I think discussion on-list will help everyone formulate their comments. My initial thoughts are that the document is ok, but is insufficiently robust. Calling for more research is glib and easy.
I suggest that there's a need for language like the following to be inserted: Dangerous climate change cannot now be averted without geoengineering Deployment will be needed in 30 years or less, if dangerous climate change is to be averted Rapid cuts in emissions will paradoxically result in geoengineering needing to be deployed sooner, due to a reduction in atmospheric haze. SRM using stratospheric sulfur aerosols closely mimics natural processes, and the latest research shows that it is very likely to be far safer than climate change change (although regional differences are likely). Failure to deploy geoengineering early risks catastrophic, irreversible changes in the Earth system - notably sea level rise, which will inundate a large proportion of the world's major cities (New York, London, Mumbai, etc.) causing the largest mass migration in human history (in absolute numbers). Current levels of research are grossly inadequate. Outdoor research has been all but absent, despite serious academic interest in the field for over a decade. The scale of funding available needs to be increased - not incrementally, but by many orders of magnitude. Inadequate funding risks delayed or ineffective deployment, which is enormously more dangerous than the research needed to properly inform the process. Accordingly, outdoor research should be permitted with light touch regulation. Conspiracy theories abound in the field, and scientists have been subject to a range of harassment and threats. Recognition of the need to provide personal security to scientists working in this field should be given urgently; funding must be provided to provide guarding and other physical protection to scientists' experiments, labs, faculties, homes, families and staff. On 25 Aug 2017 01:07, "Alan Robock" <[email protected]> wrote: > The draft statement is https://sciencepolicy.agu.org/ > files/2017/08/Draft-Geoengineering-Statement-for-Web-Comment.pdf > > Our committee is David Victor (Chair), Ken Caldeira, Piers Forster, Ben > Kravitz, Marcia McNutt, Joyce Penner, Alan Robock, Naomi Vaughan, and > Jennifer Wilcox. > > There is a month-long period now seeking comments, with link at > https://eos.org/agu-news/position-statement-on-geoengineerin > g-call-for-comments > > -- > Alan > _________________________________________________________________________ > Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor > Editor, Reviews of Geophysics > Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: +1-848-932-5751 > Rutgers University Fax: +1-732-932-8644 > 14 College Farm Road E-mail: [email protected] > New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551 USA http://envsci.rutgers.edu/~robock > ☮ http://twitter.com/AlanRobock > Watch my 18 min TEDx talk at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsrEk1oZ-54 > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
