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Book SynopsisExamining the existing legal framework for ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR), this forward-thinking book highlights potential legal challenges and opportunities associated with using the ocean to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It describes five commonly discussed ocean CDR techniques, including rock-based ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), electrochemical OAE, ocean fertilization, artificial upwelling and downwelling, and seaweed cultivation, and explores the legal issues that different techniques could raise.
This timely book explores the laws governing ocean CDR research and deployment at the international level and domestically in seven countries across Asia, Europe, and North America. The analysis highlights the complexities and uncertainties associated with applying existing international and domestic law to ocean CDR, providing lawyers and policymakers with invaluable insights into areas where legal reforms are needed to facilitate in-ocean research and deployment.
This book is essential reading for lawyers, policymakers, and others interested in advancing innovative climate change solutions. It will also appeal to academic and private sector scientists who are conducting research into ocean CDR.
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction 1 Romany M. Webb PART I OCEAN CDR PRIMER 2 The role of ocean CDR in mitigating climate change 12 Michael B. Gerrard 3 Ocean CDR approaches 20 Romany M. Webb and Korey Silverman-Roati PART II THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR OCEAN CDR 4 Jurisdiction over the oceans 41 Romany M. Webb 5 International laws governing ocean CDR 47 Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati and Michael B. Gerrard PART III DOMESTIC LAWS GOVERNING OCEAN CDR 6 Canada 86 David L. VanderZwaag, Kevin P. Berk, and Sara L. Seck 7 China 131 Keyuan Zou and Lei Zhang 8 Germany 164 Alexander Proelss and Robert C. Steenkamp 9 The Netherlands 196 Panos Merkouris, Frans Nelissen, and Medes Malaihollo 10 Norway 227 Catherine Banet 11 United Kingdom 255 Catherine Redgwell 12 United States 278 Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, and Michael B. Gerrard 13 Conclusion 310 Korey Silverman-Roati and Romany M. Webb Index
