CDR Law

2012
Scientific Report
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
International Policy/Guidance
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Afforestation / Reforestation
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Biochar
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Enhanced Weathering
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Ocean and Coastal CDR
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Ocean Iron Fertilization
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Soil Carbon Sequestration
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage → Carbon Capture and Storage
Convention on Biological Diversity, Kyoto Protocol, London Convention/London Protocol, UNFCCC, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Summary/Abstract

This study describes the current regulatory and legal framework that may apply to climate- related geoengineering, and, taking into account the possible need for science based global, transparent and effective control and regulatory mechanisms, attempts to identify gaps in such existing mechanisms. The study was prepared in response to paragraph 9 (m) of decision X/33.