http://marinesocioecology.org/weather-modification-in-australia-and-the-united-states-what-lessons-for-governing-regional-climate-intervention/
Weather Modification in Australia and the United States: What Lessons for Governing Regional Climate Intervention? July 30, 2018Phd Project outline: ‘Climate intervention’ refers to deliberate human intervention in the earth system to lessen human induced climate change. Solar radiation management is a form of climate intervention that might be used at various scales to increase the planet’s albedo and thereby reduce temperature increase. Prominent proposals include marine cloud brightening and using marine based reflective agents to lessen coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. Governance of research, testing and implementation of climate intervention at domestic and international levels are at a very early stage. However, over the past sixty years Australia and the United States have used law to govern weather modification activities, such as cloud seeding, aimed at increasing regional or local rainfall patterns. This PhD project will analyse the history of weather modification law in Australia and the United States to identify what lessons might be drawn for the governance, public participation and social acceptability of proposals for regional climate intervention. Supervision Team: Professor Jan McDonald (Faculty of Law, UTAS), Dr Jeffrey McGee (Faculty of Law/IMAS, UTAS) Dr Kerryn Brent (Faculty of Law, UTAS) Information: Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] -- 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.
