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Carbon Dioxide Removal

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques, or negative emission technologies (NETs), are a suite of natural and technological pathways to remove and sequester carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air. Unlike carbon capture and storage, these techniques remove CO₂ directly from the atmosphere or enhance natural carbon sinks.
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Enhance Responsible Governance to Match the Scale and Pace of Marine–Climate Interventions

2025
Scientific Report
Emily M. Ogier
This comment reviews governance readiness to address risks and ensure responsible transformation and effective action for marine-climate interventions.

Seaweed Cultivation and Sinking for Carbon Dioxide Removal in Alaska

2025
Scholarly Work
Ashwin Murthy, Korey Silverman-Roati, Romany M. Webb
This paper reviews the legal framework around cultivating and sinking seaweed in Alaska for CDR purposes

Novel Marine-Climate Interventions Hampered by Low Consensus and Governance Preparedness

2025
Scholarly Work
Emily M. Ogier
A survey of 332 intervention practitioners, revealing five types and 17 sub-types of interventions proposed or deployed in 37 marine systems globally.

The European Ocean Pact

2025
Proposed Legislation
The European Ocean Pact introduces a single reference framework on protecting and leveraging the ocean's potential for Europe.

The Legal Framework for Enhanced Rock Weathering in Minnesota

2025
Scholarly Work
Ashwin Murthy, Korey Silverman-Roati, Romany M. Webb
This paper focuses on the legal regulation of terrestrial enhanced rock weathering in Minnesota.

Geoengineering: the Relevance of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the BBNJ Agreement

2025
Scholarly Work
Kristina M. Gjerde, Stephanie Prufer
This article explores the relevant obligations for geoengineering activities with potential impacts on the marine environment and explores what ‘due diligence’ for environmental impact assessments and strategic environmental impact assessments entail

International Governance of Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Recent Developments and Future Directions

2024
Scholarly Work
Romany M. Webb
This paper discusses recent efforts to regulate ocean CDR under three long-standing international agreements and discusses options for greater coherence in international governance.

SB 308: California Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal Bill

2024
Proposed Legislation
Requires the state board to develop and adopt regulations to ensure the state achieves carbon dioxide removals equivalent to at least 100% of statewide greenhouse gas emissions from 2045 on

Carbon Dioxide Removal through Coastal Blue Carbon: A Review of Commitments in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

2024
Scholarly Work
Arpana Giritharan
This database, accompanied by a blog, explores how blue carbon is framed in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under three categories: (1) mitigation, (2) adaptation, (3) both mitigation and adaptation.

Subsidies for Direct Air Capture: Lessons from the Solar Industry

2024
Scholarly Work
Ben Brokesh
This Comment focuses on how subsidies can affect the growth of climate technologies and set them up for long-term progress through subsidies in the solar industry.

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