Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Gernot Wagner]

It would suggest, to me, to use (the threat of) SRM to push
<http://www.gwagner.com/greenMH> as hard as possible on the decarbonization
front -- and yes, to do the SRM research because, in the end, it's
about trading
off <https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm8462> risks,
uncertainties, and worse.

Then again, I would <http://www.gwagner.com/GtG> say that.

(And I realize now you'll tell me that the letter explicitly permits
"legitimate" research. Sure. Of course, it also directly attempts to censor
<https://twitter.com/GernotWagner/status/1483904926199779340?s=20> the
IPCC.)

Cheers,
G

*Gernot Wagner, **New York University (on leave at Columbia Business
School, spring 2022)*
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 7:40 PM Wil Burns  wrote:

> Yes, there certainly is. I am just not sure why it’s seemingly used as a
> “justification” for SRM. It would seem to counsel just the opposite. wil
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> *From:* Gernot Wagner 
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:37 PM
> *To:* Wil Burns 
> *Cc:* Daniel Bodansky ; Prakash Kashwan <
> prakash.kash...@uconn.edu>; GEPED 
> *Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use
> Agreement
>
>
>
> There's a rather long history of just this, no? gwagner.com/greenMH
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 19:24 Wil Burns  wrote:
>
> I’ve always been fascinated with this frequent response to challenges of
> SRM. The natural corollary seems to be that we’ve ravaged the planet with
> uncontrolled technological interventions that affect the global commons,
> yet the solution for some is more uncontrolled technological interventions
> that affect the global commons. wil
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *WIL BURNS*
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> Visiting Professor
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> Environmental Policy & Culture Program
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> Northwestern University
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> Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu 
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> Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations, upon whose traditional homelands
> Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on
> this land today**.*
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
> *From:* gep-ed@googlegroups.com  *On Behalf Of *Dan
> Bodansky
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:18 PM
> *To:* prakash.kash...@uconn.edu
> *Cc:* GEPED 
> *Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use
> Agreement
>
>
>
> Prakash,
>
>
>
> Aren’t we already in the midst of a huge gamble with the only planet we
> call home?
>
>
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2022, at 7:05 AM, prakash.kashwan 
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> To add to Stacy's response - the question of &qu

RE: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Wil Burns]

Yes, there certainly is. I am just not sure why it’s seemingly used as a 
“justification” for SRM. It would seem to counsel just the opposite. wil


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From: Gernot Wagner 
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:37 PM
To: Wil Burns 
Cc: Daniel Bodansky ; Prakash Kashwan 
; GEPED 
Subject: Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

There's a rather long history of just this, no? 
gwagner.com/greenMH<http://gwagner.com/greenMH>
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 19:24 Wil Burns 
mailto:w...@feronia.org>> wrote:
I’ve always been fascinated with this frequent response to challenges of SRM. 
The natural corollary seems to be that we’ve ravaged the planet with 
uncontrolled technological interventions that affect the global commons, yet 
the solution for some is more uncontrolled technological interventions that 
affect the global commons. wil


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From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com> 
mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Dan 
Bodansky
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:18 PM
To: prakash.kash...@uconn.edu<mailto:prakash.kash...@uconn.edu>
Cc: GEPED mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

Prakash,

Aren’t we already in the midst of a huge gamble with the only planet we call 
home?

Dan


On Jan 19, 2022, at 7:05 AM, prakash.kashwan 
mailto:prakash.kash...@uconn.edu>> wrote:


To add to Stacy's response - the question of "legitimacy" should be put in the 
hands of legitimately democratic forms of global governance. Voluntary codes of 
conduct can be tools for self-enlightenment but not for responsible and 
accountable governance of such important matters as hacking the planet.

And, Gernot, I hope the conclusion of your book is, let's not gamble with the 
only planet we -- billions of human and non-human inhabitants -- call home.
-Prakash
-
Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google 
Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SRC3hyMJ>) (Public 
Dropbox<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0khzymm4o1pyh9s/AACctTBrEI7xYeozEgJIGaeOa?dl=0>)
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights 
Institute
Editor, Environmental Politics
Vice Chair/Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, International Studies 
Association (ISA)
University of Connecticut
365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: 860-486-7951
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Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Gernot Wagner]

There's a rather long history of just this, no? gwagner.com/greenMH

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 19:24 Wil Burns  wrote:

> I’ve always been fascinated with this frequent response to challenges of
> SRM. The natural corollary seems to be that we’ve ravaged the planet with
> uncontrolled technological interventions that affect the global commons,
> yet the solution for some is more uncontrolled technological interventions
> that affect the global commons. wil
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *WIL BURNS*
>
> Visiting Professor
>
> Environmental Policy & Culture Program
>
> Northwestern University
>
>
>
> Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu 
>
> Mobile: 312.550.3079
>
>
>
> 1808 Chicago Ave. #110
>
> Evanston, IL 60208
>
> https://epc.northwestern.edu/people/staff-new/wil-burns.html
>
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> *I acknowledge and honor the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa, as well as the
> Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations, upon whose traditional homelands
> Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on
> this land today**.*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* gep-ed@googlegroups.com  *On Behalf Of *Dan
> Bodansky
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:18 PM
> *To:* prakash.kash...@uconn.edu
> *Cc:* GEPED 
> *Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use
> Agreement
>
>
>
> Prakash,
>
>
>
> Aren’t we already in the midst of a huge gamble with the only planet we
> call home?
>
>
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2022, at 7:05 AM, prakash.kashwan 
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> To add to Stacy's response - the question of "legitimacy" should be put in
> the hands of legitimately democratic forms of global governance. Voluntary
> codes of conduct can be tools for self-enlightenment but not for
> responsible and accountable governance of such important matters as hacking
> the planet.
>
> And, Gernot, I hope the conclusion of your book is, let's not gamble with
> the only planet we -- billions of human and non-human inhabitants -- call
> home.
>
> -Prakash
>
> -
> Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google Scholar
> <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SRC3hyMJ>) (Public
> Dropbox
> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0khzymm4o1pyh9s/AACctTBrEI7xYeozEgJIGaeOa?dl=0>
> )
> Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
> Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights
> Institute
>
> Editor, Environmental Politics
> Vice Chair/Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, International
> Studies Association (ISA)
>
> University of Connecticut
> 365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269
> Phone: 860-486-7951
> https://kashwan.net/
> <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkashwan.net%2F=04%7C01%7C%7Cc0092c59d3e34b8afb9b08d91cdda4dc%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637572560555299765%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000=djJTEr7IBm4jJwhuPlyd5kGwabw2nIGeZFtQ64o%2F4tw%3D=0>
>
> On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:14:44 PM UTC-5 gernot wrote:
>
> I guess that's the question: Is it a "moratorium on research"?
>
>
>
> The short statement
> <https://www.solargeoeng.org/non-use-agreement/open-letter/> clearly
> states none of this should restrict "legitimate" climate research.
> Meanwhile, neither the short statement nor the "extended argument
> <https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754>" defines
> "legitimate." The longer statement clearly states that research leading to
> "development" is impermissible.
>
>
>
> So yes, back to square one: I realize SCoPEx is out (per the "extended
> argument"), but is it OK to fly an ER2 into the Tonga volcano plume and
> study chemical processes?
>
>
>
> *Gernot Wagner, New York University (on leave at Columbia Business School,
> spring 2022)*
> gwagner.com
> *Keep in touch: *gwagner

RE: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Wil Burns]

I’ve always been fascinated with this frequent response to challenges of SRM. 
The natural corollary seems to be that we’ve ravaged the planet with 
uncontrolled technological interventions that affect the global commons, yet 
the solution for some is more uncontrolled technological interventions that 
affect the global commons. wil


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Visiting Professor
Environmental Policy & Culture Program
Northwestern University

Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu<mailto:william.bu...@northwetsern.edu>
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Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on this 
land today.




From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Dan 
Bodansky
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 6:18 PM
To: prakash.kash...@uconn.edu
Cc: GEPED 
Subject: Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

Prakash,

Aren’t we already in the midst of a huge gamble with the only planet we call 
home?

Dan



On Jan 19, 2022, at 7:05 AM, prakash.kashwan 
mailto:prakash.kash...@uconn.edu>> wrote:


To add to Stacy's response - the question of "legitimacy" should be put in the 
hands of legitimately democratic forms of global governance. Voluntary codes of 
conduct can be tools for self-enlightenment but not for responsible and 
accountable governance of such important matters as hacking the planet.

And, Gernot, I hope the conclusion of your book is, let's not gamble with the 
only planet we -- billions of human and non-human inhabitants -- call home.
-Prakash
-
Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google 
Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SRC3hyMJ>) (Public 
Dropbox<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0khzymm4o1pyh9s/AACctTBrEI7xYeozEgJIGaeOa?dl=0>)
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights 
Institute
Editor, Environmental Politics
Vice Chair/Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, International Studies 
Association (ISA)
University of Connecticut
365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: 860-486-7951
https://kashwan.net/<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkashwan.net%2F=04%7C01%7C%7Cc0092c59d3e34b8afb9b08d91cdda4dc%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637572560555299765%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000=djJTEr7IBm4jJwhuPlyd5kGwabw2nIGeZFtQ64o%2F4tw%3D=0>
On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:14:44 PM UTC-5 gernot wrote:
I guess that's the question: Is it a "moratorium on research"?

The short statement<https://www.solargeoeng.org/non-use-agreement/open-letter/> 
clearly states none of this should restrict "legitimate" climate research. 
Meanwhile, neither the short statement nor the "extended 
argument<https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754>" defines 
"legitimate." The longer statement clearly states that research leading to 
"development" is impermissible.

So yes, back to square one: I realize SCoPEx is out (per the "extended 
argument"), but is it OK to fly an ER2 into the Tonga volcano plume and study 
chemical processes?

Gernot Wagner, New York University (on leave at Columbia Business School, 
spring 2022)
gwagner.com<http://gwagner.com/>
Keep in touch: gwagner.com/#newsletter<http://gwagner.com/#newsletter>


On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 2:06 PM Wil Burns  wrote:
It’s a good point, Gernot. Perhaps the call could be re-tooled to clarify that 
this is a call for a moratorium on research also? I think Biermann, et. al. 
make a powerful case for doing so in Sec. 1 of the WIRES article. As someone 
who has worked in this field for over 13 years, I applaud this initiative. wil


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Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Dan Bodansky]

Prakash,

Aren’t we already in the midst of a huge gamble with the only planet we call 
home? 

Dan


> On Jan 19, 2022, at 7:05 AM, prakash.kashwan  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> To add to Stacy's response - the question of "legitimacy" should be put in 
> the hands of legitimately democratic forms of global governance. Voluntary 
> codes of conduct can be tools for self-enlightenment but not for responsible 
> and accountable governance of such important matters as hacking the planet. 
> 
> And, Gernot, I hope the conclusion of your book is, let's not gamble with the 
> only planet we -- billions of human and non-human inhabitants -- call home.
> -Prakash
> - <>
> Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google Scholar 
> <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SRC3hyMJ>) (Public Dropbox 
> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0khzymm4o1pyh9s/AACctTBrEI7xYeozEgJIGaeOa?dl=0>)
> Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
> Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights 
> Institute
> 
> Editor, Environmental Politics
> Vice Chair/Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, International 
> Studies Association (ISA)
> 
> University of Connecticut
> 365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269
> Phone: 860-486-7951 <>
> https://kashwan.net/ 
> <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkashwan.net%2F=04%7C01%7C%7Cc0092c59d3e34b8afb9b08d91cdda4dc%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637572560555299765%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000=djJTEr7IBm4jJwhuPlyd5kGwabw2nIGeZFtQ64o%2F4tw%3D=0>
> On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:14:44 PM UTC-5 gernot wrote:
> I guess that's the question: Is it a "moratorium on research"?
> 
> The short statement 
> <https://www.solargeoeng.org/non-use-agreement/open-letter/> clearly states 
> none of this should restrict "legitimate" climate research. Meanwhile, 
> neither the short statement nor the "extended argument 
> <https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754>" defines 
> "legitimate." The longer statement clearly states that research leading to 
> "development" is impermissible.
> 
> So yes, back to square one: I realize SCoPEx is out (per the "extended 
> argument"), but is it OK to fly an ER2 into the Tonga volcano plume and study 
> chemical processes?
> 
> Gernot Wagner, New York University (on leave at Columbia Business School, 
> spring 2022)
> gwagner.com <http://gwagner.com/>
> Keep in touch: gwagner.com/#newsletter <http://gwagner.com/#newsletter> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 2:06 PM Wil Burns  > wrote:
> It’s a good point, Gernot. Perhaps the call could be re-tooled to clarify 
> that this is a call for a moratorium on research also? I think Biermann, et. 
> al. make a powerful case for doing so in Sec. 1 of the WIRES article. As 
> someone who has worked in this field for over 13 years, I applaud this 
> initiative. wil
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> WIL BURNS
> 
> Visiting Professor
> 
> Environmental Policy & Culture Program
> 
> Northwestern University
> 
>  
> 
> Email: william...@northwestern.edu 
>   
> 
> Mobile: 312.550.3079 
>  
> 
> 1808 Chicago Ave. #110
> 
> Evanston, IL 60208
> 
> https://epc.northwestern.edu/people/staff-new/wil-burns.html 
> <https://epc.northwestern.edu/people/staff-new/wil-burns.html>
>  
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>  
> 
> I acknowledge and honor the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa, as well as the 
> Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations, upon whose traditional homelands 
> Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on this 
> land today

RE: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Wil Burns]

Here’s the result of the SCOPEX saga last year, an example of one country’s 
response to proposed SRM experimentation. Of course, as the piece points out, 
the response of the Harvard guys, is, essentially, “well, if one country 
rejects our experiment, let’s just stay a moving target.” It’s my hope that the 
new initiative will scupper efforts to do this in the United States also. wil

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-geoengineering-sweden/sweden-rejects-pioneering-test-of-solar-geoengineering-tech-idUSKBN2BN35X


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Environmental Policy & Culture Program
Northwestern University

Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu<mailto:william.bu...@northwetsern.edu>
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Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations, upon whose traditional homelands 
Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on this 
land today.




From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
prakash.kashwan
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 8:05 AM
To: gep-ed 
Subject: Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement


To add to Stacy's response - the question of "legitimacy" should be put in the 
hands of legitimately democratic forms of global governance. Voluntary codes of 
conduct can be tools for self-enlightenment but not for responsible and 
accountable governance of such important matters as hacking the planet.

And, Gernot, I hope the conclusion of your book is, let's not gamble with the 
only planet we -- billions of human and non-human inhabitants -- call home.
-Prakash

-
Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google 
Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SRC3hyMJ>) (Public 
Dropbox<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0khzymm4o1pyh9s/AACctTBrEI7xYeozEgJIGaeOa?dl=0>)
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights 
Institute

Editor, Environmental Politics
Vice Chair/Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, International Studies 
Association (ISA)

University of Connecticut
365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: 860-486-7951
https://kashwan.net/<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkashwan.net%2F=04%7C01%7C%7Cc0092c59d3e34b8afb9b08d91cdda4dc%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637572560555299765%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000=djJTEr7IBm4jJwhuPlyd5kGwabw2nIGeZFtQ64o%2F4tw%3D=0>
On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:14:44 PM UTC-5 gernot wrote:
I guess that's the question: Is it a "moratorium on research"?

The short statement<https://www.solargeoeng.org/non-use-agreement/open-letter/> 
clearly states none of this should restrict "legitimate" climate research. 
Meanwhile, neither the short statement nor the "extended 
argument<https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754>" defines 
"legitimate." The longer statement clearly states that research leading to 
"development" is impermissible.

So yes, back to square one: I realize SCoPEx is out (per the "extended 
argument"), but is it OK to fly an ER2 into the Tonga volcano plume and study 
chemical processes?

Gernot Wagner, New York University (on leave at Columbia Business School, 
spring 2022)
gwagner.com<http://gwagner.com/>
Keep in touch: gwagner.com/#newsletter<http://gwagner.com/#newsletter>


On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 2:06 PM Wil Burns  wrote:
It’s a good point, Gernot. Perhaps the call could be re-tooled to clarify that 
this is a call for a moratorium on research also? I think Biermann, et. al. 
make a powerful case for doing so in Sec. 1 of the WIRES article. As someone 
who has worked in this field for over 13 years, I applaud this initiative. wil


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WIL BURNS
Visiting Professor
Environmental Policy & Culture Program
Northwestern University

Email: william...@northwestern.edu
Mobile: 312.550.3079

1808 Chicago Ave. #110
Evanston, IL 60208
https://epc.northwestern.edu/people/staff-ne

Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[prakash.kashwan]

To add to Stacy's response - the question of "legitimacy" should be put in 
the hands of legitimately democratic forms of global governance. Voluntary 
codes of conduct can be tools for self-enlightenment but not for 
responsible and accountable governance of such important matters as hacking 
the planet. 

And, Gernot, I hope the conclusion of your book is, let's not gamble with 
the only planet we -- billions of human and non-human inhabitants -- call 
home.
-Prakash

-
Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google Scholar 
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SRC3hyMJ>) (Public Dropbox 
<https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0khzymm4o1pyh9s/AACctTBrEI7xYeozEgJIGaeOa?dl=0>)
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights 
Institute

Editor, Environmental Politics
Vice Chair/Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, International 
Studies Association (ISA)

University of Connecticut
365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: 860-486-7951
https://kashwan.net/ 
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On Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:14:44 PM UTC-5 gernot wrote:

> I guess that's the question: Is it a "moratorium on research"?
>
> The short statement 
> <https://www.solargeoeng.org/non-use-agreement/open-letter/> clearly 
> states none of this should restrict "legitimate" climate research. 
> Meanwhile, neither the short statement nor the "extended argument 
> <https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754>" defines 
> "legitimate." The longer statement clearly states that research leading to 
> "development" is impermissible.
>
> So yes, back to square one: I realize SCoPEx is out (per the "extended 
> argument"), but is it OK to fly an ER2 into the Tonga volcano plume and 
> study chemical processes?
>
> *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 2:06 PM Wil Burns  wrote:
>
>> It’s a good point, Gernot. Perhaps the call could be re-tooled to clarify 
>> that this is a call for a moratorium on research also? I think Biermann, 
>> et. al. make a powerful case for doing so in Sec. 1 of the WIRES article. 
>> As someone who has worked in this field for over 13 years, I applaud this 
>> initiative. wil
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> *WIL BURNS*
>>
>> Visiting Professor
>>
>> Environmental Policy & Culture Program
>>
>> Northwestern University
>>
>>  
>>
>> Email: william...@northwestern.edu  
>>
>> Mobile: 312.550.3079 <(312)%20550-3079>
>>
>>  
>>
>> 1808 Chicago Ave. #110
>>
>> Evanston, IL 60208
>>
>> https://epc.northwestern.edu/people/staff-new/wil-burns.html
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>
>> *Want to schedule a call? Click on one of the following scheduling links: 
>> *
>>
>>-  60-minute phone call: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/phone-call
>>- 30-minute phone call: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/30min
>>- 15-minute phone call: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/15min
>>- 60-minute Zoom session: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/60min
>>- 30-minute Zoom session: 
>>https://calendly.com/wil_burns/30-minute-zoom-call
>>- 15-minute Zoom session: 
>>https://calendly.com/wil_burns/15-minute-zoom-call
>>
>>  
>>
>> *I acknowledge and honor the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa, as well as 
>> the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations, upon whose traditional homelands 
>> Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on 
>> this land today**.*
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> *From:* gep...@googlegroups.com  *On Behalf Of 
>> *Gernot 
>> Wagner
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:48 PM
>> *To:* stacy.v...@umb.edu
>> *Cc:* Gep-Ed 
>> *Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use 
>> Agreement
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks, Stacy.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Not trying to st

Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Gernot Wagner]

I guess that's the question: Is it a "moratorium on research"?

The short statement
<https://www.solargeoeng.org/non-use-agreement/open-letter/> clearly states
none of this should restrict "legitimate" climate research. Meanwhile,
neither the short statement nor the "extended argument
<https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754>" defines
"legitimate." The longer statement clearly states that research leading to
"development" is impermissible.

So yes, back to square one: I realize SCoPEx is out (per the "extended
argument"), but is it OK to fly an ER2 into the Tonga volcano plume and
study chemical processes?

*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 2:06 PM Wil Burns  wrote:

> It’s a good point, Gernot. Perhaps the call could be re-tooled to clarify
> that this is a call for a moratorium on research also? I think Biermann,
> et. al. make a powerful case for doing so in Sec. 1 of the WIRES article.
> As someone who has worked in this field for over 13 years, I applaud this
> initiative. wil
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *WIL BURNS*
>
> Visiting Professor
>
> Environmental Policy & Culture Program
>
> Northwestern University
>
>
>
> Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu 
>
> Mobile: 312.550.3079
>
>
>
> 1808 Chicago Ave. #110
>
> Evanston, IL 60208
>
> https://epc.northwestern.edu/people/staff-new/wil-burns.html
>
>
>
>
>
> *Want to schedule a call? Click on one of the following scheduling links: *
>
>-  60-minute phone call: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/phone-call
>- 30-minute phone call: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/30min
>- 15-minute phone call: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/15min
>- 60-minute Zoom session: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/60min
>- 30-minute Zoom session:
>https://calendly.com/wil_burns/30-minute-zoom-call
>- 15-minute Zoom session:
>https://calendly.com/wil_burns/15-minute-zoom-call
>
>
>
> *I acknowledge and honor the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa, as well as the
> Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations, upon whose traditional homelands
> Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on
> this land today**.*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* gep-ed@googlegroups.com  *On Behalf Of 
> *Gernot
> Wagner
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:48 PM
> *To:* stacy.vandev...@umb.edu
> *Cc:* Gep-Ed 
> *Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use
> Agreement
>
>
>
> 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):
>
>
>
>
>
> 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 
> 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 

RE: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Wil Burns]

It’s a good point, Gernot. Perhaps the call could be re-tooled to clarify that 
this is a call for a moratorium on research also? I think Biermann, et. al. 
make a powerful case for doing so in Sec. 1 of the WIRES article. As someone 
who has worked in this field for over 13 years, I applaud this initiative. wil


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WIL BURNS
Visiting Professor
Environmental Policy & Culture Program
Northwestern University

Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu<mailto:william.bu...@northwetsern.edu>
Mobile: 312.550.3079

1808 Chicago Ave. #110
Evanston, IL 60208
https://epc.northwestern.edu/people/staff-new/wil-burns.html

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  *   15-minute phone call: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/15min
  *   60-minute Zoom session: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/60min
  *   30-minute Zoom session: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/30-minute-zoom-call
  *   15-minute Zoom session: https://calendly.com/wil_burns/15-minute-zoom-call

I acknowledge and honor the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa, as well as the 
Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations, upon whose traditional homelands 
Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on this 
land today.




From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Gernot 
Wagner
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:48 PM
To: stacy.vandev...@umb.edu
Cc: Gep-Ed 
Subject: Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

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):

[cid:image002.png@01D80C6B.6E695360]

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<http://gwagner.com/>
Keep in touch: gwagner.com/#newsletter<http://gwagner.com/#newsletter>


On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:09 PM Stacy VanDeveer 
mailto: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,

Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Gernot Wagner]

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  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
* (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 
wrote:

> Dear GEP colleagues,
>
>
>
> With more than 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars from
> around the world, we have launched a global initiative
>  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
>  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
> , 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
>
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[gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Stacy VanDeveer]

Dear GEP colleagues,

With more than 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars from around 
the world, we have launched a global initiative 
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 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, 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

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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

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