The Dirt on International Environmental Law Regarding Soils: Is the Existing Regime Adequate
This note analyzes the gaps and deficiencies in this current mix of legal regimes and how they lead to under-protection of global soil functions.
The Potential for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Minnesota
This report assesses the potential of Minnesota lands to sequester carbon dioxide, including an analysis of existing and proposed state policies for their potential impact on carbon sequestration activities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 3-4-101 et seq.
Enacts the Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act to encourage carbon sequestration in Oklahoma, including via CCS and soil carbon, and establishes the Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee.
Policy framework for deep emissions reductions and carbon removals in agriculture and land use in the UK
This report's objective is to identify policy options to drive emissions reductions and carbon removal within existing agricultural systems and through changes in land use.
Delta Airlines Pledge
The airline will focus on the removal of carbon emissions from the atmosphere by investing in forestry, wetland restoration, grassland conservation, marine and soil capture, and other NETs to make its business carbon neutral.
S. 2452: Climate Stewardship Act of 2019
This bill provides incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program.
Opportunities for Carbon Dioxide Removal Within the United States Department of Agriculture
This paper provides an assessment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) existing programs and organizational structure, its capacity to support research and demonstration of CDR, and recommendations for expansion of these capabilities.
Achievement of Paris climate goals unlikely due to time lags in the land system
This paper suggests that improved recognition of different land-system policies and lags in land-system change is necessary to identify achievable mitigation actions and avoid excessively optimistic assumptions and consequent policy failures.
Global Climate Governance: The Politics of Terrestrial Carbon Mitigation in the Paris Agreement
This thesis analyses the contested politics of including (and accounting for) land-based mitigation in a post-2020 climate agreement, and the consequences for future mitigation pathways over the course of this century.
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.