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.