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Carbon capture and storage in the USA: the role of US innovation leadership in climate-technology commercialization

2020
Think Tank Report
Lee Beck
This paper seeks to provide an overview of CCS deployment in the USA while assessing the maturity of the US deployment framework, including policies and infrastructure.

Negative-Emission Technologies and Patent Rights after COVID-19

2020
Scholarly Work
Joshua D. Sarnoff
This article proposes various measures that can be adopted by national governments and private funders to minimize any forthcoming worldwide conflicts that will arise over balancing innovation incentives for, and affordable access to, patented NETs.

Policy Brief: Governing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

2019
Think Tank Report
Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)
This policy brief identifies the governance challenges around marine carbon dioxide removal.

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.

Overcoming Impediments to Offshore CO2 Storage: Legal Issues in the United States and Canada

2019
Scholarly Work
Romany Webb, Michael Gerrard
This article explores the legal frameworks governing sub-seabed carbon dioxide injection (offshore CCS) in U.S. and Canadian waters, particularly in the Cascadia Basin.

Beyond the social cost of carbon: Negative emission technologies as a means for biophysically setting the price of carbon

2019
Scholarly Work
Brian F. Snyder
The paper proposes that the cost of emerging negative-emission technologies would be an alternative means for setting a carbon price and avoid the philosophical and practical weaknesses of the social cost of carbon metric.

Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: Current state of knowledge and potential role of philanthropy

2019
Think Tank Report
Antonius Gagern (CEA Consulting)
This document discusses the current knowledge and knowledge gaps relating to the local and global application of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), with a section on the governance considerations associated with the science and technology of OAE.

Grasslands may be more reliable carbon sinks than forests in California

2018
Scholarly Work
Pawlok Dass, Benjamin Z Houlton, Yingping Wang, David Warlind
This paper shows that California grasslands are a more resilient carbon sink than forests in response to 21st century changes in climate, with implications for designing climate-smart Cap and Trade offset policies.

Geoengineering: A Promising Weapon or an Unregulated Disaster in the Fight Against Climate Change?

2017
Scholarly Work
J. Brent Marshall
This note outlines the regulation of geoengineering, the current laws in place, the policy needs of geoengineering regulation, and how to bridge the gap between these concepts.

International Governance of Climate Engineering: A Survey of Reports on Climate Engineering, 2009-2015

2017
Think Tank Report
David R. Morrow
This report surveys and synthesizes the body of literature addressing the governance of climate engineering, including carbon dioxide removal technologies.

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