Dear Neil,
Unfortunately (from where I sit), it's even possible that some geoengineering options could emerge from the market sector. For example, some of the proponents of ocean iron fertilization, have talked about the possibility of obtaining CDM credits for projects, ditto air capture. I look forward to the book; the other one you refer to was dang expensive but very insightful. wil Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science, Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 650.281.9126 (Mobile) 202.452.8713 (Fax) http://energy.jhu.edu Skype ID: Wil.Burns Blog: Teaching Climate/Energy Law & Policy, <http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org/> http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org From: NeilE. Harrison [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 11:16 AM To: [email protected]; GEPED Subject: RE: [gep-ed] spying on climate change Wil: I would agree. While we and our contributors only looked primarily at the US innovation system and its historical effects (we need to do more research on innovation in Europe), geoengineering would be a 'natural' extension of the preferred tech fix approach that is probably the ultimate tech folly. But that, too, will not emerge from the market (thankfully). As for other climate innovations, we reject the widely accepted market model of the innovation system and propose how many institutions will need to change. We submitted the corrected proofs last week and the book is scheduled to be released March 3. It is available for pre-order on Amazon (and at a much lower cost than my other recently released book Sustainable Capitalism and the Pursuit of Well-Being) but I'll let you know when it is formally published, Cheers, Neil Neil E. Harrison, Ph.D. Executive Director The Sustainable Development Institute (www.sd-institute.org <http://www.sd-institute.org)P.O> ) P.O. Box 423 Laramie, WY 82073 Author, Sustainable Capitalism and the Pursuit of Well-Being (Routledge 2014) more information at <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415662819> www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415662819 Co-Editor, Climate Innovation: Liberal Capitalism and Climate Change (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) more information at <http://us.macmillan.com/climateinnovation/NeilEHarrison> http://us.macmillan.com/climateinnovation/NeilEHarrison. Author, Constructing Sustainable Development (SUNY Press) Co-Editor, Science and Politics in the International Environment (Rowman and Littlefield) Editor, Complexity in World Politics (SUNY Press) Editor, National, Regional and Global Institutions, Infrastructures and Governance, Vol. 1, National and Regional Institutions and Infrastructures. London and Paris: EOLSS/UNESCO, 2008. (EOLSS/UNESCO) _____ From: "Wil Burns" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 10:28 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , "GEPED" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [gep-ed] spying on climate change The increasingly loud drumbeats for consideration of climate geoengineering may prove to be another manifestation of Neil & John's thesis. wil Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science, Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 650.281.9126 (Mobile) 202.452.8713 (Fax) http://energy.jhu.edu Skype ID: Wil.Burns Blog: Teaching Climate/Energy Law & Policy, <http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org/> http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of NeilE. Harrison Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 7:11 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; GEPED Subject: re: [gep-ed] spying on climate change John Mikler and I did not consider this application of technological innovation to climate change mitigation in our new edited book due out next month from Palgrave Macmillan titled Climate Innovation: Liberal Capitalism and Climate Change. Climate innovation for us is 'technological innovation designed to mitigate climate change'. We expect that the US and many other countries would prefer to use technological innovation to mitigate climate change so that they can avoid regulating economic and social activities that produce GHGs. A tech fix is preferred to a socioeconomic fix. Although the US is famed for its technological innovation, we and our contributors show that its liberal capitalist ideology and reliance on markets prevents the US from generating and disseminating climate innovations that, unlike NSA snooping, will actually contribute to solving the global problem. We further show that without improbable institutional changes the US will not generate significant climate innovation and will quite possibly end up importing from China much of the technology it needs to meet its 2020 and 2050 emissions goals, Cheers, Neil Neil E. Harrison, Ph.D. Executive Director The Sustainable Development Institute ( <http://www.sd-institute.org/> www.sd-institute.org - note: website is being moved and will be offline for a few hours) P.O. Box 423 Laramie, WY 82073 Author, Sustainable Capitalism and the Pursuit of Well-Being (Routledge 2014) more information at <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415662819> www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415662819 Co-Editor, Climate Innovation: Liberal Capitalism and Climate Change (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) more information at <http://us.macmillan.com/climateinnovation/NeilEHarrison> http://us.macmillan.com/climateinnovation/NeilEHarrison. Author, Constructing Sustainable Development (SUNY Press) Co-Editor, Science and Politics in the International Environment (Rowman and Littlefield) Editor, Complexity in World Politics (SUNY Press) Editor, National, Regional and Global Institutions, Infrastructures and Governance, Vol. 1, National and Regional Institutions and Infrastructures. London and Paris: EOLSS/UNESCO, 2008. (EOLSS/UNESCO) _____ From: "Paul Steinberg" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:58 PM To: "GEPED" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [gep-ed] spying on climate change GEPers may be interested in this news reported in The Guardian. It appears that the US has a unique interpretation of technological innovation to address climate change: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/30/snowden-nsa-spying-copenh agen-climate-talks Paul -- Paul F. Steinberg Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and Society Professor of Political Science & Environmental Policy Harvey Mudd College http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, & the Arts 301 East Platt Boulevard Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 91711 tel. 909-607-3840 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. 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