Governing Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal: Are We Ready?
This report focuses on the governance mechanisms in place that can begin to address CDR at the necessary scale as well as what governance gaps remain to deploy CDR at scale.
Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering: Potential implications for delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals
This report explores the potential implications which two groups of experimental technologies aimed at managing global climate risk, known as Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering, could have for delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Greenhouse Gas Removal
This report presents the findings from an exploration of the opportunities and barriers for greenhouse gas removal methods in both a UK and global context.
Report of the International Law Commission A/73/10
Text of the draft guidelines on the protection of the atmosphere and intentional large-scale modification of the atmosphere that states carbon dioxide removal activities shall be conducted with prudence and caution.
S.2350 – Forest Incentives Program Act of 2018
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) establish a program to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions and carbon sequestration on U.S. private forest land through carbon incentives contracts and conservation easement agreements.
California Forest Carbon Plan: Managing Our Forest Landscapes in a Changing Climate
This plan provides multiple strategies to protect and enhance forest carbon in California, and reviews the corresponding statutory and regulatory framework to do so.
Significance of Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Project and Legal Developments in Forest Sector of Pakistan
This paper discusses the legal considerations of the ‘Billion Trees Tsunami Afforestation Project’ in Pakistan as related to climate change and the Bonn Challenge.
The Ministerial Katowice Declaration on Forests for the Climate
This declaration underscores the key role forests must play in limiting temperature rise to 1.5˚C, and highlights the role of forests in sequestering and storing carbon in the soil.
A Clean Planet for all: A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy
This policy document outlines a vision of the economic and societal transformations required in the European Union, including the role of carbon sinks and CCS, to achieve the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Carbon Removal in Forests and Farms in the United States
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.