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Analysis of Civil Liability Regarding CCS: The Brazilian Case

2017
Scholarly Work
José Ricardo Lemes de Almeida, Haline de Vasconcellos Rocha, Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa, Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos, Cristina F. Rodrigues, Manoel J. Lemos deSousa
This paper discusses the civil liability regarding CCS in Brazilian environmental law and shows that the lack of a legal and regulatory framework of CCS activities represents the main barrier to its national development.

HB 1578 – Carbon Farming Task Force

2017
Enacted Legislation
State of Hawaii
This bill creates a carbon farming task force to identify agricultural or aquacultural activities and best practices that provide carbon sequestration benefits that may be used to establish a carbon farming certification.

Three layers of energy law for examining CO2 transport for carbon-capture and storage

2017
Scholarly Work
Raphael J. Heffron, Lauren Downes, Marie Bysveen, Elisabeth V. Brakstad, Tom Mikunda, Filip Neele, Charles Eickhoff, David Hanstock, Diana Schumann
This research provides a legal analysis concerning four scenarios for cross-border carbon dioxide (CO2) transport that could increase the deployment of carbon-capture and storage (CCS) deployment in Europe.

House Bill 1063 – Maryland’s Healthy Soils Program

2017
Enacted Legislation
State of Maryland
This bill directs the Maryland Department of Agriculture to develop a program to improve health, yield, and profitability of soils, increase carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, and promote further adoption of healthy soil practices.

Climate Engineering Conference 2017 – Conference Report

2017
Scholarly Work
Hosted by IASS Potsdam
This report provides a summary of the various plenary and parallel sessions that were held at CEC17, including hyperlinks to additional online resources such as video recordings from the plenaries and materials from individual sessions.

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.