Ken Just watched this on BBC iPlayer. It was about 6 minutes and you came across well. Multiple mentions that geoengineering isn't an alternative to abatement. Clear that it is a response to lack of political progress on abatement; not all options are feasible and further research is needed. I think those key messages came across well presenting the geoengineering community as sane scientists (even if perhaps a little ecccentric with references to wacky solutions) genuinely concerned about the future of planet contrary to the image put out by the likes of ETC . Doug Parr seemed to suggest that loft insulation would solve global warming. He went on to say that 'some of the things we need to do to tackle climate change are actually fairly straightforward' but sadly didn't explain what they were or how they would realised on a suffcient scale and with sufficient rapidity to avert the climate catastrophe you referred to.
This is the link for those that are able to watch it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0120y31/Newsnight_16_06_2011/ The piece begins at 26mins 45secs into the programme (after Libya and Greece), there is an introduction dealing with sun spots before a studio introduction to geoengineeering and mention of the upcoming IPCC meeting in Lima. Your segment starts at 31mins 20secs. Well done. Robert Chris Open University [email protected] On Jun 17, 5:37 am, Ken Caldeira <[email protected]> wrote: > I was on BBC TV (UK) Newsnight at 23:03 on 16 June 2011 with Doug Parr of > Greenpeace for a short discussion about geoengineering. > > Unfortunately, I do not think it is available for streaming (at least not > outside of the UK). Did anybody see it? > > Just wondering how it came off. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/default.stm > ___________________________________________________ > 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.
