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This chapter assesses the human rights implications of Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) climate geoengineering options. It includes a discussion of the potential human rights impacts of large-scale deployment of BECCS options, with a focus on the new Paris climate agreement, and...
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informing policy makers about carbon sequestration in temperate forests and at making forest ecologists, biogeochemists, and …
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In this paper, I provide an overview of the treaty framework for global climate change mitigation and adaptation. I explain the legal principles that could or do provide the basis for judging actors in climate change adaptation. I explain how deforestation contributes to global climate change...
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technology to do this is carbon capture and storage (CCS). China simultaneously presents the most challenging and critical test … for CCS deployment at scale. While China has begun an handful of marquee CCS demonstration projects, the stark reality to … be explored in this paper is that China’s incentives for keeping on the forefront of CCS technology learning do not …
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is considered a critical technology needed to curb CO2 emissions and is envisioned by … the International Energy Agency (IEA) as an integral part of least-cost greenhouse gas mitigation policy. In this paper …, we assess the extent to which CCS and R&D in CCS technology are indeed part of a socially efficient solution to the …
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One of the most critical questions facing humanity today is: 'What will it take to avoid dangerous climate change'? This questions is at the forefront of negotiation currently being undertaken by the international community concerning a new intentional regime with respect to climate change. The...
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When and if the United States chooses to implement a greenhouse gas reduction program, it will be necessary to decide whether carbon sequestration policies - such as those that promote forestation and discourage deforestation - should be part of the domestic portfolio of compliance activities....
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As GHG emissions did not decline as anticipated early of the 1990ties Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) recently gained … to lead to future releases of the CO2 stored. This "non-permanence" must be considered if an environmentally sound policy … is desired. Against this background, the present article analyses a potential integration of CCS in the international …
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We assess the extent to which Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and R&D on this abatement technology are part of a … Economic Review, 102(1), 131–166] to include a sector responsible for CCS. We show that two types of solutions exist: a … renewable energy regime where current CCS technology is only temporarily used but never further developed; and a fossil energy …
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