Carbon dioxide removal and the futures market
This paper discusses the potential use of futures contracts in Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) markets.
Ocean Iron Fertilization and Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Food: Leveraging International and Domestic Law Protections to Enhance Access to Salmon in the Pacific Northwest
This article addresses whether indigenous communities like the Haida in the U.S. Pacific Northwest region could assert a legal right to employ OIF as a strategy to help restore a cultural food source that has been depleted due to climate change.
The Missing Pieces of Geoengineering Research Governance
This Article develops mechanisms to address the systemic concerns, including technological lock-in, moral hazard, and global conflict, and the physical risks of geoengineering research.
Soil carbon sequestration potential of US croplands and grasslands: Implementing the 4 per Thousand Initiative
In this analysis, the goals of the 4 per Thousand declaration are assessed in the US context, looking for the best opportunities or “bright spots” that could be managed to implement the 4PT program.
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification
The SFI has certified 250 million acres of forest in the US and Canada, and recognizes the importance of forests in carbon capture and climate change mitigation.
It’s Getting Hot in Here: A Look into Whether Ocean Iron Fertilization is Legally Viable in the United States
This article analyzes the legal status of ocean iron fertilization under United States laws and international laws, in the context of the Planktos experiment, in order to shed light on whether this strategy could be legally viable.
Clearing the Air on ‘Geoengineering’ and Intellectual Property Rights Towards a framework approach
This paper focuses on patents and trade secrets as the most relevant categories of intellectual property to climate engineering (CE), and develops a framework within which to situate IP-related concerns, specifically as related to DAC and OIF.
Legal and Regulatory Developments on CCS
This paper provides a descriptive review of the key legal and regulatory CCS developments between 2005-2015, with a particular focus on international developments.
A Napoleonic Approach to Climate Change: The Geoengineering Branch
This article reviews the domestic and international laws that might control climate engineering research and testing in the United States and presents considerations for a regulatory scheme that would foster further research and testing.
Alberta’s Energy Future in Carbon Capture and Storage: A Comparative Analysis of CCS Legislation
This report examines the CCS legislation passed in Wyoming, Kansas, Montana and the States of Victoria and Queensland in Australia to generate an understanding of the positive and negative elements of written CCS legislation in Alberta.