WEEKLY SUMMARY (19 DECEMBER 2022-25 DECEMBER 2022)
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WEEKLY SUMMARY (19 DECEMBER 2022-25 DECEMBER 2022)
CONSULTATIONS REQUIRED
AGU Draft position statement on Climate Intervention- Comments Open to AGU Members |Due Date: 9 January 2023
IUGG-IAMAS Symposium on Solar Radiation Modification-Abstract Submission Required |Due Date: 14 February 2023
PAPERS
Natural Marine Cloud Brightening in the Southern Ocean
https://acp.copernicus.org/preprints/acp-2022-571/
A Unifying Theory of Foreign Intervention in Domestic Climate Policy
https://morenocruz.org/foreign
Global Warming in the Pipeline
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2212/2212.04474.pdf
A Parameterization of Interstitial Aerosol Extinction and Its Application to Marine Cloud Brightening
Northern high-latitude permafrost and terrestrial carbon response to solar geoengineering
https://esd.copernicus.org/preprints/esd-2022-34/
Toward Dangerous US Unilateralism on Solar Geoengineering
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644016.2022.2156182
The next climate war? Statecraft, security, and weaponization in the geopolitics of a low-carbon future
POSTS
Arctic Ice Project: We intend to brighten sea ice to make it act like older sea ice
https://mailchi.mp/arcticiceproject.org/research-at-a-crossroads-push-us-over-the-edge?e=17ea76310b
A startup says it’s begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/
Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast | Geoengineering | The Guardian
Climate Changers - The Wire China
https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/12/18/u-s-china-geoengineering/
Dimmer Switch (Controversial schemes to control sunlight and cool the planet get a serious look as the toll from climate change mounts)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ethics and Solar Geoengineering: Justice, Legitimacy, and Governance in a Climate Crisis by Harvard Kennedy School
2 February 2023
GRC Climate Engineering 2024
February 17-18, 2024
https://www.grc.org/find-a-conference/
PODCASTS
Podcast: Can Geoengineering avert climate catastrophe?
By Diffusion
https://diffusionpr.com/podcast-geoengineering-climate-catastrophe-solution
Our latest Dividing Lines podcast in partnership with The Near Futurist explores whether Geoengineering where technology is used to intervene on a large scale in the Earth’s natural systems, really has the potential to combat climate change.
GEOENGINEERING IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH (ETC PODCAST)
By Geoengineering Monitor
https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/2020/10/geoengineering-in-the-global-south-etc-podcast/
This episode of the ETC Podcast is a conversation with ETC Group’s Latin America Director, Silvia Ribeiro, about geoengineering and the Global South. Silvia has been working on geoengineering issues for 13 years, and was at the UN negotiations that passed the global moratorium on deployment in 2010.
The moral hazard of solar geoengineering (rerun)
By IMDb
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt24850710/
Presenting: Catalyst - Solar Geoengineering: Is It Worth the Risk?
https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/o2hm7xl
Catalyst, a podcast hosted by Shayle Kann and produced by Canary Media. The topic is a controversial one: solar geoengineering — the idea that we can quickly cool the planet by blocking a small amount of sunlight from reaching Earth. Doing so could have uncertain ripple effects throughout the world’s ecosystems, so very few climate scientists advocate solar geoengineering. Still, learning about these ideas reminds us, for better or worse, how much power we humans have to radically reshape life on Earth. This episode dives into the science and ethics of it all.
VIDEOS
Implementation and Engineering: SRM (Part 1)
By Ocean Visions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P-9KZ_1uU2TBHvtthBFBHGjUPNDxsmEk/view
Implementation and Engineering: SRM (Part 2)
By Ocean Visions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xroUlaj_D9EVdag8dEkTAeMaJ5sU-w4K/view
A technofix for the climate? Marine geoengineering
By Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Part I of “A technofix for the climate?” presents some of the marine geoengineering approaches with a focus on their risks, negative impacts and potential side-effects, as well as on the question of governance of these technologies.
A technofix for the climate? Atmospheric geoengineering (Solar Radiation Management)
By Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Part III of “A technofix for the climate?” presents SAI as a method of Solar Radiation Management and focusses on the risks, negative impacts and potential side-effects of this “solution” for tackling climate change. These include severe implications for international peace and security.
Managing the Risks of a Temporary Temperature Overshoot
By C2G Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YohtRF6r9Hs
This side event discussed the risks of a temporary temperature overshoot in the African region and explored the role of Carbon Dioxide Removal in the context of a just energy transition to identify opportunities for sustainable development in Africa that can contribute to improving livelihoods while reducing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. The expert speakers looked at the critical role of Africa in shaping discussions around the international governance of solar radiation modification as a possible climate response option that could potentially reduce the risks of warming temperature.
Solar Geoengineering: Warnings from Scientists, Indigenous Peoples and Climate Activists
By ETC Group
Greta Thunberg, Vandana Shiva, Tom Goldtooth, Naomi Klein, Åsa Larsson Blind, Bill McKibben, Michael Mann, Raymond Pierrehumbert and Jennie Stephens share their perspectives — and their cautions — on the growing issue of solar geoengineering.
Climate Justice Law Session: Geoengineering and the climate crisis
By Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
This climate justice law session features expert lawyers and a leader of the Saami Council who discuss how international law applies to geoengineering technologies and how indigenous peoples and organisations are defending their rights and territories in light of these new threats.