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International Context for the Geoengineering Debate

2017
Hearings and Testimony
Michelle Gyles-McDonnough
This is the keynote speech at the Second International Climate Engineering Conference (CEC17) by the Director of the Sustainable Development Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations.

The Agadir Commitment

2017
Policy Proposal
A regional Mediterranean initiative that aims to restore at least 8 million hectares of degraded forest ecosystems by 2030.

Legal Pathways to Widespread Carbon Capture and Sequestration

2017
Scholarly Work
Wendy B. Jacobs, Michael Craig
This article describes the potential of CCS for achieving deep decarbonization of the U.S. power sector, explains the key components of CCS, and identifies and recommends several federal and state legal reforms necessary to drive it forward.

Siting and Regulating Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Infrastructure

2017
Think Tank Report
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Great Plains Institute
This report documents key findings from a technical workshop sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy to identify and promote best practices for siting and regulating CO2 infrastructure (pipelines, EOR, and other geologic CO2 storage sites).

Mich. Comp. L. Ann. § 460.1047

2017
Enacted Legislation
State of Michigan
Allows power plants to recover costs of constructing and maintaining “advanced cleaner energy systems,” which include, in coal-fired plants, carbon capture and geologic sequestration of 85% or more CO2 emissions.

Assessing ocean alkalinity for carbon sequestration

2017
Scholarly Work
Phil Renforth, Gideon Henderson
The aim of this paper is to review all aspects of the inorganic carbon sink in the ocean, including the function of alkalinity in the ocean carbon cycle and issues around environmental impact, quantification, monitoring, governance, and longevity.

Kigali Declaration on Forest Landscape Restoration in Africa

2017
Declaration
During the Africa High Level Bonn Challenge Roundtable on 26-27 July 2016, ministers and government officials representing 13 African countries adopted a declaration reaffirming and increasing their commitment to the Bonn Challenge.