Ronal Larson
Organization
Larson Consulting
Abstract
This talk will cover policy topics that have appeared on the Yahoo list called ""Biochar-Policy"" (owned by Tom Miles, moderated by myself) for the past ten years. Topics to be covered include:
- ethical and other arguments for and against biochar,
- criteria used to compare biochar against other carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options,
- biochar rankings against its competition,
- comparing biochar with solar radiation management (SRM) options
- policy activities and support in other countries,
- the handling of biochar in the 2015 IPCC conference in Paris and the AR5 documents,
- biochar supportive activities conducted by various governmental entities,
- projections of future maximum biochar utilization
- different possible incentive mechanisms
- relationships of this conference’s policy track to other conference tracks.
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