Many thanks, very helpful & an important point! The inherent context of the program is that climate change is happening, model simulations are based on various RCP scenarios, and several projects will explicitly investigate the comparative risks/benefits of emission cuts, business-as-usual and potential climate engineering efforts (e.g. "Comparative assessment of potential impacts, side-effects and uncertainties of CE measures and emission-reduction efforts" and "Contextualizing Climate Engineering and Mitigation: Complement, Substitute or Illusion?").
Still, it's very useful to clearly lay out the options, remind ourselves that we cannot do nothing and aim for a transparent risk-risk analysis. I'll make sure that we communicate this better. Best, -Andreas Oschlies Am Freitag, 24. Mai 2013 00:29:06 UTC+2 schrieb Mike MacCracken: > Again, I can only say that I hope the context for the study is that climate > > change is happening and leading to/projected to lead to very serious > > consequences, all so serious that the recommendation is that all countries > > completely get off of fossil fuels that supply 80+% of the world's energy. > > From the titles of the projects, it sounds as if the analysis will be done > > absent the context, which would make very little sense and be of quite > > limited use. What is needed is a comparative risk analysis: global warming > > with and without climate engineering. > > > > Mike MacCracken > > > > > > On 5/23/13 5:28 PM, "aoschlies" wrote: > > > > > A new Priority Program on the assessment of climate engineering is funded by > > > the German Research Foundation (DFG): „Climate Engineering: Risks, > > > Challenges, Opportunities?“ (SPP 1689) – coordinated by Andreas Oschlies, > > > GEOMAR, Kiel. Its first 3-year phase (2012-2015) is funded with about 5 Mio > > > Euro. The kick-off meeting will take place in Berlin 3rd of June 2013 > > > (http://www.spp-climate-engineering.de/auftaktveranstaltung-podiumsdiskussion. > > > html). > > > > > > The aim of the Priority Program is to help constraining the significant > > > uncertainties in our current understanding of the environmental, societal > > and > > > political risks, challenges and possible opportunities of climate > > engineering. > > > This will help to enable a responsible decision-making about CE. Due to the > > > complexity of the topic we will conduct our assessment in a broad > > > interdisciplinary research team. A crucial concern of the Priority Program > > is > > > to involve the general public and carry out the research in a transparent > > > manner. > > > > > > The first phase oft the program will include the following subprojects: > > > • „How to Meet a Global Challenge? Climate Engineering at the Science-Policy > > > Nexus: Contested Understandings of Responsible Research and Governance “ - > > > Barben (RWTH Aachen), Janich (TU Darmstadt) > > > • „Arguing about CE: Towards a Comprehensive Ethical Analysis of an Ongoing > > > Debate“ – Betz (KIT), Ott (CAU Kiel), Visbeck (GEOMAR) > > > • „Comparative assessment of potential impacts, side-effects and > > uncertainties > > > of CE measures and emission-reduction efforts (ComparCE)“, Ilyina (MPI > > > Hamburg), Oschlies (GEOMAR), Pongratz (MPI Hamburg), Schmidt (MPI Hamburg) > > > • „Climate Engineering Impacts: Between Reliability and Liability > > (CEIBRAL)“, > > > Carrier (Uni Bielefeld), Goeschl (Uni Heidelberg), Proelß (Uni Tier), > > Schmidt > > > (MPI Hamburg) > > > • „Fingerprints analysis of extreme events caused by stratospheric sulfur > > > injections (FASSI)“, Cubasch (FU Berlin) > > > • „Contextualizing Climate Engineering and Mitigation: Complement, > > Substitute > > > or Illusion? (CEMICS) “, Edenhofer (PIK), Hartmann (Uni Hamburg), Held (Uni > > > Hamburg), Lawrence (IASS) > > > • „Climate Engineering on Land: Potentials and side-effects of afforestation > > > and biomass plantations as instruments for Carbon Extraction (CE-LAND) “, > > > Gerten (PIK), Kracher (MPI Hamburg), Lucht (PIK), Pongratz (MPI Hamburg) > > > • „Learning about cloud brightening under risk and uncertainty: Whether, > > when > > > and how to do field experiments (LEAC)“, Quaas (Uni Leipzig), Quaas (CAU > > Kiel) > > > > > > > > > The DFG has asked three further subprojects to submit a revised proposal. > > > -- 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.
