Anyone working on #marineCDR knows that permitting for pilots is one of the biggest challenges.
The ocean is vast, much of it is unknown, and the history of humanity for the most part has not been kind to it. It is understandable that in the face of multi-gigaton concepts involving alkalinity, biomass, direct ocean capture, sinking, floating, etc, regulators would just be overwhelmed. It doesn’t matter that the total mass of the oceans is more than a billion gigatons, a 10,000 ton pilot is still a huge project to permit.
So we’ve decided to take our accumulated knowledge of international (and some local) policies governing the sea and share it in a blog post. We hope it will help other startups, researchers, and maybe a few regulators, get a clear perspective on what exists and what needs to be done.
We cover frameworks such as the #UNCLOS, the #LondonProtocol, the #BucharestConvention, and more. We also highlight some open databases of permits, some successful mCDR permits, and a list of key people to follow in order to stay up to date.
Though it’s a bit long, we hope you enjoy it and find it useful.
Fair winds, and following seas ⛵
🔗 Read the full blog post here: https://lnkd.in/diX-7ebm
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