Dear Ken: You are absolutely correct. Who would have ever believed when we proposed R&D planning 5-6 years ago, mostly directed toward SRM, that it would take so long to even begin to discuss it globally and with government agencies. Thanks to your work, perhaps it is beginning to happen. I am glad to see Brother Kintisch involved. Good luck, Bill
On 7/1/11 5:30 PM, "Ken Caldeira" <[email protected]> wrote: Folks, Please note that AGU policy let's you submit a second first-author abstract to policy-oriented sessions if you are submitting a first-author abstract to a regular science section. Abstract submissions deadlines are Aug 4. So please submit an abstract to: AGU Session U20/Geoengineering Research Policy Potential abrupt climate change could cause human suffering. As such, small scale, government-funded research efforts exploring opportunities and risks of geoengineering, and societal implications, are underway in at least four countries. Modest privately funded research also exists. Reports on geoengineering research policy forthcoming in 2011 include one by the U.K. Royal Society on solar radiation management, and one sponsored by the National Commission on Energy Policy on a potential U.S. research program. This session would offer perspectives from these or other recent major efforts on geoengineering policy, and discussion from authors in scientific fields, history, ethics, research policy and geopolitics. Conveners: Eli Kintisch (Science) and Ken Caldeira (Carnegie) If a non-AGU member wants to submit an abstract, they should contact me directly so that I can act as your sponsor (you still need to submit the abstract through normal channels). http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/ My sense is that discussions of SRM (and to a lesser extent, CDR) research planning have fallen way behind discussions of governance issues and it is time to put some thought into SRM and CDR research planning. Best, Ken PS. Eli want to attempt the following form below which you could fill out if you want to, but it is certainly not required and certainly not a substitute for submitting an abstract to AGU. 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As such, small scale, government-funded research efforts exploring opportunities and risks of geoengineering, and societal implications, are underway in at least four countries. Modest privately funded research also exists. Reports on geoengineering research policy forthcoming in 2011 include one by the U.K. Royal Society on solar radiation management, and one sponsored by the National Commission on Energy Policy on a potential U.S. research program. This session would offer perspectives from these or other recent major efforts on geoengineering policy, and discussion from authors in scientific fields, history, ethics, research policy and geopolitics. ___________________________________________________ This Google form is private to those Ken Caldeira and Eli Kintisch invite, and the results cannot be read by anyone but them. Do you plan to submit an abstract? * * Yes * No * Maybe 2 Sentence description (so we have a sense of what's coming) Powered by Google Docs <http://docs.google.com/> Report Abuse <https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/reportabuse?formkey=dFBLV1JHeWZlVFVNcnZWRW92VEQ3Umc6MQ&source=https%253A%252F%252Fspreadsheets.google.com%252Fspreadsheet%252Fviewform%253Fformkey%253DdFBLV1JHeWZlVFVNcnZWRW92VEQ3Umc6MQ> - Terms of Service <http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS> - Additional Terms <http://www.google.com/google-d-s/terms.html> ___________________________________________________ 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]. 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