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Incentivizing Negative Emissions Through Carbon Shares

2020
Scholarly Work
Derek Lemoine
This paper describes a new climate change policy that replaces an emission tax with a bond used to fund an asset called a “carbon share,” which can optimally incentivize both emission reductions and emission removal.

What role can forests play in tackling climate change?

2020
Scholarly Work
Grantham Institute - Imperial College London
This discussion paper consolidates knowledge on the potential environmental, economic and societal benefits of using trees to reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and identifies the key policy decisions for climate-smart tree planting.

H. 8062 – The Geoengineering Act

2020
Proposed Legislation
State of Rhode Island
This bill establishes a licensing procedure at the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) for persons seeking to engage in geoengineering activity, with the intent to protect the health, safety, and environment of the state.

China’s carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) policy: A critical review

2020
Scholarly Work
Kai Jiang, Peta Ashworth, Shiyi Zhang, Xi Liang, Yan Sun, Daniel Angus
This paper analyzes China's existing CCUS regulatory framework at the national and provincial level, evaluates its performance and clarifies its shortcomings in light of the comparisons of policy movements undertaken in other countries.

Marine Carbon Sinks in Decarbonization Pathways

2020
Scholarly Work
A. Oschlies, G. Rehder, M. Rhein
Detailed text of a mission proposal to study whether and to what extent the ocean can play a substantial role in removing and storing CO2 from the atmosphere, including the potential political and legal implications.

Harvard University Pledge

2020
Declaration
The University's endowment will become greenhouse-gas neutral by 2050 by reducing and offsetting emissions with investment in technologies that remove carbon from the atmosphere.