fridahl, Rob Bellamy, Anders Hansson, Simon Haikola

This paper asks to what extent and how existing UN, EU, and Swedish climate policy instruments incentivize BECCS research, development, demonstration, and deployment in Sweden.

Emergency deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis

2021

Scholarly Work

Ryan Hanna, Ahmed Abdulla, Yangyang Xu, David G. Victor

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

2021

Think Tank Report

Greenpeace UK

This briefing aims to help investors and others interpret and assess the feasibility of the role of CDR in companies’ climate plans.

The Legal Framework for Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage in Canada

2021

Scholarly Work

Romany M. Webb, Michael B. Gerrard

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of legal issues associated with deploying an offshore DAC system, powered by offshore wind turbines, in Canadian waters and storing the captured carbon dioxide in sub-seabed rock formations.

Not an Intractable Challenge: Geoengineering MSR in ABNJ

2021

Scholarly Work

Karen Scott

This book chapter examines the rules relating to marine scientific research (MSR) as they apply to marine geoengineering taking place in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ)

Antacids for the Sea? Artificial Ocean Alkalinization and Climate Change

2020

Scholarly Work

Wil Burns, Charles R. Corbett

This article identifies artificial ocean alkalinization governance models and the applicable international law around artificial ocean alkalinization activities.

The UK net-zero target: Insights into procedural justice for greenhouse gas removal

2020

Scholarly Work

Patricia O’Beirne, Francesca Battersby, Amy Mallett, Miriam Aczel, Karen Makuch, Mark Workman, Richard Heap

This study comprises an analysis of relevant legislation, combined with a series of interviews conducted in the community of Selby (a proposed location for BECCS development), to investigate procedural justice in the context of carbon removal.

Removing Carbon Now

2020

Think Tank Report

Oxfam

This report addresses how can companies and individuals can fund negative emissions technologies in a safe and effective way to help solve the climate crisis.

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