Thanks, Stacy. Not trying to start an email BBQ on this list, but let me just say that the words used here are awfully close to those used by those most signatories would describe as solar geoengineering (research) "boosters." The subtle but all-important difference: e.g. Ted Parson and David Keith, in 2013, called for <https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1232527> a "non-use" agreement (moratorium) on deployment, while specifically allowing for research.
And for research, of course, the all important distinction is whether it's e.g. permissible to study the implications of the Tonga volcano or whether even (small) outdoor experiments are permissible. Here e.g. from my just-published book, *Geoengineering: the Gamble <http://www.gwagner.com/GtG>* (Polity, 2021): [image: image.png] In contrast, this "Non-Use Agreement" here, of course, also includes (most) research. All the best, Gernot *Gernot Wagner, **New York University (on leave at Columbia Business School, spring 2022)* gwagner.com *Keep in touch: *gwagner.com/#newsletter On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:09 PM Stacy VanDeveer <stacy.vandev...@umb.edu> wrote: > Dear GEP colleagues, > > > > With more than 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars from > around the world, we have launched a global initiative > <https://www.solargeoeng.org/> today calling for an International Non-use > Agreement on Solar Geoengineering. > > We argue that planetary-scale solar geoengineering deployment cannot be > governed fairly and poses unacceptable risks if included as a future > climate policy option. We are also deeply concerned about the risks that > solar geoengineering development may pose to climate policy and > decarbonization commitments. > > > > We are now calling on fellow academics, civil society organizations and > concerned individuals to sign an open letter > <https://www.solargeoeng.org/non-use-agreement/open-letter/> to > governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and > the potential use of planetary scale geoengineering technologies. > > > > This initiative draws on an article published in WIREs Climate Change > <https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754>, which is > co-authored by the 16 initiators of this initiative. Co-authors include, > besides myself, prof. Frank Biermann (Utrecht University, Dr. Jeroen Oomen, > (Utrecht University), prof. Aarti Gupta (Wageningen University), prof. > Saleem H. Ali (University of Delaware), prof. Ken Conca (American > University), prof. Maarten A. Hajer (Utrecht University), prof. Prakash > Kashwan (University of Connecticut), prof. Louis J. Kotzé (North-West > University), prof. Melissa Leach (Institute of Development Studies), > prof. Dirk Messner (German Environment Agency), prof. Chukwumerije Okereke > (Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike), prof. Åsa Persson > (Stockholm Environment Institute), prof. Janez Potocnik (International > Resource Panel, United Nations Environment Programme), prof. David > Schlosberg (Sydney Environment Institute), prof. Michelle Scobie (The > University of the West Indies), prof. Stacy D. VanDeveer (University of > Massachusetts Boston). > > > > First signatories include prof. Mike Hulme, prof. Sheila Jasanoff, prof. > Stefan Rahmstorf, prof. Jennie C. Stephens, prof. Arturo Escobar, prof. > Hiroshi Ohta, prof. Patricia Kameri-Mbote, prof. Wolfgang Kramer, prof. > Raymond Pierrehumbert, prof. Karen O’Brien, as well as the novelist Dr. > Amitav Ghosh. > > > > We would be very grateful if you would support us by circulating this > initiative widely within your networks. Additionally, we hope you will > consider signing up as a Signatory on our website www.solargeoeng.org, > and to encourage your academic colleagues to do the same. > > > > Finally, please also sign and share with your civil society networks, > friends and family and all concerned citizens the change.org petition > calling for an International Non-Use Agreement for Solar Geoengineering > here: https://www.change.org/SolarGeoengNon-Use > > > > If you wish to contribute your time, please contact Carol Bardi ( > c.costadeso...@uu.nl) > > > > You can follow the progress on this on initiative on twitter: @solargeoeng > > > > Thank you! > > --Stacy > > > > -- > > Stacy D. VanDeveer (he/him) > > Chair, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global > Governance > > Professor, Global Governance & Human Security > > McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies > > University of Massachusetts Boston > > www.global.umb.edu > > -- > 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 gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/2E478E44-DF0C-474E-B7C7-D06756F5F75C%40umb.edu > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/2E478E44-DF0C-474E-B7C7-D06756F5F75C%40umb.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAJK3vz1s7f836_RhAWV6L_hU%2BSBuZq6hsEx79zAp_Dycp2Oh0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
