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1. To add to the report below from Andrew and Dr. Hawkins “Red Cross”
response - see recent non-fee AGU article (“Geoengineering: A humanitarian
concern”) by the identified webinar discussant (first author) Dr. Pablo Suarez:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000464/full
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000464/full>
The IFRC involvement in the “Geo” area is captured in this sentence
from that article:
“To our knowledge, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre has been the sole
humanitarian actor consistently playing a role in these discussions. “
The term “these discussions” seems to be limited to SRM.
2. This additional non-fee article from 2013 and an allied web site
contains rather similar arguments:
https://geoengineeringourclimate.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/suarez-et-al-2013-ge-and-the-humanitarian-challenge-click-for-download.pdf
<https://geoengineeringourclimate.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/suarez-et-al-2013-ge-and-the-humanitarian-challenge-click-for-download.pdf>
It seems entirely reasonable that the world’s main respondent on local
disasters would put effort into this difficult ethical topic. Good for them to
be thinking ahead.
3. So there is a considerable history of IFRC involvement in
Geoengineering - hopefully including some on CDR. I hope Dr. Suarez (cc’d) can
tell us what this IFRC Centre has also done or should be done on the CDR side
of Geo. I haven’t found anything at: http://www.climatecentre.org/
<http://www.climatecentre.org/> .
Ron
> On Mar 29, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Hawkins, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Red Cross
>
> Typed on tiny keyboard. Caveat lector.
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2017, at 4:18 PM, Alan Robock <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> What is IFRC?
>>
>> Alan Robock
>>
>> Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor
>> Department of Environmental Sciences
>> Rutgers University
>> 14 College Farm Road
>> New Brunswick, NJ 08901
>>
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> http://envsci.rutgers.edu/~robock <http://envsci.rutgers.edu/~robock>
>> http://twitter.com/AlanRobock <http://twitter.com/AlanRobock>
>> ☮ Watch my 18 min TEDx talk at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsrEk1oZ-54
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsrEk1oZ-54>
>> Sent from my iPhone. +1-732-881-1610
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Video at https://youtu.be/2oVnasx6hAo <https://youtu.be/2oVnasx6hAo>
>>> http://www.climatecentre.org/news/836/heavily-attended-webinar-marks-early-ifrc-engagement-with-issue-of-geoengineering
>>>
>>> <http://www.climatecentre.org/news/836/heavily-attended-webinar-marks-early-ifrc-engagement-with-issue-of-geoengineering>
>>>
>>> Heavily attended webinar marks early IFRC engagement with issue of
>>> geoengineering
>>>
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://www.climatecentre.org/news/836/heavily-attended-webinar-marks-early-ifrc-engagement-with-issue-of-geoengineering&t=Climate%20Centre>
>>>
>>> <https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.climatecentre.org&text=The%20IFRC%20Friday%20convened%20a%20webinar%20on%20geoengineering%20a..%20https://goo.gl/pjuuYB>
>>>
>>> <mailto:?subject=Climate%20Centre:%20Heavily%20attended%20webinar%20marks%20early%20IFRC%20engagement%20with%20issue%20of%20geoengineering&body=The%20IFRC%20Friday%20convened%20a%20webinar%20on%20geoengineering%20and%20the%20implications%20for%20the%20humanitarian%20sector%20attended%20by%20some%20600%20people%20online%20as%20part%20of%20its%20%E2%80%98Solferino%20Academy%E2%80%99%20initiative%20designed%20to%20anticipate%20and%20adapt%20to%20global%20c..%20Read%20more:%20http://www.climatecentre.org/news/836/heavily-attended-webinar-marks-early-ifrc-engagement-with-issue-of-geoengineering>
>>> 21/02/2017 - by the Climate Centre
>>>
>>> The IFRC Friday convened a webinar on geoengineering
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVnasx6hAo> and the implications for the
>>> humanitarian sector attended by some 600 people online as part of its
>>> ‘Solferino Academy’ initiative designed to anticipate and adapt to global
>>> change.
>>>
>>> Among the ‘Climate Futures’ series, it was the IFRC’s first major public
>>> engagement on the subject of geoengineering – the large-scale intervention
>>> in the Earth’s climate in an effort to limit adverse effects of climate
>>> change.
>>>
>>> It featured Dr David Keith, a professor of applied physics at Harvard
>>> University’s School of Engineering, and Dr Pablo Suarez, Climate Centre
>>> Associate Director of Research and Innovation.
>>>
>>> The discussions encompassed ideas presented in a new paper entitled
>>> Geoengineering: A humanitarian concern
>>> <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000464/abstract>, by Dr
>>> Suarez and Climate Centre Director, Dr Maarten van Aalst, for the journal
>>> Earth’s Future.
>>>
>>> ‘Risks’
>>>
>>> “The humanitarian sector can often be embroiled in the manifold challenges
>>> facing us today,” said Jemilah Mahmood, IFRC Under Secretary General,
>>> Partnerships, “but it is essential we also work with partners to understand
>>> the changing nature of risk, vulnerability and the future of human need.
>>>
>>> “Geoengineering may be seen as presenting some potentially valuable options
>>> for humankind, but it will also probably pose risks – particularly for
>>> communities who are already vulnerable.
>>>
>>> “We need to try to understand how we can ensure an inclusive approach to
>>> the exploration of geoengineering so that it does not disadvantage people
>>> struggling against the effects of climate change and other challenges.”
>>>
>>> Shaun Hazeldine, who leads on innovation in the IFRC’s Policy, Strategy and
>>> Knowledge Department, added: “The velocity and scope with which change is
>>> occurring throughout the world and its pervasive impacts are unprecedented.
>>>
>>> “It’s essential the humanitarian sector is able to work with partners in
>>> academia, the private sector and other actors to understand the
>>> opportunities and risks ahead, so we can be adequately prepared for the
>>> challenges of the future.”
>>>
>>> ‘Worst outcomes’
>>>
>>> Dr Suarez, who has been tracking the academic and policy debate on
>>> geoengineering since 2009, earlier took part in apanel discussion
>>> <http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/100018732> in New York for the launch of
>>> the Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative
>>> <https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/programs/ccgg/index.html>.
>>>
>>> He and Dr van Aalst argue in their paper that “early engagement by the
>>> sector is imperative to ensure that humanitarian considerations are
>>> integrated into policy decisions” on geoengineering.
>>>
>>> “Those who could suffer the worst outcomes need to be involved,” they say.
>>>
>>> The paper also explores the humanitarian dimensions of geoengineering,
>>> specifically relating to the management of solar radiation, and discusses
>>> how to improve links between science, policy and humanitarian practice.
>>>
>>> It raises concerns about what the authors call “predatory geoengineering”
>>> in which powerful actors pursue climate goals that would help them but harm
>>> others, especially vulnerable communities, and proposes a “geoengineering
>>> risk-management framework” to protect the most vulnerable.
>>>
>>>
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