Dear Colleagues, At our upcoming Thursday 1/11/2024 4:30 pm EST HPAC General Meeting, it will be our pleasure to host Viktor Jaakkola of Operaatio Arktis and Hugh Hunt of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Repair who will be discussing their experiences and impressions of COP28. The Zoom Link for the meeting is: The recurring link (for is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88954851189?pwd=WVZoeTBnN3kyZFoyLzYxZ1JNbDFPUT09
Viktor Jaakkola has been working full-time in Operaatio Arktis for the last year and a half. Operaatio Arktis is a youth-led science communication project based in Helsinki, with a special focus on Arctic sea ice preservation and climate interventions that could help stabilize the climate situation in the Arctic. Education-wise Viktor has a couple of years of Environmental Economics studies under his belt, but those studies are on break for now. Professor Hugh Hunt is Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Repair. He is Professor of Dynamics and Vibrations in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He has been a lecturer here since 1989, shortly after obtaining his PhD in Engineering from Cambridge. He is also a College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Engineering at Trinity College. His principal research interest is in albedo enhancement for climate intervention - "how can we refreeze the Arctic?" Within the Centre for Climate Repair he is most interested in the engineering aspects of Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI). Other interests include railway noise and vibration, gyroscopes and boomerangs, wave power, renewable energy, tower clocks and the vibration of bell towers. Related readings for this discussion that may be of interest: Official "Summary of Climate Action for COP28": https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/mmaccrac%40comcast.net/FMfcgzGwJSKMKZdHrbLsFPvvKQnBRcQf?compose=CllgCJqVwsJtvXwGLQVtvFzJrJjvqGZNWlHcZqDgLpwCSNJbZkwVJplTbQZzGmmwxkkPxLlCcvq&projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 UNFCCC report leading into COP-28. https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Yearbook_GCA_2023.pdf HPAC OpEd on COP28 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWsKif8WBr4DfZoC_ilOQ80hlY8AhJ9L/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116465941111195452408&rtpof=true&sd=true Happy New Year and hope to see you there! Best, Ron Baiman For the HPAC SC -- 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/CAPhUB9CdT0DFtp8uYV0HSajO1DVTdOVRTcR4vp%3DdnwZHXxVfsQ%40mail.gmail.com.
