Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification
The SFI has certified 250 million acres of forest in the US and Canada, and recognizes the importance of forests in carbon capture and climate change mitigation.
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100)
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) is a country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes across Africa into restoration by 2030.
Biomass with CO2 Capture and Storage (Bio-CCS): The Way Forward for Europe
This report provides some initial recommendations for how the EU could accelerate the development and deployment of Bio-CCS technologies in order to realize their significant carbon-negative potential.
Deployment of Geoengineering by the Private and Public Sector: Can the Risks of Geoengineering Ever Be Effectively Regulated?
This article focuses on ocean fertilization and its transboundary impacts.
International EIA Law and Geoengineering: Do Emerging Technologies Require Special Rules?
This article explores the adequacy of the international rules on environmental impact assessments (EIA) to contribute to geoengineering governance.
4 Per 1000 Initiative
This initiative invites all partners to state or implement some practical actions on soil carbon storage and the type of practices to achieve this (e.g. agroecology, agroforestry, conservation agriculture, landscape management, etc.).
H.R. 2883 – The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of "qualifying income" for Master Limited Partnerships to include income and gains from carbon capture and storage.
Assessing Scientific Legitimacy: The Case of Marine Geoengineering
This brief recommends that parties to the LC-LP adopt legally binding governance transparency mechanisms and create independent assessment panels to remedy gaps in marine geoengineering governance.
A 2015 Analysis and Update on U.S. Pore Space Law —The Necessity of Proceeding Cautiously With Respect to the “Stick” Known as Pore Space
This paper provides an analysis and update (as of 2015) on current pore space law in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wyoming.
It’s Getting Hot in Here: A Look into Whether Ocean Iron Fertilization is Legally Viable in the United States
This article analyzes the legal status of ocean iron fertilization under United States laws and international laws, in the context of the Planktos experiment, in order to shed light on whether this strategy could be legally viable.