Human Rights Dimensions of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: A Framework for Climate Justice in the Realm of Climate Geoengineering

Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance Challenges, Ch. 6, pp. 149-176 (Randall Abate, ed., 2017)

22 Pages Posted: 11 May 2017

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William C. G. Burns

Northwestern University, Environmental Policy & Culture Program

Date Written: November 17, 2016

Abstract

This chapter assesses the human rights implications of Bioenergy and Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) climate geoengineering options. It includes a discussion of the potential human rights impacts of large-scale deployment of BECCS options, with a focus on the new Paris climate agreement, and the application of a human rights-based approach to protect such rights.

Keywords: climate change, climate geoengineering; carbon dioxide removal, bioenergy, bioenergy and carbon capture and storage, BECCS

Suggested Citation

Burns, William C.G., Human Rights Dimensions of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: A Framework for Climate Justice in the Realm of Climate Geoengineering (November 17, 2016). Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance Challenges, Ch. 6, pp. 149-176 (Randall Abate, ed., 2017), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2871527

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