FYI. Great opportunity for a Ph.D. candidate to work on some interesting cutting-edge issues at an institution with excellent expertise on the social science, science, and legal sides of the equation. And a nice part of the world! If an American student ultimately takes part, I will likely play a role in their supervision. Please share in your pertinent networks also.
wil [photo] Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment & Professor of Research, School of International Service, American University 650.281.9126<tel:650.281.9126> | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | http://www.ceassessment.org<http://www.ceassessment.org/> | Skype: wil.burns<https://webapp.wisestamp.com/sig_iframe?origin=outlook&signature_id=4628507532722176&t=0.7800051230821168> | 2650 Haste St., Towle Hall #G07, Berkeley, CA 94720| View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=240348 [https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons_32/linkedin.png]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/drburns/> [https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons_32/twitter.png] <http://twitter.com/wil_burns> Weather Modification in Australia and the United States: What Lessons for Governing Regional Climate Intervention? July 30, 2018<http://marinesocioecology.org/weather-modification-in-australia-and-the-united-states-what-lessons-for-governing-regional-climate-intervention/>Phd<http://marinesocioecology.org/category/phd_opportunites/> [http://marinesocioecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Clouds-300x168.jpg]<http://marinesocioecology.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Clouds.jpg>Project outline: 'Climate intervention' refers to deliberate human intervention in the earth system to lessen human induced climate change. Solar radiation management is a form of climate intervention that might be used at various scales to increase the planet's albedo and thereby reduce temperature increase. Prominent proposals include marine cloud brightening and using marine based reflective agents to lessen coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. Governance of research, testing and implementation of climate intervention at domestic and international levels are at a very early stage. However, over the past sixty years Australia and the United States have used law to govern weather modification activities, such as cloud seeding, aimed at increasing regional or local rainfall patterns. This PhD project will analyse the history of weather modification law in Australia and the United States to identify what lessons might be drawn for the governance, public participation and social acceptability of proposals for regional climate intervention. Supervision Team: Professor Jan McDonald (Faculty of Law, UTAS), Dr Jeffrey McGee (Faculty of Law/IMAS, UTAS) Dr Kerryn Brent (Faculty of Law, UTAS) Information: Please contact [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
