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Controlling the climate? Public debate on geoengineering Location: The Old Market, 11A Upper Market Street, Hove, BN3 1AS Date: 7 November, 18.00-21.00 As climate change intensifies, some scientists suggest the need for a 'plan B' if immediate emissions reductions don’t prove feasible. Research into geoengineering (the large scale intentional manipulation of the climate) has begun, and includes research into technologies that might enable us to cool the planet by shielding some sunlight from the earth, or technologies that might speed up the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but: Would these technologies work? What about unintended consequences? Would the idea of a technological solution take momentum away from the need for emissions reductions? Could geoengineering ever be democratic? Should we attempt to control nature in this way? This public debate on geoengineering will bring leading scientists and campaigners together with members of the public to explore these complex ethical and political questions, to ask: could we or should we control the climate? Further information Google map link to: BN3 1ASEmail: [email protected] Telephone: 01273 678166 Event website: Sussex Energy Group Organised by: Miss Bettina Zenz, Sussex University -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
