International Policy/Guidance Archives - Page 7 of 53

Contested framings of greenhouse gas removal and its feasibility: Social and political dimensions

2020

Scholarly Work

Laurie Waller, Tim Rayner, Jason Chilvers, Clair Amanda Gough, Irene Lorenzoni, Andrew Jordan, Naomi Vaughan

This paper conducts a review of the international peer-reviewed literature pertaining to the social and political dimensions of large-scale CDR, with a specific focus on two predominant approaches: BECCS and afforestation/reforestation.

Decision making in contexts of deep uncertainty – An alternative approach for long-term climate policy

2020

Scholarly Work

Mark Workman, Kate Dooley, Guy Lomax, James Maltby, Geoff Darch

This paper critically examines both the use of BECCS in mitigation scenarios and the decision making philosophy underlying the use of integrated assessment modelling to inform climate policy.

Once a Fringe Idea, Geoengineering Moves to Center Stage in Policy Arena

2020

News/Commentary

Shuchi Talati, Robert James, Wil Burns

This edited transcript from an Environmental Law Institute webinar looks at potential domestic U.S. legal governance structures and the international institutions that might be applicable to governing carbon dioxide removal.

Carbon‐dioxide Removal and Biodiversity: A Threat Identification Framework

2020

Scholarly Work

Kate Dooley, Ellycia Harrould‐Kolieb, Anita Talberg

This paper introduces a new approach to governing CDR research – one based on threat identification.

A Rights-Based Approach to Governance of Climate Geoengineering

2020

Scholarly Work

Railla Veronica D. Puno

This Article explores a rights-based approach for the governance of geoengineering in international law, including the impetus, rationale, and options for implementation.

Trees as Nature-Based Solutions: A Global South Perspective

2020

News/Commentary

One Earth

This publication asks researchers about the potential role of trees in mitigating and adapting to climate change, as well as doing so in a way that does not compromise other Sustainable Development Goals.

Moving toward Net-Zero Emissions Requires New Alliances for Carbon Dioxide Removal

2020

News/Commentary

Sabine Fuss, Josep G. Canadell, Philippe Ciais, Robert B. Jackson, Chris D. Jones, Anders Lyngfelt, Glen P. Peters, Detlef P. Van Vuuren

This paper argues that for the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to move beyond an academic debate on CO2 removal (CDR), a broader alliance of research and policy communities, industry, and the public is needed.

Buildings as a Global Carbon Sink? A Reality Check on Feasibility Limits

2020

News/Commentary

Francesco Pomponi, Jim Hart, Jay H. Arehart, Bernardino D’Amico

This commentary reflects on the capacity of global forests to supply bio-based building materials that store carbon as a climate solution.

Restoring Abandoned Farmland to Mitigate Climate Change on a Full Earth

2020

Scholarly Work

Yi Yang, Sarah E. Hobbie, Rebecca R. Hernandez, Joseph Fargione, Steven M. Grodsky, David Tilman, Yong-Guan Zhu, Yu Luo, Timothy M. Smith, Jacob M. Jungers, Ming Yang, Wei-Qiang Chen

This paper presents an overview of how carbon capture and storage on abandoned farmland can be accelerated and maximized and how emerging policy and market initiatives can facilitate adoption of farmland carbon sequestration strategies.

Managing Land-based CDR: BECCS, Forests and Carbon Sequestration

2020

Scholarly Work

Duncan Brack, Richard King

This paper proposes policy measures for integrating land-based CDR approaches - under which circumstances forest areas are best left undisturbed, managed for conservation or wood products, and how these options affect the deployment of BECCS.

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