Summary/Abstract
This article presents the process of ocean iron fertilization and its use as a geoengineering strategy. The article discusses various treaties whose provisions speak indirectly to ocean iron fertilization, but fail to regulate it in any practicable manner. The article additionally examines the London Convention and London Protocol’s measures to bring ocean iron fertilization within their regulatory scope and explains the basic structure of the new Assessment Framework, raises potential concerns, and asks whether it succeeds in meeting the London Convention and London Protocol’s objectives in regulating ocean iron fertilization. Lastly, the article considers the Assessment Framework’s potential effect on ocean iron fertilization as a geoengineering strategy and concludes with a review of the overall utility of the London Convention and London Protocol’s steps in ocean iron fertilization regulation.