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Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Alternative Climate Solutions Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment & Center for Carbon Removal at the Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute Despite warnings from climatologists that temperature increases will result in dangerous climatic damage, the global community continues to face rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions that put us on pace for temperature increases with potentially disastrous implications. Panelists: Noah Deich, Executive Director, Center for Carbon Removal Wil Burns, Co-Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment Sascha von Meier, Co-Director, Electric Grid Research info: 6-8 PM PST RSVP here UC Berkeley 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, MC 1764 Berkeley, CA 94720-1764 Thursday, October 22, 2015 “The Governance of Climate Engineering: Polycentricity in the Making?” Wil Burns, Co-Director, FCEA, will speak at the Center for International Environmental Law info: 12-1 PM 1350 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Thursday, October 22, 2015 “Mitigation, Adaptation, Climate Engineering – What Are We Taking to Paris?” – a Global Climate Change Week event A conversation organized by FCEA & the Washington College of Law at American University Wil Burns, Co-Directer, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment Noah Deich, Director, Center for Carbon Removal David Hunter, Professor of Law, Director of the International Legal Studies Program and Director of the Program on International and Comparative Environmental Law at American University’s Washington College of Law Bill Snape, Senior Counsel, Center for Biological Diversity info: 3:30-5 PM American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 Thursday, November 19, 2015 “The ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for climate intervention research” A talk by Brenda Ekwurzel, Senior Climate Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists The talk will be followed by a panel discussion. This event is open to the public, and will be webcast. 10AM-12 PM EST Abramson Family Founders Room, School of International Service American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 Thursday, November 19, 2015 Wil Burns, Co-Director, FCEA, will speak the University of Wisconsin, Madison A presentation on the potential benefits of climate geoengineering, as well as potential negative impacts. The talk will discuss governance issues, including pertinent international treaty regimes and the potential implications of overlapping jurisdiction, the contours of a potential framework for liability for potential negative impacts, and how to address potential moral hazard concerns associated with proceeding with climate engineering research program or deployment of climate engineering technologies. The talk will be webcast. info: Weston Roundtable Series 1106 Mechanical Engineering, 1513 University Avenue Madison Wisconsin Tuesday, December 15, 2015 “Into the Great Wide Open? A Human Rights Perspective on Climate Engineering Governance” A paper presentation at the 2015 Canberra Conference on Earth System Governance, Canberra, Australia Presenter- Wil Burns, Co-Director, FCEA -- 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.
