Transitioning from theory to practice. So long as SRM (and, for that matter, CDR at climate changing scale) is confined to modelling and conceptual discussion it will remain a marginal academic research activity. If SRM, in whatever form, at whatever scale, and alongside whatever other approaches to managing climate change, is to gain policy traction, a way must be found to begin small scale low risk empirical research. For SRM to go directly from the computer model to large scale deployment is unimaginably risky, so a politically viable route from theory to the acquisition of the empirical data on which to make sound policy decisions about the role that SRM might play, has to be a top priority. Addressing this challenge requires reframing climate change as a situation to be managed rather than a problem to be solved, and SRM as one possible tool, along with many others, that might add value in that process. Abandon talk of magic bullets and emergency response and whenever the risks of SRM are discussed, do so relative to the risks of no SRM. Think in terms of heuristics and complex adaptive systems - multiple parallel small scale incremental low risk steps, adapting both to incremental knowledge and to developing societal perceptions of climate change and the responses to it - learning by doing. It is very risky to throw a child into the deep end, but the slow transition from the baby to the Olympic pool is perfectly manageable if taken gradually as the child grows and acquires new skills along the way; and there is always the option to quit the pool altogether at any stage and head for the racetrack or the velodrome if the evidence suggests that that the pool is not going to be a source of joy.
Robert Chris Visiting Fellow POLIS The Open University UK [email protected] On Monday, 11 August 2014 22:36:11 UTC+1, kcaldeira wrote: > > Folks, > > I was in error. I am in part of an opening panel at CEC14 (not keynote > talk). > > Your responses will help inform our discussion but will not feed into a > keynote talk. > > Best, > > Ken > > > _______________ > Ken Caldeira > > Carnegie Institution for Science > Dept of Global Ecology > 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA > +1 650 704 7212 [email protected] <javascript:> > http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab > https://twitter.com/KenCaldeira > > Assistant: Dawn Ross <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 2:23 AM, Parminder Singh <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> There seems little concern about our oceans like sea-level rises and >> acidification leading to loss of marine life etc. Building the >> infrastructure like coastal defenses which countries are likely to do cost >> alot of money and doesn't the problem. >> >> Regards, >> >> Parminder Singh >> Malaysia >> >> >> On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 2:27:28 AM UTC+8, kcaldeira wrote: >> >>> Folks, >>> >>> I am supposed to give a keynote talk at CEC14 in two weeks. For this >>> talk, I would like to try to develop a list of research problems in solar >>> geoengineering and a list of suspect memes. For this email thread, I would >>> like to ask >>> >>> 1a. What is an important tractable research problems in solar >>> geoengineering? >>> >>> 1b. Why is this problem important? >>> >>> 1c. What can be done to address this problem? >>> >>> Thoughtful responses would be most appreciated. If you want to start >>> discussion about a research topic, please do so in a separate thread so >>> that this thread can be easily used to develop a list. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> _______________ >>> Ken Caldeira >>> >>> Carnegie Institution for Science >>> Dept of Global Ecology >>> 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA >>> +1 650 704 7212 [email protected] >>> http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab >>> https://twitter.com/KenCaldeira >>> >>> Assistant: Dawn Ross <[email protected]> >>> >>> > -- 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/d/optout.
