Andrew and list
1. Thanks for your https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/14/3954
<https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/14/3954> cite below - this for a 9 page,
non-fee, 4-day old paper that is of direct interest to SRM (Geo without CDR).
I especially like that it was written by experts on governance (but initially
not on SRM), who were divided on SRM itself, and had many discussions on the
topic over multiple years.
I find nothing wrong with any part of the paper. I hope the same
group can continue on with governing CDR (the other part of Geoengineering).
Comparing the governance ideas of SRM with those for CDR should help both
groups - as well as policymakers. I would guess that CDR could now take much
less than half the time as for SRM, even with CDR's much broader array of
options.
This appears to have been conducted very much like a jury deliberation
- with proponents NOT involved in the deliberations. I believe this approach
will give better results in most cross comparisons.
2. Here is a short outline. This is probably less than about 1% of
the article - intended only to encourage a full read and for use by other
technologies or groups of technologies (especially CDR).
Abstract: (see below)
1. Introduction ……... The working group met for five deliberative workshops
between March 2016 and February 2018. The chief findings of the working group’s
report are detailed below. All recommendations presented in this article are
derived from the working group report.
2. Background on the Process
3. Governance Objectives
3.1. Objective I—Keep Mitigation and Adaptation First
3.2. Objective II—Thoroughly and Transparently Evaluate Risks, Burdens, and
Benefits
3.3. Objective III—Enable Responsible Knowledge Creation
3.4. Objective IV—Ensure Robust Governance Before any Consideration of
Deployment
4. Recommendations: Concrete Near-Term Governance Steps
Cluster #1: Create Politically Legitimate Deliberative Bodies:
1 Establish a World Commission on SRM;
2 Establish a Global Forum for Stakeholder Dialogue
Cluster #2: Leverage Existing Institutions
3 Strengthen cooperation between international organizations;
4 Assess and improve capacities for regional coordination and conflict
resolution;
5 Continue ongoing assessment role for the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change…..;
6 Develop foresight capabilities
Cluster #3: Make Research Transparent and Accountable
7 Report on SRM research and development activities in the Paris
Agreement….;
8 Institutionalize codes of conduct for responsible SRM research;
9 Ensure that ongoing research includes international and interdisciplinary
collaboration;
10 Clarify funding streams
11 Develop a publicly accessible clearinghouse;
12 Develop best practices for risk and impact assessments
5. Conclusions The working group argues that SRM governance should begin now.
Some members see SRM development as desirable; some as potentially dangerous.
Whatever the perspective, governance will be required to prompt the careful
deliberation and oversight needed to make decisions about SRM in the societal
interest. The working group’s recommendations establish essential rules and
institutional arrangements for near-term understanding and guidance of SRM
research, they also begin building the scaffolding for effective long-term
governance.
3. In sum, I find all parts of this reasonable for the SRM part of Geo. The
only recommendation I have so far is to hope they can tie CDR into their
recommendations.
I will forward this to both the Google CDR and Yahoo Biochar lists - with
separate notes pertinent to each. For example, the “ before” part of their
Objective 4 seems too late for most of CDR and certainly for biochar..
Ron
> On Jul 24, 2019, at 11:38 AM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/14/3954
> <https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/14/3954>
>
> Abstract
> Solar radiation management (SRM) technologies would reflect a small amount of
> incoming solar radiation back into space before the radiation can warm the
> planet. Although SRM may emerge as a useful component of a global response to
> climate change, there is also good reason for caution. In June 2017, the
> Academic Working Group on Climate Engineering Governance released a policy
> report, “Governing Solar Radiation Management”, which developed a set of
> objectives to govern SRM in the near-term future: (1) keep mitigation and
> adaptation first; (2) thoroughly and transparently evaluate risks, burdens,
> and benefits; (3) enable responsible knowledge creation; and (4) ensure
> robust governance before any consideration of deployment. To advance the
> governance objectives identified above, the working group developed twelve
> recommendations, grouped into three clusters: (1) create politically
> legitimate deliberative bodies; (2) leverage existing institutions; and (3)
> make research transparent and accountable. This communication discusses the
> rationale behind each cluster and elaborates on a subset of the
> recommendations from each cluster.
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