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Ocean-based negative emissions technologies: a governance framework review

2023
Scholarly Work
Lina Röschel, Barbara Neumann
This assessment presents gaps and challenges in the existing governance framework for ocean-based negative emissions technologies, as well as needs and opportunities for comprehensive governance of the technologies.

State Sequestration: Federal Policy Accelerates Carbon Storage, But Leaves Full Climate, Equity Protections to States

2023
Scholarly Work
Gabriel Pacyniak
This paper describes state-federal governance dynamics regarding CCS and concludes by identifying potential legal tools that states can use to address those dynamics.

Carbon Capture and Storage: Models for Compensating Holdout Landowners

2023
Scholarly Work
Keith Hall
This article discusses three potential models for compensating holdout property owners of subsurface pore space relevant to CCS projects.

Permitting CO2 Pipelines

2023
Scholarly Work
Martin Lockman
This paper assesses the legal framework for developing CO2 pipelines to support Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub projects.

Limits to Paris Compatibility of CO2 Capture and Utilization

2022
Scholarly Work
Kiane de Kleijne, Steef V. Hanssen, Lester van Dinteren, Mark A.J. Huijbregts, Rosalie van Zelm, Heleen de Coninck
This paper finds that for a CCU technology to be Paris Agreement compatible by 2030, it has to have low GHG emissions from CO2 capture and conversion, replace a GHG-intensive substitute, and in most cases lead to permanent storage.

The Role of Corporates in Governing Carbon Dioxide Removal: Outlining a Research Agenda

2022
Scholarly Work
Francesca Battersby, Richard J. Heap, Adam C. Gray, Mark H. Workman, Finn Strivens
This paper provides a perspective on how corporates influence and enact de facto governance of CDR.

Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Artificial Upwelling and Downwelling: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

2022
Scholarly Work
Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, Michael B. Gerrard
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of how existing international and domestic (U.S.) law would apply to artificial upwelling and artificial downwelling projects.

Governance of Continental Shelf Spaces in the Energy Transition: Offshore Carbon Storage in Transboundary Geological Formations

2022
Scholarly Work
Constantinos Yiallourides
The paper examines the governance of offshore carbon dioxide storage operations in the transboundary context under the light of applicable international rules and regulations and state practice.

Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for CCUS: An IEA CCUS Handbook

2022
Scholarly Work
International Energy Agency
This handbook identifies 25 priority issues that CCUS legal and regulatory frameworks should address for deployment, and presents global case studies on how different jurisdictions have approached these issues.

The Legal Framework for Carbon Dioxide Removal in Canada

2022
Scholarly Work
Neil Craik, Anna-Maria Hubert, Chelsea Daku
This article provides an overview of Canada’s existing legal framework that will apply to various CDR methods as they are developed.

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