This is from...2015. Gernot Wagner, New York University gwagner.com
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 04:36 Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.edf.org/climate/our-position-geoengineering > > Our position on geoengineering > Based on our best understanding of the current science, EDF believes that: > > Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases as rapidly as possible is essential > to addressing the climate challenge facing humanity. > Deliberate climate interventions such as albedo modification should not be > undertaken for the foreseeable future as they present serious ecological, > moral and geopolitical concerns. > Engaging in transparent small-scale field research to further our > understanding of the climate system and the implications of any albedo > modification proposals is prudent and governance regimes should be > established in parallel with the very first experiments. > Research on development of carbon dioxide removal techniques and their > impacts should also be undertaken. > Geoengineering: Why it can't save the day > What environmental advocates are saying > EDF has played an early role in the NGO community in promoting governance > of climate engineering research. Increasing numbers of environmental NGOs > have joined us in this effort, and some of them have endorsed small-scale > research. For example, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) stated its > support for a U.S. government-led SRM research program, but called for > guidance on governance before scaling up. > > Natural Resources Defense Council recently released a statement endorsing > small-scale research and World Wildlife Fund-UK is also "cautiously > supporting" it. Most other large environmental NGOs have taken mixed and > sometimes internally inconsistent positions on small-scale outdoor SRM > research. > > Friends of the Earth (FoE) International and FoE-U.S. oppose outdoor > research, while FoE-UK has taken a different position. At the United > Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Greenpeace International > proposed language to ban all geoengineering activities but Greenpeace-UK > representatives have not taken the same approach in discussions in the UK. > > The most vehement opposition to research has come from The Action Group on > Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC), which has rallied dozens of > primarily small NGOs to its "Hands Off Mother Earth" campaign and recently > launched a website "to provide a space for critical perspectives, building > resistance and tracking developments." ETC has repeatedly lobbied at the > CBD for a complete moratorium on outdoor geoengineering research. > > At the other side of the spectrum, the Arctic Methane Emergency Group > urges deployment of geoengineering technologies as soon as possible to > "refreeze the Arctic," halt snow and sea ice decline and prevent rising > methane emissions from becoming a dominant climate forcing agent. > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAJ3C-06MN_xg%2B7y%2BMMwMXj59S3z9-vYyq-15_QiNsm0PtXrVOA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAJ3C-06MN_xg%2B7y%2BMMwMXj59S3z9-vYyq-15_QiNsm0PtXrVOA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAJK3vz1Y0FzkwZVhTHVoWNV1XdKbEwZ6Da_4VVrZdaX0HqBnOg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
