Summary/Abstract
This paper discusses recent efforts to regulate ocean CDR under three long-standing international agreements: (1) the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”), (2) the London Convention; and (3) the London Protocol. The paper explains how latter two agreements have recently been used to restrict ocean CDR activities, even while those same activities are being encouraged under the Paris Agreement. The paper also discusses options for promoting greater coherence in international governance of ocean CDR, including the possibility of using the new Agreement under UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction to comprehensively regulate ocean CDR.