Geoengineering
Gesamtheit aller (technischen) Verfahren, die gezielt biochemische oder geochemische Kreisläufe beeinflussen sollen, um anthropogen bedingte negative Wirkungen auf die Umwelt, wie zum Beispiel die Klimaerwärmung, das Wachstum des Ozonlochs oder die Versauerung der Meere, zu kompensieren, zu vermindern oder zurückzuführen.
The ITLOS advisory opinion does little to resolve the long-standing uncertainty regarding the legal status of marine geoengineering activities. On the contrary, the opinion raises more questions than it answers. ITLOS seems content to leave those questions to others. Indeed, in the advisory opinion, ITLOS noted that “marine geoengineering has been the subject of discussions and regulations in various fora,” including the London Convention and Protocol. But after nearly twenty years, the regulatory framework for marine geoengineering adopted by the parties to the London Convention and Protocol is still not, strictly speaking, legally binding. Perhaps the advisory opinion will spur the parties into action.
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