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Policy Brief: Governing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

2019
Think Tank Report
Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)
This policy brief identifies the governance challenges around marine carbon dioxide removal.

Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda

2019
Scientific Report
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
This comprehensive National Academies of Sciences report covers all aspects of Negative Emission Technologies from fundamental science to full-scale deployment and defines the essential components of a research and development program.

Opportunities for increasing ocean action in climate strategies

2019
Think Tank Report
Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Alexandre K. Magnan, Natalya D. Gallo, Dorothée Herr, Julien Rochette, Lola Vallejo, Phillip Williamson
This Policy Brief assesses 18 ocean-based measures, including some carbon dioxide removal techniques, to support climate policies and the revision of National Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the areas of mitigation and adaptation.

International Maritime Organization Assessment Framework

2019
International Legal Instrument
International Maritime Organization
An Assessment Framework for Scientific Research Involving Ocean Fertilization developed by the Scientific Groups to the London Convention and London Protocol.

Repsol Pledge

2019
Declaration
Repsol announced a commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050 and said it would use carbon capture technologies, reforestation, and natural climate solutions if it was unable to reach its goals via other means.

S.160 – An act relating to agricultural development

2019
Enacted Legislation
State of Vermont
This bill establishes the Soil Conservation Practice and Payment for Ecosystem Services Working Group and the Vermont Forest Carbon Sequestration Working Group.

Moral Conflicts of several “Green” terrestrial Negative Emission Technologies regarding the Human Right to Adequate Food – A Review

2019
Scholarly Work
Patrick Hohlwegler
This paper investigates whether BECCS, afforestation/reforestation, and enhanced weathering would cause moral conflicts regarding the human right to adequate food if implemented on a scale sufficient to limit global warming “to well below 2 C”.

Potential for low-cost carbon dioxide removal through tropical reforestation

2019
Scholarly Work
Jonah Busch, Jens Engelmann, Susan C. Cook-Patton, Bronson W. Griscom, Timm Kroeger, Hugh Possingham, Priya Shyamsundar
This paper analyzes the effects of a carbon price for increased CO2 removals via tropical reforestation in 90 countries.

THE LCFS AND CCS PROTOCOL: AN OVERVIEW FOR POLICYMAKERS AND PROJECT DEVELOPERS

2019
Think Tank Report
Global CCS Institute
This report provides a summary of the CCS Protocol of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard and how it compares to other significant regulations and policies in the US associated with the injection and geologic sequestration of CO2.

Shopify Pledge

2019
Declaration
Shopify has committed to investing at least $1 million each year into carbon sequestration.

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