Hi Folks, The complexity of the oceanic CE legal arena <https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?a=v&pid=forums&srcid=MDE0NTY3NTk0NzY2MTMxMzQ4MjEBMDg0NjYzMTgwMjE2NzAxOTY1NDABSTh5cEVDbkRTeXdKATAuMQEBdjI> is well presented by Prof. Rayfuse. One approach which can be employed requires looking past OIF and focusing upon *contained* oceanic biomass production (i.e. tank and bag farms) and create a sub-treaty organization which works to synthesize the legal language and intent of the treaty organizations and take responsibility for establishing and enforcing strong environmental standards and practices which reflect the treaty language and intent synthesis.
In brief, it may be needed to lead through example, at the sub-treaty level, and allow the treaty organizations time to observe and advise until they themselves feel confident that the governance is working at the sub-treaty level and is worth instituting at the treaty level (or not). At this time, there are no treaty restrictions for a well designed/operated enclosed (i.e. tank/bag) oceanic biomass farming operations...regardless of scale. This sub-treaty governance approach is depicted in the IMBECS Protocol <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m9VXozADC0IIE6mYx5NsnJLrUvF_fWJN_GyigCzDLn0/edit> : 2.2) Political Risk reduction: The core IMBECS technology is well within the current STEM arts and providing the basic technology to all energy importing nations would reduce political risk as such support should be widely welcomed at the public level. The IMBECS option offers an abundant and low cost energy supply, as well as food, feed, fertilizer, freshwater, polymers/fabrics and a vast expanse of new territory offering jobs, recreation and habitation. Strong acceptance at the public level reduces political risk for all policy makers. Interestingly, marine GWM already has a relevant fledgling intergovernmental governance matrix in place. The IMO and CBD are currently evolving language which is attempting to encompass the concept of marine based geoengineering. Thus, this project is an attempt to bring to the table a concept which can, at the practical level, evaluate and test both the contemporary STEM and governance realities of large scale GWM operations while opening a path to intergovernmental and intergenerational global environmental management . This technology would be managed by an intergovernmentally sanctioned B Corporation <http://www.bcorporation.net/> which would have the following functions/mission: 1) Synthesizes relevant treaty language 2) Performs R&D activities and purchases relevant patents 3) Under intergovernmental commission, functions as the primary responsible international actor <http://www.dictionnaire.enap.ca/dictionnaire/docs/definitions/definitions_anglais/international_actor.pdf> for environmental standards, production quotas and operational integrity 4) Enforce production and environmental standards along with production quotas 5) Licence technology to for-profit actors under strict production/environmental standards 6) Provide a high level of transparency to all stakeholders 7) Provide legal defense 8) Provide the best possible return on the investment while maintaining social mission goals Regrettably, most people working on the oceanic CE issue have stopped listening and talking past* open water* OIF and are overlooking the advantages offered by controlled farming of biomass which can and does provide us with a wide spectrum of critical commodities while reducing both atmospheric and oceanic CO2 levels. We must talk and listen past OIF and it's limitations. Vast scale biomass production and refinement, within the STCZ oceanic deserts <http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/media/news/polovinaetal_Feb08.php> and using cultivation confinement means and methods, simply does not have the environmental and governance problems of OIF and vast scale biomass farming would address far more global scale issues than just CDR via OIF. Best regards, Michael On Friday, January 9, 2015 at 1:33:37 AM UTC-8, andrewjlockley wrote: > > Attached > -- 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/d/optout.
