Dear Colleagues, Here's where the QR code on Hugh's hard copy from COP28 sent me: https://www.srmyouthwatch.org
Looks like an interesting youth group from the global south seeking to promote awareness about SRM. It seems like we should get in contact with them! Best, Ron On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 5:07 PM John Nissen <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's the chat: > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 21:41 > How many attendees total to COP? > small city...carbon footprint? > Victor, could you describe your personal position on the various forms of > geoengineering (SRM, CDR, etc.,) and how soon would you deploy first tests > if up to you? > Also, Victor, same question for Op Arc group? > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 21:49 > David Keith says he's found no compelling evidence of arctic ice 'tipping > points' > "Research" vs "Deploy".... > > Ron Baiman to Everyone 21:52 > Ani and Hugh's presentation at COP28: > https://youtu.be/IYfiSWVbFuQ?si=ZUAqApv_0BSm6fwv > > Gregory Slater 21:53 > Thank you > > Viktor Jaakkola to Everyone 21:55 > 61 interventions report by University of Lapland that Hugh mentioned: > https://www.uarctic.org/news/2023/10/saving-the-frozen-arctic-a-new-assessment-evaluates-potential-climate-action-measures-and-their-feasibility/ > > Ron Baiman to Everyone 21:55 > HPAC direct climate cooling methods paper: > https://essopenarchive.org/users/673263/articles/672102-understanding-the-urgent-need-for-direct-climate-cooling > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 22:00 > the problem of "Stranded Assets" for the fossil fuel industry > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 22:05 > What happens if the "global south" says they don't want any geoengineering? > How many years of research? > Please define "research"? > > Gregory Slater 22:13 > Thank you! > re: "Americans, get th f*** on with it"....tell the repubs..... > > Robert Tulip to Everyone 22:15 > Next COP is Azerbaijan not Afghanistan > > Gregory Slater 22:18 > yeah, thought that was it... not sure the taliban would host... > > Bruce MeltOn to Everyone 22:16 > Buying time. Thank you David. > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 22:20 > pushing geoengineering in grade, junior, high school classes as guest > speakers? > > Hugh Hunt to Everyone 22:20 > 60th session of IPCC in Turkie https://www.ipcc.ch/meeting-doc/ipcc-60/ > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 22:24 > India and China are still pushing ahead with coal plants, and I am not > sure China is under the thumb of the fossil fuel industry...instead maybe > they see it as still the fastest way to build up energy capacity... > > Jonathan Cole to Everyone 22:25 > when will everyone be motivated to act? when there is no bread at the > store. > But we can slowly grow the motivated group, from 10 percent to 11, 12 > etc. Keep communicating! > > Viktor Jaakkola to Everyone 22:27 > [email protected] > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 22:27 > the well has been very much poisoned against geoengineering, by climate > activists, climate scientists, and, really, liberals... > Where's Jim Hansen's latest bell curve? > > Hugh Hunt to Everyone 22:31 > This is Anni Pokela speaking at COP28 - at the end you should listen to > the question from Martin Siegert at the end - Anni's response is excellent > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYfiSWVbFuQ > > John Nissen to Everyone 22:38 > At Robert Chris, we need the soft power, which could come from young > people getting together and making the case for their own future. > > Robert Tulip to Everyone 22:44 > Hugh, if the fossil fuel industry had actually supported SPICE it would > have happened. > > Mike MacCracken to Everyone 22:45 > Jim Hansen’s latest curve is at > https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2023/ClimateDice.13July2023.pdf > > Leslie Field to Everyone 22:48 > My point with the AGU comment is that it sounds like we’re all wishing > more people understand the need for research testing, and AGU is helping us > to do exactly that outreach. It’s important for people to actually know the > facts, politicians especially included. > > Rebecca Bishop - Gadigal lands 22:49 > 👍🏼 Thanks Leslie > > Herb Simmens to Everyone 22:48 > The dilemma is that absent the kind of very well funded lobbying that > Robert advocated - that I completely with -it will likely take another > decade or two to create the social license to get repair/cooling accepted > by the climate decision makers…and the likelihood that the world will have > the political, economic and supply chain stability to effectively implement > repair at the scale needed > Is next to zero > > Leslie Field to Everyone 22:50 > And it’s important to have the ethical pathway and framework established > to get this done. I do hear you, Herb, re the need to have the adequately > funded lobbying and research. We have to start somewhere. > > Herb Simmens to Everyone 22:51 > Absolutely Leslie! > > Robert Chris to Everyone 22:52 > 1.5 is too high because it's a global average. it masks the reality of > 3-4C increase already in Arctic. > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 22:53 > Define "small scale field trials" and exactly how that would be done? > List of all geoengineering tests currently underway? > > Mike MacCracken to Everyone 22:55 > I spoke at the ExxonMobil shareholder meeting back in 2016 (see > https://blog.ucsusa.org/guest-commentary/challenging-exxonmobil-ceo-rex-tillerson-on-climate-change/) > and by chance got a chance to talk to Rex Tillerson —so before Trump > appointed him Secretary of State. His rationale was that they (ExxonMobil) > felt they had an obligation to protect and provide the right of the young > people growing up in Africa and South Asia to have access to ready > transportation and, in his view, fossil fuels were essential to providing > the young people access to transportation. > > Leslie Field to Everyone 22:56 > NY Times recently published a study from U Arctic to evaluate 61 different > cooling methods. It’s a first round of their assessment, but it’s worth a > read, and they’re planning a deeper dive 2nd round soon. > > John Nissen to Everyone 22:57 > Agree Bruce: the moment that showed that dangerous climate change was upon > us, and therefore IPCC had failed in their task to avoid it. > > Herb Simmens to Everyone 22:58 > Tillerson is associated with the term ‘energy poverty’ to justify > continued oil use. Carbon humanitarianism is a term created by Michael > Clare to reflect that perspective > > Gregory Slater to Everyone 23:00 > yes, thanks ron > > Viktor Jaakkola to Everyone 23:01 > https://www.srmyouthwatch.org/ > > Robert Tulip to Everyone 23:03 > https://www.operaatioarktis.fi/en/arctic-endgame > > Cheers, John > > On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 4:50 PM Ron Baiman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> Reminder of today's Thursday 1/11/2024 meeting at 4:30 pm EST: >> >> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88954851189?pwd=WVZoeTBnN3kyZFoyLzYxZ1JNbDFPUT09 >> >> >> Also per Suzanne's correction: This is the link >> <https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/12/cop28-what-did-it-accomplish-and-whats-next/> >> to the COP28 Outcomes article. >> >> Hope you can make it! >> >> Best, >> Ron >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM Ron Baiman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >> "Healthy Planet Action Coalition (HPAC)" 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/healthy-planet-action-coalition/CAPhUB9D3CS2F9qAN1KcYP_VTVDjFnD4nXpENoBms92ma4NmZYw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/healthy-planet-action-coalition/CAPhUB9D3CS2F9qAN1KcYP_VTVDjFnD4nXpENoBms92ma4NmZYw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. 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