Governance and Public Engagement for Geoengineering Research: Best Practice and Research Results.

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Governance and Public Engagement for Geoengineering Research: Best Practice and Research Results.

This session invites research, practices, and frameworks to inform governance of geoengineering research. We seek research about public opinion, strategies for inclusive public deliberation, framing for the moral and ethical issues of research, and clear thinking about how governance of research can include, without being overwhelmed by, the moral and ethical issues of deployment. Questions to explore include: Under what conditions are an outdoor experiment appropriate? How do we balance local and nonlocal interests – what is the role of people impacted by climate change who don’t reside in the location of the experiment? How do we ensure processes for public deliberation don’t inherit or perpetuate systemic racism and colonialism? What do we know about how consideration of geoengineering research influences mitigation behaviors or public opinion about eventual deployment? We particularly invite papers from researchers in the global south or from communities at the leading edge of climate change.

Primary Convener

• Sally Klimp

Conveners

• Katharine J Mach
  • Carnegie Institution for Science
• Michael Kleeman
  • University of California San Diego
• Rajul Pandya
  • American Geophysical Union