Geoengineering: in case of emergency, break glass lecture
Geoeng Info
This July our next EngTalk debates the critical topic of Geoengineering. Planet earth is facing an imminent climate emergency, a future of unprecedented life-changing events that need urgent solutions. In the wake of this crisis, what options do we have?
Geoengineering is the large-scale intervention of the earth’s climate systems with the aim to counteract climate change, could this solution reverse large-scale greenhouse-gas production? If so, what are the proposed techniques and are they even safe to test?
Join the debate on 16 July when we welcome Rupert Read, academic, Green Party campaigner and spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion on the EngTalk stage Andy Parker, the project director of the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (the SRMGI) and lead author of the Royal Society’s Geoengineering the climate report.
This EngTalk will see Rupert, Andy and the audience discuss all angles of a debate that affects both humanity and the future of our planet.
16 Jul 2021 / 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Online event, Webinar, United Kingdom
Registration Information
This EngTalk is free to attend.
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Speakers
Rupert Read
Associate Professor of Philosophy - University of East Anglia
Rupert Read is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of East Anglia and spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion. He has represented Extinction Rebellion on national radio and television, including on Radio 4's Today Program and on the BBC's Politics Live.
His recent academic focus has been on the precautionary principle, a strategy that encourages decision-makers to adopt precautionary measures when scientific evidence about an environmental hazard is uncertain. He has also authored many books including, ‘This Civilisation Is Finished’ and ‘Facing Up to Climate Reality’.
Previously, Rupert was a spokesperson, national parliamentary candidate, European parliamentary candidate and councillor for the Green Party of England and Wales. He continues to be active in Green Party politics to this day.
Andy Parker
Director - SRM Governance Initiative
Andy is the director of the SRM Governance Initiative, an international non-governmental project that builds the capacity of developing countries to evaluate solar radiation management geoengineering (SRM).
Andy’s background is in climate policy and he began working on SRM by mistake in 2008 when he led the production of the Royal Society’s Geoengineering the Climate report.
He moved into academia to research SRM governance at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam.
He was a member of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s expert working group on geoengineering and is currently an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK.
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