September 21, 2021
ROUNDTABLE: Domestic Legal Frameworks for Ocean CDR
Moderator: Romany Webb, Associate Research Scholar, Sabin Center at Columbia Law School
- Korey Silverman-Roati, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
- Alexander Proelss, University of Hamburg School of Law
- Lei Zhang, Shandong University of Science and Technology
- Keyuan Zou, Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire
ROUNDTABLE: Ocean CDR Business and Investment: What the Law and Policy Community Needs to Know
Moderator: Paul Holthus, Founding President & CEO, World Ocean Council
- Gaurav Sant, Co-Founder, SeaChange
- Mike Kelland, CEO, Planetary Hydrogen
- Phil Kithil, Founder and CEO, Ocean-based
- Marc von Keitz, Director, Oceans, Grantham
- Marty Odlin, CEO, Running Tide
- Ryan Orbuch, Procurement Lead, Stripe Climate
PANEL: Exploring Intersections Between Public Engagement and Justice in Ocean-based CDR
Moderator & Panelist: Elisa Graffy, Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society and in the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO), Arizona State University.
- Brad Warren, Global Ocean Health program, National Fisheries Conservation Center
- Wil Burns, Visiting Professor, Environmental Policy & Culture Program, Northwestern University
PRESENTATION: Research Governance for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal
Presenters:
- Rebecca Loomis, Legal Fellow, Oceans Division, Nature Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Simon Engler, J.D. Candidate, Yale Law School
September 22, 2021
PANEL: International Regulation of Ocean CDR Options
Panelists:
· Kerryn Brent, Lecturer, Adelaide Law School
· Jan MacDonald, Professor, University of Tasmania Law School
· Chris Vivian, Co-Chair GESAMP Working Group on Ocean Interventions for Climate Change Mitigation and Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
PANEL: Case Studies in Ocean CDR Project Development: Legal Aspects
Moderator: Brad Ack, Executive Director and Chief Innovation Officer, Ocean Visions
Panelists:
- Max Chalfin, Director of Research, Running Tide
- Tom Green, Executive Director, Project Vesta
- Ken Buesseler, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- Alyson Myers, President, Fearless Fund
- Bren Smith, Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder, GreenWave
PANEL: Setting Standards for Carbon Storage, Duration and Risk: Lessons from Carbon Capture and Sequestration in the Nearshore Seabed
Panelists:
- Sarah Cooley, Director of Climate Science, Ocean Conservancy
- Tracy Hester, Professor, University of Houston Law Center
- Romany Webb, Associate Research Scholar, Sabin Center at Columbia Law School