If you ask people what geoengineering is, they will either include chemtrails, or recycling, depending on the context (there was research around it at some point in the past).
>From the point of view of someone part, in different contexts, of groups >trying to get the message across that we should devote research funding on >both CDR and SRM, having a term that tries to encompass both is useful. The AGU draft statement on Climate Intervention (a term I personally warmed up to more than geoengineering, and that I use in public talks, even though I don’t object to it being used in many contexts, such as GeoMIP) reflected this struggle - some people told us that we should keep the two separate, but in many people’s view (and mine) the effort of joining the two was valuable when discussing a common (research) endeavor aimed at managing climate risk in a more comprehensive way that goes behind “we should reduce emissions, and only political will/capitalism is preventing us from doing it”and tries to think “what to do if we are at risk of passing dangerous risk thresholds for which zero emissions won’t be enough?” - even if the challenges are very different in many cases. These discussions can be extremely interesting (I found Ken’s response here very enlightening and good, even if I disagree with it!) - I just wish some would tone-police other people way less over the terms they decide to use! > On 13 Feb 2023, at 15:02, David desJardins <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't really understand why it's important to people to include CDR as a > form of geoengineering. What's behind this fight? I suspect that a majority > would not include it in that term. If we're going to have a fight about > "established nomenclature", I'd like to see some data. >> > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAP%3DxTqP4V7hsPWsc1UYZUt4%2BxHUyU8o0%2BmvqY2fZbjRq0Wxodw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAP%3DxTqP4V7hsPWsc1UYZUt4%2BxHUyU8o0%2BmvqY2fZbjRq0Wxodw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/84BDE4D4-44EF-4CA9-ABD8-6EB809DC2308%40gmail.com.
