International Policy/Guidance Archives - Page 11 of 53

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS): The Distracting Injustice of an Infeasible and Unlikely Technofix

2019

Scholarly Work

Rachel Smolker

This article, through the case study of BECCS, argues how indulging the concept of a technofix violates human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Biochar as a Multifunctional Component of the Environment – A Review

2019

Scholarly Work

Bogdan Saletnik, Grzegorz Zaguła, Marcin Bajcar, Maria Tarapatskyy, Gabriel Bobula, Czesław Puchalski

This article presents a review of information related to the broad uses of biochar products, while discussing the legal aspects and quality standards applicable to biochar use in the European Union.

The Stormy Emergence of Geoengineering in the International Law of the Sea

2019

Scholarly Work

Sophie Gambardella

This study aims to look at the role that international environmental law, both climate law and international law of the marine environment, could or should play in the development of marine geoengineering activities.

Ocean Fertilization under the LC/LP

2019

International Legal Instrument

International Maritime Organization

This page provides a brief overview of the steps taken by the Contracting Parties to the London Convention and London Protocol to address ocean fertilization since 1999.

Governing a Mirage? False Promises of Negative Emissions Technologies

2019

Scholarly Work

Daniel Compagnon

This paper challenges the literature actively promoting negative emission technologies and argues that the risk of undermining ongoing mitigation efforts cannot be significantly reduced by governance design.

Carbon Dioxide Removal After Paris

2019

Scholarly Work

Albert Lin

This article explores key issues of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) governance, such as promoting the generation of information, mainstreaming CDR into public and policy discussions, and furthering CDR development while avoiding lock-in of technology.

Negative Emissions: Priorities for Research and Policy Design

2019

Scholarly Work

Mathilde Fajardy, Piera Patrizio, Habiba Ahut Daggash, Niall Mac Dowell

This report discusses the main technical, socio-economic and regulatory bottlenecks at a regional level, and provides direction for further research.

Beyond “Net-Zero”: A Case for Separate Targets for Emissions Reduction and Negative Emissions

2019

Scholarly Work

Duncan P. Mclaren, David P. Tyfield, Rebecca Willis, Bronislaw Szerszynski, Nils O. Markusson

This policy brief outlines a proposal for formal separation of negative emissions targets and accounting from emissions reduction.

Governance of Marine Geoengineering

2019

Think Tank Report

Kerryn Brent, Wil Burns, Jeffrey McGee

This report surveys the different types of marine geoengineering proposals that have appeared in the scientific literature and the few that have been the subject of field testing and analyzes the various rules of applicable international law.

Fuel to the Fire: How Geoengineering Threatens to Entrench Fossil Fuels and Accelerate the Climate Crisis

2019

Think Tank Report

Center for International Environmental Law

This report investigates the early, ongoing, and often surprising role of the fossil fuel industry in developing, patenting, and promoting key geoengineering technologies.

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