Interesting how seemingly confident the author is of potentially adverse impacts of iron fertilization. How would the harm be identified and proven? There are ways to work at determining if fertilization would work, but how would the damage done be figured out in a convincing way? Lots could be asserted, but what could be proven? Sure there are differences, but does that make it harmful?
Mike On 12/5/13 7:50 PM, "Andrew Lockley" <[email protected]> wrote: > http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=90834 > 01 > > Implications of Current Developments in International Liability for the > Practice of Marine Geo-engineering Activities > > Jung-Eun KIM * > > Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Republic of > Korea [email protected] > > Abstract > > Ocean fertilization was first introduced as a carbon dioxide mitigation > technique in the 1980s. However, its effectiveness to slow down climate change > is uncertain and it is expected to damage the marine environment. > Consequently, international law, including the London Convention/Protocol and > the Convention on Biological Diversity, limits this activity to scientific > research purposes. The applicability and scope of existing treaties for > regulating this activity have been reviewed within international legal > systems, in particular within the London Protocol. The establishment of a > liability regime with respect to these activities has also been raised during > a discussion on regulation of ocean fertilization under the London Protocol. > One of the key purposes of the liability regime could be to make ocean users > more cautious when exploring and exploiting the oceans through charging > cleaning costs or imposing compensation for damage. This paper aims to > identify such a preventative effect of the international liability regime, in > particular, state liability. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
