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EXPLORING NEGATIVE TERRITORY: CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL AND CLIMATE POLICY INITIATIVES Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 PM Location: River Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Room 5208, Carleton University Over the last five years there has been increased interest in the role carbon dioxide removal (CDR), or ‘negative carbon dioxide emissions’, might play in addressing anthropogenic climate change. CDR is typically understood to include approaches such as large scale afforestation and reforestation, biomass energy based carbon capture and storage, direct air capture, ocean fertilization, and enhanced weathering. Each of these could remove emissions from the atmosphere, slowing (or perhaps ultimately reversing) the accumulation of carbon dioxide contributing to an enhanced greenhouse effect. Along with solar radiation management (SRM), CDR has been presented as a prospective avenue for ‘geoengineering’ – the deliberate attempt to modify the global environment, in this case to counteract harm associated with human induced climate change. This talk will explore the landscape of CDR and assess its potential in addressing anthropogenic climate change. JamesMeadowcroft James Meadowcroft is a Professor in both the School of Public Policy and Administration and in the Department of Political Science. His research is focused on the ways in which governments are adjusting their practices and policies to cope with the emergence of problems of the environment and sustainable development. He has written on environmental politics and policy, democratic participation and deliberative democracy, national sustainable development strategies, and socio- technical transitions. Recent work deals with sustainable energy policy and climate mitigation technologies such as carbon capture and storage. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
