Towards Responsible and Informed Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Research and Governance Priorities

Lebling, Katie; Northrop, Eliza; McCormick, Colin; Bridgwater, Elizabeth

doi:10.46830/wrirpt.21.00090

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“…For instance, in the United States, environmental burdens such as pollution from industrial facilities have long fallen disproportionately on low-income communities and communities of color (Skelton and Miller 2016). Questions that need to be answered include how to fairly share the responsibility of deploying carbon removal among countries and over time (Fyson et al 2020;Lebling et al 2023); how to identify carbon removal project sites and configure projects so that they do not disproportionately burden vulnerable communities and can provide local benefits; how to consistency and credibly quantify, transparently share, and verify information on removals; and whether and how carbon removal projects can leverage skills and expertise of jobs lost in the fossil fuel sector (e.g., from coal mining to mining rocks for carbon mineralization).…”

Section: Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage (Bicrs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…can provide for resilience and biodiversity. For example, DAC is energy-intensive but uses comparatively little land and, when coupled with geologic sequestration, results in permanent storage; tree planting provides many co-benefits but requires comparatively more land and can be reversable (e.g., through wildfires); and some ocean-based approaches have large theoretical potential but many ecological and governance uncertainties (Lebling et al 2022b).…”

Section: Global Assessment Of Progress For Technological Carbon Removalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regulations and governance structures will need to be created and strengthened to ensure that the industry is scaled in an equitable-and sustainable-manner (Mace et al 2021;Lebling et al 2023). Improving existing governance frameworks could include a range of for some carbon mineralization approaches to more than $2,000/tCO 2 for some DAC purchases (Höglund 2022).…”

Section: Recent Developments Across Technological Carbon Removalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The State of Climate Action 2023 provides the world’s most comprehensive roadmap of how to close the gap in climate action across sectors to limit global warming to 1.5°C. It finds that recent progress toward 1.5°C-aligned targets isn’t happening at the pace and scale necessary and highlights where action must urgently accelerate this decade to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scale up carbon removal and increase climate finance.

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“…Stephenson et al, 2018). Ocean based carbon dioxide removal involves complex feedbacks between the proposed interventions, climate response, ecological impacts, public acceptability, unintended consequences and responsible and equitable governance (Lebling et al, 2022). The list of questions above has the potential to be expanded further into more challenging areas of integrating marine and interpretive social sciences.…”

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Socio-oceanography: an opportunity to integrate marine social and natural sciences

Popova,

Aksenov,

Amoudry

et al. 2023

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Marine natural sciences have been instrumental in helping society understand how ocean systems operate and the threats they face. However, there is a growing realisation that the societal challenges related to the marine environment can only be addressed through more effective integration with all aspects of social sciences. Nevertheless, to date, social sciences remain insufficiently integrated into marine research. Recognising historical weaknesses and drawing on the authors’ own experience of interdisciplinary research, albeit writing primarily from a natural marine science perspective, we propose a series of steps to promote integrated marine research inclusive of strong social science. We suggest that changing the perspectives and attitudes of natural scientists is key. The inherent interconnectivity between the ocean and society ensures that nearly everything we do in the marine natural sciences has the potential to influence and, perhaps address, ongoing and future societal challenges. Consequently, a key challenge for natural scientists is to recognise and communicate this in an accessible manner outside their own disciplines. To attempt to address these issues, we introduce the concept of “Socio-oceanography” which we define as an area of research that takes a “whole system” approach to the marine environment. It focuses on the challenges which require advancement of both natural and social science components, especially on those where the feedbacks between social and natural components are beginning to emerge. Here, we discuss its scope, challenges to its effective application and key steps to catalyse interdisciplinary approaches using this concept.

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“…Other bodies, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the London Convention, the London Protocol, and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, including the treaty on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, include provisions relevant to ocean-based carbon removal. However, they were not written with carbon removal in mind and focus on prevention of harm rather than proactive and robust governance (Lebling et al 2022b), so they may not be appropriate mechanisms to provide guidance for national climate planning.…”

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International governance of technological carbon removal: Surfacing questions, exploring solutions

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Riedl

2023

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This paper examines questions about governing technological carbon removal methods, proposes potential avenues for resolving emerging challenges, and explores the role that existing international bodies and processes may be able to play in resolution. It aims to inform research and orient civil society, academic, and other groups focused on supporting responsible scale-up of technological carbon removal, as well as international bodies able to implement guidance that countries may use as they develop plans for technological CDR deployment. Key questions and proposed solutions were informed by a literature review; a series of consultations with experts in carbon removal, international climate governance, and deep decarbonization; plus an expert stakeholder meeting. The goal of this work is to spur discussion among stakeholders interested in, or supporting development of, carbon removal policy, including those working with or in international bodies responsible for guiding and overseeing international climate planning. It is important to note that carbon removal approaches traditionally known as “nature-based” or “natural,” including tree restoration and forest management, are not within the scope of this paper, as they have long been included in climate plans.

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Towards Responsible and Informed Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Research and Governance Priorities

Cited by 5 publications

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State of Climate Action 2023

State of Climate Action 2023

Socio-oceanography: an opportunity to integrate marine social and natural sciences

International governance of technological carbon removal: Surfacing questions, exploring solutions

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