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International Governance of Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Recent Developments and Future Directions
Romany Webb, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
This paper discusses recent efforts to regulate ocean CDR under three long-standing international agreements: (1) the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”), (2) the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (commonly known as “the London Convention”); and (3) the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (commonly known as “the London Protocol”). As we will see, the latter two agreements have recently been used to restrict ocean CDR activities, even while those same activities are being encouraged under the Paris Agreement. The paper will discuss options for promoting greater coherence in international governance of ocean CDR, including the possibility of using the new Agreement under UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction to comprehensively regulate ocean CDR.
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