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Carbon Dioxide Removal


Afforestation / Reforestation

Afforestation is the conversion of abandoned and degraded agricultural lands into forests, while reforestation is the replantation of trees in deforested land. Both practices can contribute to negative emissions since the growth of additional plant sequesters atmospheric carbon dioxide and naturally sink it in their biomass and in the soil.
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Carbon Removal in Forests and Farms in the United States

2018
Think Tank Report
World Resources Institute
The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential for carbon removal in forests and farms in the United States, to identify needs likely to arise on the pathway to large-scale deployment, and to consider ways to begin addressing those needs.

HB 2182 – Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force

2018
Enacted Legislation
State of Hawaii
This bill establishes the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force to identify land use practices that would promote increased greenhouse gas sequestration and develop incentives and funding mechanisms for these practices.

USDA Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry

2016
Scientific Report
United States Department of Agriculture
This report outlines a set of “building blocks” to help farmers, ranchers, forestland owners, and rural communities reduce GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration.

Convention on Biological Diversity COP 13 Decision XIII/4

2016
International Legal Instrument
Convention on Biological Diversity
Decision adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity welcoming the Paris Agreement and in particular articles related to biodiversity.

Governing by expertise: the contested politics of (accounting for) land-based mitigation in a new climate agreement

2016
Scholarly Work
Kate Dooley, Aarti Gupta
This article analyzes the contested politics of including (and accounting for) land-based mitigation in a post-2020 climate agreement.

The Emergence of the Geoengineering Debate Within the IPCC

2014
Scholarly Work
Arthur Petersen
This article looks at IPCC Assessment Reports to review how the IPCC has addressed geoengineering up to the Fifth Assessment Report in 2014.

Investigating afforestation and bioenergy CCS as climate change mitigation strategies

2014
Scholarly Work
Florian Humpenöder, Alexander Popp, Jan Philip Dietrich, David Klein, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Markus Bonsch, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Isabelle Weindl, Miodrag Stevanovic, Christoph Müller
This paper examines how different levels of a global tax on GHG emissions incentivizes afforestation and BECCS, finding that afforestation is a cost-efficient strategy at relatively low carbon prices, while BECCS becomes competitive at higher prices.

Geoengineering a Future for Humankind: Some Technical and Ethical Considerations

2012
Scholarly Work
Rafael Leal-Arcas , Andrew Filis-Yelaghotis
This paper seeks to outline the various contentious issues regarding geoengineering (which here includes ocean fertilization and afforestation) that arise in relation to its ethical, technological, political, and trade-related legal dimensions.

Defining Biomass as a Source of Renewable Energy: The Life Cycle of Carbon Emissions of Biomass Energy and a Survey and Analysis of Biomass Definitions in States’ Renewable Portfolio Standards, Federal Law, and Proposed Legislation

2011
Scholarly Work
Christine Zeller-Powell
This thesis paper identifies that federal and state laws should incorporate a life cycle analyses of GHG emissions in order to more effectively incentivize bioenergy that reduces GHG emissions.

A Tale of Two Carbon Sinks: Can Forest Carbon Management Serve as a Framework to Implement Ocean Iron Fertilization as a Climate Change Treaty Compliance Mechanism?

2011
Scholarly Work
Randall S. Abate
This article addresses the international governance challenges to consistently and effectively regulate ocean iron fertilization using forest carbon management as a framework example.

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