Still current, though. People were recently asking for position statements On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, 12:31 Gernot Wagner, <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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/CAJ3C-07a%3DB4-zMqTcbfaJzb1OH_LS_pQJ%2BAhCeJ%3DH%2Biyu3jwUQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
