https://www.c2g2.net/asa-larsson-blind/?utm_source=Carnegie+Climate+Governance+Initiative&utm_campaign=92a857209e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_02_15_06_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d7ddd02ed0-92a857209e-[LIST_EMAIL_ID] "There is a need for technology development, and there is clearly a need and we see that in climate discussions broadly, the great importance of research. This is not something that we question at all.
What we do oppose is the direction toward technologies that do not actually target the root causes of climate change and the great amount of resources that are put into what could be seen as feeding into the idea of a quick fix and the over belief of technology being the main solution, also then taking away the importance of the parallel transition of the society toward a more sustainable way of living. We cannot downplay the need for change and we need to realize that the solution of this crisis is a change in societal structures. Of course we need new technologies and of course we also need research, and we need to listen to the researchers. We have extensive research saying that we need to cut emissions and that we need to change the economical structures on Earth, scrutinize power balances, and take action, and they have been saying that for quite some time now. Our fear is that when we now have researchers saying that we might not need to change that much and that we could actually with new technology monitor and manage the whole Earth to the extent of also controlling the atmosphere. For me that is not learning from what researchers have been saying what we need to do now, that we need to take a step back, to find a way back to respect the boundaries of Earth, that we have overused the world’s resources, we have overexploited for too long, and that is what has been putting us into this climate crisis. It is the mindset of humans entitled to control everything on earth and not needing to respect the Earth’s boundaries. Whatever we do now should be guided by the principle and the guiding question: Is this a measure that will help get us back on-track in respecting the boundaries of the Earth’s resources, even if it is in the long term? I don’t see that this kind of technology does that actually. GR So, by analogy we shouldn't learn how to treat lung cancer because it doesn't address the "root cause" - smoking? Would be interesting to get their take on CDR. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/316839185.1803069.1676490087907%40mail.yahoo.com.
