Geosequestration in Australia: Existing and Proposed Regulatory Mechanisms
This article is concerned with key legal and regulatory issues associated with establishing and operating geosequestration projects in Australia.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Deployment – Can Canada Capitalize on Experience?
This paper presents an overview of Canada's experience with carbon capture & storage (CCS) initiatives and examines the success Canada has had with carbon capture and storage.
Legal Issues in Biosequestration: Carbon Sinks, Carbon Rights and Carbon Trading
This article explores the legal interactions between the varying forms of carbon rights and carbon permits as related to biosequestration projects in Australia.
Carbon sequestration in Africa: The land tenure problem
This article examines the prospect of using tropic forest projects to sequester carbon dioxide in Africa and argues that land tenure exists as a prohibitive obstacle to the implementation of afforestation and reforestation approaches.
Forest Management Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change in the United States
This report recommends policy measures to guide effective climate change mitigation through forests and forest management, including a survey of carbon benefits from wood substitution, biomass substitution, and avoided land use change.
Dumping Iron and Trading Carbon
This article provides insight from a conference convened at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on the role of carbon markets in ocean iron fertilization activities.
Trojan horse or horn of plenty? Reflections on allowing CCS in the CDM
This paper is a review of the discussion, as it was happening, around allowing CO2 capture and geological storage (CCS) into the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Policy Option Paper — Closing the Liability Gap
This report proposes that long-term CCS liability should focus on the liability for leaks to any area outside the designated storage zone after the abandonment of the injection well.
Legal Issues Associated with the Adoption of Commercial Scale CCS Projects
This report addresses the legal and regulatory challenges associated with the adoption of commercial scale carbon capture and storage projects in Canada, with a close look at property issues and the regulatory framework.
The Influence of Business and Industry NGOs in the Negotiation of the Kyoto Mechanisms: the Case of Carbon Capture and Storage in the CDM
This article examines the role of business and industry NGOs during the negotiation to include CCS technologies as a Kyoto Protocol mitigation option.