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Research priorities for negative emissions

2016
Scholarly Work
S Fuss, C D Jones, F Kraxner, G P Peters, P Smith, M Tavoni, D P van Vuuren, J G Canadell, R B Jackson, R B Jackson, J R Moreira, N Nakicenovic, A Sharifi, Y Yamagata
This paper identifies some urgent research needs around NETs, including in governance and policy, to provide a more complete picture for reaching ambitious climate targets and the role that NETs can play in reaching them.

“Negative Emissions”: A Challenge for Climate Policy

2016
Scholarly Work
Oliver Geden, Stefan Schäfer
This paper argues that it would be wise for the EU and Germany to proactively shape the debate around negative emissions technologies and increase funding for research and development into NETs.

Distinguishing morale hazard from moral hazard in geoengineering

2016
Scholarly Work
Andrew Lockley, D’Maris Coffman
This paper investigates the definitions and use of the term ‘moral hazard’, and the related (but significantly different) concept of ‘morale hazard’, in the context of geoengineering and in relevant law, economic and insurance literatures.

Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon

2016
Scholarly Work
Bruno Locatelli, Carla P. Catterall, Pablo Imbach, Chetan Kumar, Rodel Lasco, Erika Marín-Spiotta, Bernard Mercer, Jennifer S. Powers, Naomi Schwartz, Maria Uriarte
This article advocates a focus on “climate-smart reforestation,” defined as reforesting for climate change mitigation and adaptation, while ensuring that the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on reforestation are anticipated and minimized

Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from CO2 Storage Sites

2016
Scholarly Work
Michael Faure
The goal of this article is to sketch how CCS liability rules could be developed, and to present a compensation mechanism that takes into account the particular difficulties arising with CCS, especially the long-tail risk of a potential CO2 release.