Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change Security
Program, Program on America and the Global Economy, and Science and
Technology Innovation Program for a book launch of
Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control
featuring
James Rodger Fleming, Author, Fixing the Sky, and Professor of Science,
Technology and Society, Colby College
Moderator: Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security
Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004 USA
Please RSVP to [email protected] with your name and affiliation.
The archived video of this event will be available within 1-2 weeks of
the program date at www.wilsoncenter.org
<https://email.surrey.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=79a42de22abb4226ab3fed0d8e66cf0e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wilsoncenter.org>.
Copies of the book will be on
sale at the event.
As the international community struggles to agree on ways to address
climate change, geoengineering has garnered increased attention from
governments and scientists. Environmental historian James Fleming argues
in his new book, Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and
Climate Control, that a concerted study of the history, social aspects,
and governance of technological interventions and geoengineering
proposals, both past and present, is crucial to informing the debate.
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“Geoengineering is in fact untested and dangerous. We don’t
understand it, we can’t test it on smaller than planetary scales, and
we don’t have the political capital, wisdom, or will to govern it.
Planetary tinkering is not ‘cheap,’ as some economists claim, since
the side effects are unknown,” asserts the former Wilson Center public
policy scholar asserts in Fixing the Sky.
Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology,
and popular culture over the last two centuries, Fleming reminds
policymakers and scientists of the political, military, and ethical
implications of managing the world’s climate. Based on archival and
primary research, Fleming's original story speaks to anyone who has a
stake in sustaining the planet.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th
Floor Flom Auditorium. A map to the Center is available at
www.wilsoncenter.org/directions
<https://email.surrey.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=79a42de22abb4226ab3fed0d8e66cf0e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wilsoncenter.org%2fdirections>.
Note: Due to heightened security,
entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is
required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
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