Policy and Regulatory Framework

Publication: Book Section
Citation: Bodle, Ralph (2015): Policy and Regulatory Framework, in: UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/19/INF/2: Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Potential Impacts and Regulatory Framework.

Bodle, Ralph (2015): Policy and Regulatory Framework, in: UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/19/INF/2: Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Potential Impacts and Regulatory Framework.

Update of the Regulatory Framework for Climate-related Geoengineering Relevant to the CBD

Jun - Sep 2015

Language: English
Authorship: Dr. Ralph Bodle, LLM
Funding: United Nations, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), International
Published in: UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/19/INF/2: Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Potential Impacts and Regulatory Framework
Year: 2015
Dimension: 7 pp.
Project ID: 290-12
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6.1 Regulatory status at the time of the previous CBD report on geoengineering
6.2 Recent developments
6.2.1 London Convention/London Protocol and OSPAR Convention
6.2.2 Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
6.2.3 United Nations General Assembly
6.2.4 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
6.2.5 Other recent reports and literature
Keywords: Biodiversity

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