The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need for a Human Rights-Based Component
Wil Burns, The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need for a Human Rights Component, CIGI Papers No. 111, Centre for International Governance Innovation (Nov. 2016)
44 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last revised: 8 Nov 2017
Date Written: October 15, 2016
Abstract
This paper argues that climate geoengineering should be governed using a human rights based approach under the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Keywords: climate change, climate geoengineering, carbon dioxide removal, bioenergy, bioenergy and carbon capture and storage, BECCS, human rights law, Paris Agreement
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Burns, William C.G., The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need for a Human Rights-Based Component (October 15, 2016). Wil Burns, The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need for a Human Rights Component, CIGI Papers No. 111, Centre for International Governance Innovation (Nov. 2016), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2872529
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