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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center wrapped up Climate Week NYC last Friday with an event exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. to 2 o C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. It is not hard to see why.

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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

Success at COP28 is likely to be measured by the inclusion of strong fossil fuel phaseout language, free from loopholes, in the final agreement. By 2019, the largest growth in absolute emissions occurred in carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry. Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron is analyzed to have dedicated only 0.2%

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An Update on the Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Key Outcomes of the October 2023 Meeting of the Parties to the London Convention and Protocol

Law Columbia

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the growing interest in ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and the complex legal issues it raises. In 2010, the parties adopted an assessment framework for determining whether a particular ocean fertilization project involves “legitimate scientific research,” and thus may be allowed.

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Net Zero/Not Zero

Real Climate

With empirical data and more and better modeling, it has become clear that, to first approximation, the eventual anthropogenic warming from carbon dioxide is tied to the cumulative emissions. This figure is from the AR6 SPM: The relationship between cumulative carbon emissions and temperature (SPM AR6).

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Why You Should Care About The Latest IPCC Report | BreezoMeter

Breezometer

According to the report , average net annual human-caused GHG emissions were at their highest levels in human history between 2010 and 2019, with urban areas responsible for an increasing proportion of the emissions. The rate of emissions growth year on year slowed between 2010-2019 in comparison to the previous decade.

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Energy news as COP23 is taking place in Germany

Edouard Stenger

It crashed the 10 GW barrier in 2010. So, if our answers to climate change and air pollution are growing, with even global coal consumption peaking, why is there still more and more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere? To a recent study , degraded tropical forests are starting to emit more carbon dioxide than they store.

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Killing King Coal is the First Step Towards Halving Our Emissions

Edouard Stenger

Burning coal in these two regions account for a little under two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with 1.29 A 2010 US study showed that stopping burning coal could be done by 2030 with renewables and energy efficiency. billion tonnes and 700 millions tonnes for the US and the EU, respectively.