There is a "call for participants" in the "Sandpit" in March here: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/ClimateGeoengineeringSandpit.htm
Cheers, John --- John Nissen wrote: > > *_Geoengineering Scoping Workshop - Outputs_* > *__* > *Date:* 19 October 09 > *Location:* London > > > *_Background_* > *_ _* > EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and NERC > (Natural Environment Research Council) under the multi-funder research > programme LWEC (Living with Environmental Change) intend to provide > funding to research within the Climate Geoengineering remit. We aim to > fund research which will allow the UK to make informed and intelligent > assessments about the development of Climate Geoengineering technologies. > > This one day workshop was held to identify the priority themes for > future funding activities within Geoengineering. > > *_ _* > *_Aims_* > *_ _* > Aims of the workshop were as follows: > > * Facilitate networking between researchers operating within the > remit of Geoengineering. > * Identify the major challenges and opportunities for > Geoengineering research. > * Identify potential themes for future funding activities. > > *_ _* > *_Participants_* > *_ _* > A mixture of participants were selected from their submissions of an > Expressions of Interest form. We sought to achieve a diverse range of > attendees to reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of Geoengineering. > A full list of delegates can be found in Annex A. > > *__* > *__* > *_Agenda_* > *_ _* > This was a one day workshop. A short warm up session (see Annex B) was > held, before then focusing on four main sessions: > > * *Session 1:* What Criteria should we use to prioritise the Royal > Society Themes?* *(see Annex C)** > * *Session 2: *Prioritising the Royal Society Themes* *(see Annex D)** > > * *Session 3:* SWOT- style analysis (see Annex E) > * *Session 4*: Skills, facilities and academic capability required > (See (Annex F) > > > *_ _* > *_Next steps_* > > The results from this workshop will provide one input to the > forthcoming Sandpit being held 15-19 March 2010. *Please note that > this date has changed from the date previously advertised.* The > sandpit event is likely to focus on themes which emerged from this > workshop, namely: > > · Side effects / Impacts of Geoengineering > · Reducing uncertainties about Geoengineering schemes > · The extent to which Geoengineering technologies can be controlled. > (Including reversibility, the time between deployment and intended > effect on climate, and the delay between cessation and the climate > response) > · Costs of scheme – v- effectiveness of scheme > · Barriers to deployment** > *__* > See: > > Word format: > http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CMSWeb/Downloads/Other/ReportOfGeoengineeringScopingWorkshop.doc > > > > PDF format: > http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CMSWeb/Downloads/Other/ReportOfGeoengineeringScopingWorkshop.pdf > > > > --- > > Cheers, > > John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
