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How to govern geoengineering?

2017
News/Commentary
Janos Pasztor, Cynthia Scharf, Kai-Uwe Schmidt
This editorial identifies the institutional and governance challenges posed by carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) and the need for the global policy community to address the issues.

International Law Poses Problems for Negative Emissions Research

2017
Scholarly Work
Kerryn Brent, Jeffrey McGee, Jan McDonald, Eelco J. Rohling
New international governance arrangements that manage environmental risk and potential conflicts of interests are needed to facilitate negative emissions research essential to achieving the large-scale CO2 removal implied by the Paris Agreement.

The Need for Governance of Climate Geoengineering

2017
Scholarly Work
Janos Pasztor
This article, part of the literature accompanying the launch of the Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative, argues that policymakers need to take an ethical risk management approach to the governance of geoengineering.

S.43 – Regenerative Soils Program

2017
Proposed Legislation
State of Vermont
This bill requires the Secretary of Natural Resources to establish a regenerative soils program whose purposes include increasing the carbon sequestration capability of Vermont soils and promoting cost-effective and healthy soil management practices.

H. 6011 – The Geoengineering Act of 2017

2017
Proposed Legislation
State of Rhode Island
This bill would provide that a person seeking to engage in geoengineering activities would require a license from the director of the Department of Environmental Management.