It's just info@ On 2 Mar 2016 17:06, "Stephen Salter" <[email protected]> wrote:
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School of Engineering, > University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3DW, Scotland > [email protected], Tel +44 (0)131 650 5704, Cell 07795 203 195, > WWW.homepages.ed.ac.uk/shs, YouTube Jamie Taylor Power for Change > On 02/03/2016 08:43, Andrew Lockley wrote: > > > > http://dcgeoconsortium.org/2016/03/01/announcing-a-new-academic-working-group-on-international-governance-of-solar-climate-engineering/ > > Announcing a new Academic Working Group on International Governance of > Solar Climate Engineering > > The Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment (FCEA) at American University > is pleased to announce the launch of a multi-year look at international > governance pathways for Solar Radiation Management (SRM) technologies. > > Why are we launching this project now? > > A small but respected group of scientists has been calling for > consideration of Solar Radiation Management as a further piece of the > climate change response puzzle, in addition to limiting greenhouse gas > emissions, enhancing greenhouse gas sinks, and the taking of adaptive steps. > > Solar Radiation Management (SRM) or “albedo modification” is a class of > technologies that could lower global average temperatures and offset some > of the worst impacts of climate change by reflecting a portion of incoming > solar radiation back into space before that radiation could be trapped by > greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Proposals include artificially > brightening clouds, increasing the reflectivity of surface-level planetary > features, or depositing reflective particles in the earth’s upper > atmosphere. Such ideas are in the early stages of development. They are > also contentious, given a wide array of risks that accompany the potential > benefits. > > Despite this, interest in research and potential development is growing, > given the feckless response on climate change of the global community to > date and the growing recognition that the world may pass critical climatic > thresholds in the course of the next few decades. > > Scientists arguing for consideration and research of SRM say these > potential tools represent the only known option that can quickly suppress > temperatures, to buy time for other forms of response to take hold. > > It is our observation that now is the moment for the addition of new > voices, insights, and perspectives. As governments in North America, > Europe and Asia consider whether or not to support an active climate > engineering research agenda, the world stands at an important moment in the > broader climate engineering conversation. > > The discussion about SRM is advancing, such that there is little to be > gained by willfully ignoring it. > > With this in mind, we are beginning this new project to assess the wide > array of governance challenges presented by consideration of SRM > technologies. > > What is the Solar Radiation Management Governance Puzzle? > > The governance of solar radiation management (SRM) research and / or > deployment poses both fascinating and thorny issues. SRM options raise a > large number of challenges, driven by the fact that SRM is: > > An enterprise that would have truly global risks and benefits;Replete with > distributional issues;Potentially a powerful enough technology that its > development or use could trigger or exacerbate conflict;An uneasy fit with > existing international regimes; andHighly politically charged, while also > being largely an academic notion to this point > > The Academic Working Group on International Governance of Climate > Engineering > > The project will be based around the sustained deliberations of a newly > constituted academic working group. The group has been tasked with: > > 1. Assessing the existing SRM governance conversation; > 2. Identifying key debates and open questions; > 3. Providing a fresh, authoritative analysis of governance pathways; and > 4. Producing crisp, policy-relevant recommendations. > > This is hardly the first process to look at the SRM governance puzzle. We > are beginning this work by bringing our working group into conversation > with some of the chief architects of prior SRM governance-focused > processes, along with some of the leading academics working on climate > engineering science, ethics, policy, and law. > > All of the group’s work outputs will be posted to this website, to spark > further reflection and discussion. > > First Meeting > > The first meeting of this working group is taking placeMarch 6-9, 2016, at > the School of International Service, American University in Washington, DC. > > The agenda for the first day of that meeting is here. The meeting is > invite-only, with video of the major conference sessions to be posted to > our website following the meeting. 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