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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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The role of CCS in meeting climate policy targets: Understanding the potential contribution of CCS to a low carbon world, and the policies that may support that contribution

2018
Think Tank Report
Paul Ekins, Nick Hughes, Steve Pye, Matthew Winning, Richard Macrory, Ben Milligan, Stuart Haszeldine, Jim Watson
This Global CCS Institute commissioned report examines novel or adaptive CCS legal and regulatory frameworks in other countries and attempts to draw lessons around issues in deployment from case studies of analogous technologies and systems.

Catalyzing a Political Shift from Low to Negative Carbon

2017
Scholarly Work
Glen Peters, Oliver Geden
This commentary suggests ways to catalyze a political conversation around and business investment in carbon dioxide removal.

The political economy of negative emissions technologies: consequences for international policy design

2017
Scholarly Work
Matthias Honegger, David Reiner
This paper sees the market mechanism under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement – colloquially called ‘Sustainable Development Mechanism’ – as a possible cornerstone policy instrument to incentivize NET activities at a global scale.

Geoengineering the oceans: an emerging frontier in international climate change governance

2017
Scholarly Work
Jeffrey McGee, Kerryn Brent, Wil Burns
This article draws on discussions from the 2016 Marine Geoengineering Symposium to highlight prominent marine geoengineering proposals and raise questions about the readiness of the international law system to govern its research and implementation.

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.

H.R. 5316, the Healthy Soils and Rangeland Solutions Act

2016
Proposed Legislation
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program to make grants to sequester carbon through grazing practices, restoration of degraded public lands, and the use of compost or biochar on public lands.

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.

The Missing Pieces of Geoengineering Research Governance

2016
Scholarly Work
Albert C. Lin
This Article develops mechanisms to address the systemic concerns, including technological lock-in, moral hazard, and global conflict, and the physical risks of geoengineering research.

The ‘best available science’ to inform 1.5 °C policy choices

2016
News/Commentary
Glen Peters
This commentary identifies why an IPCC Special Report on 1.5 °C should focus on resolving fundamental scientific and political uncertainties, not fixate on developing unachievable mitigation pathways.

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.

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