CDR Law

2016
Scientific Report
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
International Policy/Guidance
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Afforestation / Reforestation
Carbon Dioxide Removal → BECCS
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Biochar
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Direct Air Capture
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Enhanced Weathering
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Ocean and Coastal CDR
Carbon Dioxide Removal → Ocean Iron Fertilization
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage → Carbon Capture and Storage
Convention on Biological Diversity, UNFCCC, London Convention/London Protocol

Summary/Abstract

In 2012, the CBD Secretariat published Technical Series No. 66: Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Technical and Regulatory Matters comprising two studies: one on the impacts of climate-related geoengineering on biodiversity, the other on the regulatory framework for climate-related geoengineering relevant to the Convention. These studies were prepared pursuant to decision X/33 paragraph 9(l) and (m), and provided the reference basis for the consideration of this issue at the sixteenth meeting of the Convention’s Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties. This report is to provide an update on the potential impacts of geoengineering techniques on biodiversity together with an account of regulatory developments.