I would not allocate the money to a particular area of research initially. I would use some of the money to establish a formal geoengineering society with a Chairman and board, a small paid staff and technical committees made up of geoengineers to oversee the meeting and publications. I would establish a peer-reviewed journal, an e- newsletter, an annual meeting, and a committee that operates to allocate funding in the form of grants and to oversee the grants. Members would pay a nominal dues. This is the way most scientific/engineering activities work and there is no reason to deviate from success. The only difference is overseeing grant funding for research and I would be especially careful about how it is constituted to avoid the ubiquitous practice of operating like an old boys club.
-gene From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Caldeira Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 11:08 AM To: geoengineering Subject: [geo] How would you allocate US$10 million per year to most reduce climate risk? Folks, There is some discussion in DC about making some small amount of public funds available to support SRM and CDR research. In today's funding climate, it is much more likely that someone might be given authority to re-allocate existing budgets than that they would actually be given significantly more money for this effort. Thus, the modest scale. If you were doing strategic planning for a US federal agency, and you were told that you had a budget of $10 million per year and that you should maximize the amount of climate risk reduction obtainable with that $10 million, what would you allocate it to and why? Best, Ken ___________________________________________________ Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution Dept of Global Ecology 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA +1 650 704 7212 [email protected] http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab @kencaldeira -- 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. -- 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.
