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Agenda:
9:00 - 9:05 AM:
Welcome by ICRLP Co-Director Wil Burns
9:05 AM – 10:15 AM:
The Role of Certification in Ensuring CDR Integrity, Part 1
Speakers:
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Patricia
Loria, CarbonCapture, Inc., Vice President, Business Development
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Daniel
Sierra, Puro-earth, Business Development Director for the Americas
This session will include a discussion on the role of non-governmental certification programs in CDR.
10:20 AM – 11:50 PM:
The Role of Certification in Ensuring CDR Integrity, Part 2
Speakers:
This panel will explore the role of additionality in VCM market standards, how to structure MRV systems, and the need to incorporate social implications in CDR certification.
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM: KEYNOTE
SPEAKER- Dr.
Joe Romm,
Senior Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM: Break
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM: The CCS Regulatory Environment and its Implications
for CDR
Speakers:
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Kristen
Hite, Congressional Research Service, Legislative Attorney
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Carolina
S. Arlota, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia University, Associate Research Scholar
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Priya
Prasad, U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program, Attorney-Advisor
This panel will explore various topics including the national legal considerations for sequestration measures,
information on CDR that can be gleaned from data, CCS under the Paris Agreement, a survey of current NDCs, and long-term low-emission development strategies and international coordination to spur deployment of DAC and CCUS.
2:20 PM – 3:50 PM:
Emerging Issues in the Regulation of CDR
Speakers:
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Cymie
Payne, Rutgers University, Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
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Korey
G. Silverman-Roati, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law, Climate Law Fellow
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Ben Rubin,
Carbon Business Council, Executive Director
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Christian
Baatz, Kiel University, Junior professor, Climate Ethics, Sustainability and Global Justice
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Antonia
Holland-Cunz, Kiel University/American University
This panel delves into the role of international treaty regimes in regulating CDR research and deployment, legal reforms to advance ocean CDR research in U.S. waters, navigating the
regulatory landscape for early-stage carbon removal companies, and a systematic framework for assessing CDR policies.
3:55 PM – 4:40 PM: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Is There a Role for Domestic Mandates
to Drive CDR?
Speakers:
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Dan
Galpern, Climate Protection and Restoration Initiative, General Counsel & Executive Director
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Wil Burns,
Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy, American University, Co-Director
This discussion will cover the potential role of domestic compliance-based mechanisms to effectuate large-scale CDR, including the use of environmental statutes, such as the Toxic
Control Substances Act, and carbon take-back obligations in CDR policymaking.
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