H.R. 2820 – Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021
This bill would create a Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Certification Program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
H.R. 2670 – The Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act
This bill would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) to help communities respond to climate change, transition to clean economies, and boost local climate jobs.
S. 1201 – US CLIMATE Act of 2021
This bill would establish a foreign assistance program to support forest management in developing countries.
Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities
This paper examines the international and U.S. legal frameworks that apply to seaweed cultivation.
Investing in Climate Innovation: The Environmental Case for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide
This white paper makes the environmental case for an ambitious, targeted, and diversified program of near-term investment in DAC as part of a comprehensive strategy for achieving international climate goals over the next several decades.
Microsoft’s Pledge
Microsoft is committing to remove more carbon than it emits through a portfolio of negative emission technologies including afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, BECCS, and direct air capture.
2020 Democratic Party Platform (Draft)
This is the United States Democratic Party’s draft policy platform that includes sections on the potential role of carbon dioxide removal/negative emissions technologies to combat climate change.
Fair-share carbon dioxide removal increases major emitter responsibility
This paper applies two common burden-sharing principles to show how CDR responsibility could be shared between regions in 1.5 °C and 2 °C mitigation pathways.
Powering the Future: An Inclusive National Clean Energy Standard with Negative Emissions Technologies
This Note proposes a robust National Clean Energy Standard that can incorporate Negative Emission Technologies (NETs), while identifying the potential legal barriers to an NCES that includes NETs.
Options for supporting Carbon Dioxide Removal
This report sets out to examine the broad policy frameworks that can support the development and upscaling of CDR and, in particular, whether CDR can be supported by offsetting schemes.