Examining the Role of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal in Combating Climate Change

When
September 30, 2024 12:00 pm — 1:30 pm
Where
Webinar Only

An ELI Members Webinar

Combating climate change requires not only the rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but also the removal of significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, perhaps as much as 10–15 billion tons annually by 2050. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) comes in many different forms, such as direct air capture and soil carbon sequestration.  But given that the world’s oceans take up approximately 40 times more carbon dioxide than land and atmospheric sources, many climate scientists and policymakers are focusing on the potentially important role of large-scale use of emerging ocean-based techniques, often referred to as marine CDR (mCDR), within a CDR portfolio.

Among the many challenges of scaling up mCDR are critical considerations of governance and regulation. In the United States, mCDR in domestic waters is governed by a patchwork of laws and regulations, many of which may not be best suited for widespread deployment. There are also major uncertainties concerning the regulation of mCDR in the open oceans, where international treaty regimes have struggled to develop coherent rules for governance.

Join the Environmental Law Institute and our expert panel to learn about the issues, challenges, and opportunities for large-scale mCDR deployment.

Panelists:
Meghan Gavin, Partner, Cascadia Law Group, Moderator
Wil Burns, Founding Co-Director, Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, American University; Associate Director, Environmental Policy & Culture Program, Northwestern University
Douglas Edwards, General Counsel and Head of Operations, Vesta; Adjunct Faculty, Colorado Law
Romany Webb, Research Scholar, Columbia Law School; Deputy Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School

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