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Navigating Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: From Science to Regulation
September 19
Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) Law & Policy Symposium flyer
Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) Law & Policy Symposium
Join us for an overview of existing mCDR legal and policy frameworks and what may be needed to facilitate responsible mCDR research and deployment in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
DATE
September 19, 2025, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
LOCATION
University of Washington CoMotion Idea Lab in Fluke Hall, 4000 NE Mason Rd, Seattle, WA 98195
WHO
This event is of most interest to scientists, regulatory and legal experts, policymakers (tribal, federal, state and municipal), NGOs and technology developers, researchers, coastal constituents and students, but everyone with an interest in mCDR is welcome.
Please register your in-person attendance before September 12, 2025.
WHAT
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University is hosting a one-day symposium in New York City. The symposium will explore legal and policy issues associated with mCDR activities that aim to increase safe uptake and storage of carbon dioxide in the ocean.
Resources to help those less familiar with mCDR engage comfortably in the day’s discussions.
CAN’T MAKE IT TO NYC FOR THE MAIN EVENT? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!
Join our Washington Learning Hub in Seattle to watch the NYC presentations together and ask questions of NYC panelists, connect with local mCDR community members, and engage in regionally relevant discussions. Attend as much of the NYC programming as you like, but be sure to arrive by 2 p.m, when our focus will shift to mCDR activities in the Salish Sea, kicked off by a hybrid conversation with in-person participants in Victoria, BC.
This event is free thanks to generous support from the National Sea Grant Law Center, Carbon To Sea, and Banyu Carbon, but registration is required. Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day; note that there is no break in the NYC symposium schedule for meals.
Seattle Schedule
7:45 a.m. Doors open; coffee/tea and light breakfast buffet
8:00 a.m. Welcome and introductions
8:15 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. NYC Symposium panel sessions (remote; see session descriptions and panelists):
- 8:15-9:15 a.m. The State of the Science and Social Science on mCDR
- 9:30-10:30 a.m. mCDR and Other Ocean Users
- 10:45 a.m.-12 p.m. International Governance of mCDR
- 12:15-1:45 p.m. U.S. Domestic Law and Policy on mCDR
11:30 a.m.Lunch
2:15 p.m.Salish Sea Session: Operating in Shared Waters (hybrid)
This conversational session between Seattle and Victoria BC participants will consider what it means to conduct ‘safe and responsible’ carbon dioxide removal in the Salish Sea and surrounding waters, which flow freely across the US-Canada border and have been home to sovereign Tribes and First Nations since Time Immemorial. Panelists will share perspectives and lessons from ongoing efforts, including Ebb Carbon’s commercial ocean alkalinity enhancement pilot in Port Angeles, WA, and Ocean Network Canada’s Solid Carbon New Frontiers research project off the coast of Vancouver Island.
GUEST EXPERTS
- Giulia Belotti, University of British Columbia
- Kyla Westphal, Ebb Carbon
- Terre Satterfield, University of British Columbia
- Kohen Bauer, Ocean Networks Canada
- Devin Todd, Ocean Networks Canada
- Maia Hoeberechts, Ocean Networks Canada
- Moderator: Meg Chadsey, Washington Sea Grant
4:00 p.m. Rooftop social hour (weather permitting)
Special thanks to UW CoMotion
CONTACT US
If you have questions or difficulties registering, please contact Meg Chadsey at mchadsey@uw.edu