In recent weeks, there have been a number of publications touting the alleged effectiveness of the iron fertilization experiment conducted by Russ George and his team of researchers off the coast...
https://teachingclimatelaw.org/ocean-iron-fertilization-and-the-southern-ocean-hype-or-hope/
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded in its Fifth Assessment Report’s Working Group III Contribution, “ioenergy coupled CCS (BECCS) has attracted particular attention si...
https://teachingclimatelaw.org/bioenergy-potential-and-tradeoffs-with-food-production/
Biochar (usually classified as a geoengineering option) is charcoal produced through the thermochemical decomposition of organic material at elevated temperatures in the absence of oxygen. The pr...
In recent years, a number of climate change commentators, non-governmental organizations, and intergovernmental organizations have discussed the potential need for so-called “negative greenhous...
In January, the European Commission published its proposal for the Climate and Energy Package 2030, which is slated for submission to the European Council this week. An important component of the...
Feed-in tariffs (FITs) have become a widely used instrument to seek to drive market penetration of renewable energy sources. A recent study concluded that FITs have been implemented in 63 countri...
https://teachingclimatelaw.org/effects-of-feed-in-tariffs-on-renewable-energy-generation/
The folks at the website Simple Climate have posted a really good set of exercises to guide those interested in learning more about climate change science. The exercises includes an excellent met...
https://teachingclimatelaw.org/interactive-climate-exercises/
As part of my work with the Washington Geoengineering Consortium (WGC), I have established a timeline of key geoengineering events. The site facilitates viewing the timeline in several formats, i...
https://teachingclimatelaw.org/climate-geoengineering-timeline/
A report published last year by the European Capacity Building Institute on the record of fast start financing by developed countries under the UNFCCC is well worth consulting by instructors who...
https://teachingclimatelaw.org/assessment-of-fast-start-finance/
For instructors who cover climate geoengineering, Columbia University Professor Wally Broecker has recently published a thoughtful opinion piece (open access) on the judiciousness and potential o...
https://teachingclimatelaw.org/broecker-on-air-capture-geoengineering/