For info, Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative is hosting a webinar on Thursday on the governance of geoengineering research under the Convention on Biological Diversity, which you are very welcome to sign up for.
Info on the event can be found here: https://www.c2g2.net/webinar-geoengineering-biological-diversity/ Kind regards, Mark Convened by:* Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2) / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity* Date: *November 2, 2017* Time: *08:00 – 10:00 AM EDT (Montreal/New York), 12:00 PM UTC, 13:00 PM CET/Geneva, 15:00 PM Nairobi, 17:30 PM New Delhi, 20:00 PM Beijing* Duration: *2 hours* Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity have called for “*more transdisciplinary research and sharing of knowledge among appropriate institutions… in order to better understand the impacts of climate-related geoengineering on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, socio-economic, cultural and ethical issues and regulatory options.”* To that end, Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2) is working in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to gather public inputs into a possible research framework, for presentation to the CBD Conference of the Parties in 2018. This webinar aims to inform a broad range of participants about the state of play of geoengineering research and its governance, including views from scientists, public policy experts, civil society and indigenous peoples. Participants will hear from leading practitioners, and will be invited to take part in a Q&A session after the presentations. *08:00–08:10 (10 mins)*—Welcome, Introductions / Janos Pasztor, Executive Director, C2G2 (Moderator) *08:10–08:15 (5 mins)*—Introduction and overview of the Convention’s work on climate-related geoengineering / David Cooper, Deputy Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the CBD *08:15–08:20 (5 mins)*—Objectives of the Webinar / Janos Pasztor, Executive Director, C2G2 *08:20–08:35 (15 mins)*—Briefing on CBD Technical series and decisions on climate geoengineering relevant to the CBD and potential impacts on biodiversity by GE, covers what are the understandings and what research is needed. / Phil Williamson, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom *08:35–08:45 (10 mins)*—Pathway towards reaching the 1.5°C target and current proposed GE technologies / Doug MacMartin, Senior Research Associate and Senior Lecturer, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University *08:45–08:55 (10 mins)*—CASE STUDY 1: Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR): Ocean Alkalinity / Phil Renforth, Lecturer, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University *08:55–09:05 (10 mins)*—CASE STUDY 2: Solar radiation management (SRM) technology: Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx) / Frank Keutsch, Stonington Professor of Engineering and Atmospheric Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Co-Principal Investigator of SCoPEx *09:05–09:15 (10 mins)*—Policy and governance issues related to geoengineering research / Jane Flegal, Visiting Fellow, School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University *09:15–09:25 (10 mins)*—Views from civil society on geoengineering research and governance / Neth Daño, Asia Director, ETC Group *09:25–09:35 (10 mins)*—Views from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities geoengineering research and governance / Speaker tbc *09:20–10:00 (25 mins)*— Framing discussion & Q&A / Facilitated by Janos Pasztor -- 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.
