Next HPAC Sept 19 meeting: Community discussion of Cynthia Sharf podcast and near-term cooling governance

[Ron Baiman]

Dear Colleagues, 

I'm pleased to announce that our next HPAC General Meeting will feature a community discussion of this excellent Peter Irvine interview SRM360 podcast: SRM Governance with Cynthia Sharf : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/srm-governance-with-cynthia-scharf/id1779965690?i=1000697526577

Link to the meeting: 

Time: 5.30 pm Thursday 18 September Eastern Time = 10.30 pm UK = 7.30 am Friday 5 September Eastern Australia time. 

 Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88954851189?pwd=2OEdvleb4UpYfK4a950ryohFWcw93F.1

 PLEASE NOTE: Zoom now requires a passcode for meeting security.  The code for this meeting is 662519

This a loosely edited transcription of the Sharf podcast interview: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XYgfjR7k3uaDQdOgq23y3jvigzrZAPcu/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116465941111195452408&rtpof=true&sd=true

Please listen to, and/or review, this before the meeting!

Cynthia Scharf is Senior Fellow  - Climate Interventions at the Centre for Future Generations, steering our work on climate intervention technologies and briefing senior climate officials in the EU and globally on the need to develop international guardrails and guidelines for solar geoengineering. Prior to this, she served for seven years as the senior strategy director for the Carnegie Climate Governance (C2G) Initiative, which focused on governance for geoengineering and large-scale carbon removals. Cynthia has published articles on these topics in Foreign Policy, Science, and Fortune Magazine, among others. She’s addressed audiences at the Vatican, World Bank, Arctic Circle Assembly, Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, Columbia, American Geophysical Union, Natural History Museum in NY, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories in the U.S. Cynthia previously served as the head of strategic communications and chief speechwriter on climate change for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon from 2009-2016. She supported and advised the Secretary-General during the UNFCCC negotiations, including the landmark Paris climate change agreement in 2015. She received her M.A. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and serves on the advisory group of Climate Interactive and SRM360. She was also a fellow at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation and served on the board of GreenFaith, a multi-faith climate organization. (From: https://cfg.eu/team/cynthia-scharf/)

In addition Dennis will  announce and talk about the upcoming HPAC Global Online Conference Oct. 15-16, 20205.  Preventing 2°C by 2040: What’s the Plan? Register here: https://www.preventing2degrees.org/ 

Please spread the word!

And Ron, Mike and other HPAC Urgent climate cooling Response WG members will provide a short overview of the "The Triad Approach to Preventing Near-Term Climate Catastrophe": https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wP8krMJiDKARs5T_kXPvODmzIkFqBeLF/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116465941111195452408&rtpof=true&sd=true

Hope you can make it!

Best,

Ron

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[Garrity, Dennis]

Dear HPAC members,

 

The Healthy Planet Action Coalition is convening a crucial global online conference on October 15-16. The topic is The Global Heating Emergency. Preventing 2 degrees by 2040: What’s the Plan.

 

We are informing the global populace about some very important messages. We’ve got a stellar roster of speakers, a great web site (www.preventing2degrees.org) and our publicity blitz is under way. 

 

We’ve invited all of the 195 delegations to the Belem COP, and numerous folks in the UN agencies, multilateral banks, the climate science community, and many thousands of others in the general public around the world to join us.

 

Below are two versions of the conference announcement. The relatively short version on top is most suitable for social media posts. The second and longer version below is for our email notifications.

 

I’m hoping that you will do the following as soon as possible:

 

• Have a look at the conference website: www.preventing2degrees.org
• Register for the event (no charge) at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ImlepnSOTg6kXgaWwGRE7Q#/registration  
• Share the announcement far and wide: Publicize it through all of your personal and social networks.

 

Many thanks, and Onwards!

 

Dennis

Dennis Garrity

Chair, HPAC Steering Circle

 

PS We’ll be updating you on the conference preparations at our next HPAC members meeting on Thursday, September 18^th. See Ron Baiman’s message below for more details on the meeting agenda and call in link.

 

Download links for high-resolution graphics: Square, Landscape, Portrait, Vertical

 

  

Despite 195 countries agreeing 10 years ago to stop global warming well below 2 degrees C, temperatures are now rising at twice the rate of previous decades. At this pace, the UN COP Paris Agreement’s critical red line is likely to be breached by the late 2030’s —just over a decade from now. 

 

JOIN US!

 

You are cordially invited to attend an online conference on The Global Heating Emergency | Preventing 2°C by 2040: What’s the Plan? on October 15-16, 2025. We will discuss why global heating has accelerated, what the consequences are for people and the planet, and what immediate, practical steps we must take to develop and implement a new, integrated climate plan for humanity. 

The conference is open to all: the public, scientists, decision-makers, and anyone who cares about the future of life on Earth. There is no charge for participating. For more info and to register to join, visit preventing2degrees.org.

 

 

You are cordially invited to attend an online conference on The Global Heating Emergency | Preventing 2°C by 2040: What’s the Plan? to be held on October 15 – 16, 2025. In Paris in 2015, 195 countries committed to stop global warming at 1.5°C, or at least well below 2°C. Yet, the latest science shows that instead of slowing down, temperatures are now rising at twice the rate of previous decades. The Paris Agreement’s critical red line of ‘well-below 2°C’ will be exceeded even earlier—by 2037—just 12 years from now.    Learn More    The Healthy Planet Action Coalition is bringing together scientists, policymakers, and concerned citizens for a global online conference to build awareness about why temperatures are accelerating, and what this means for humanity. We seek to create momentum for a more comprehensive global action plan to address the new realities that we are facing – before it’s too late. We are nearly out of time to avert 2°C. But there are tools in the toolbox that can buy more time to stop global heating in the short term, while we strive to bring down emissions in the medium to long term. Over two days, we will host five hours of discussion that will address: Why is global heating now accelerating so much faster than before? What are the consequences to people and the planet if we fail to act immediately? How can we stop temperatures from rising and avert catastrophic heating: What’s the plan? What immediate, practical steps can we take to develop and implement a new, integrated climate plan for humanity? The conference is open to all: the public, scientists, decision-makers, and anyone who cares about the future of life on Earth. There is no charge for participating. For more information on the latest temperature projections and conference, visit preventing2degrees.org.