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Report on African perspectives on Governance of Solar Radiation Management Research published The African Academy of Sciences has published a report on the perspectives of African Scientists and other stakeholders on solar radiation management research governance . The report is a result of a major workshop held on June 27th 2012 at the Hotel Ngor Diarama, Dakar, Senegal. (Right click on the title to downloard the full PDF version)" Governance of Solar Radiation Management Research: African perspectives. The African perspective on governance of SRM research meeting brought together a total of 47 participants; 43 from 11 different African countries, and a participant each from Austria, USA, UK and Canada. Topics discussed at the meeting included the science of SRM, environmental geopolitics, African climate impacts and policies, SRM research and governance, and possible next steps after this first meeting. After very fruitful deliberations, participants agreed on the following: ● It is not yet conclusive as to whether SRM will be beneficial or harmful ● Africa should be actively involved in deliberations on geoengineering and make relevant input into the development of technologies such as SRM and that can be effective if the capacity of African scientists and research centres are adequately enhanced. ● Engagement with SRM should be through existing institutions (such as universities, research groups, and other related institutions) instead of introducing new ones to implement SRM research and governance initiatives. ● African research institutions should be the primary representatives of Africa in international research and give a more prominent role to African scientists and policy makers. ● It is important to adopt a “bottom-up” approach in the national engagement of stakeholders in SRM research governance (i.e. both political leaders and citizens). ● The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and other related national academies should be committed to work in the generation and dissemination of information on SRM governance. ● The establishment, possibly convened by AAS, of a pan-African expert group, centre or department on climate change policy that could in part focus on SRM and possibly provide recommendations on geoengineering and to disseminate information to African colleagues. It was proposed that the African Academy of Sciences should explore ways forward for African engagement with SRM science and governance, and continue to liaise with SRMGI to maintain and strengthen international relations on the topic. -- 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.
