BBC News: Public supports geo-engineering ideas, study suggests
„There is strong support among the public in the US, UK and Canada for more research on geo-engineering technology, a study has suggested“
„There is strong support among the public in the US, UK and Canada for more research on geo-engineering technology, a study has suggested“
Mercer, A. M.; Keith, David W.; Sharp, J. D. (2011): Public understanding of solar radiation management. In: Environ. Res. Lett 6 (4), S. 44006.
Llarge-scale international survey of public perception of solar radiation management (SRM).
The program of the workshop „Geoengineering the Climate – An Issue for Peace and Security Studies?“ is available at
http://clisec.zmaw.de/Conference-program.1929.0.html
Time: November 10-11, 2011
Location: KlimaCampus, ZMAW, University of Hamburg
Registration: until October 28, 2011 at climatesecurity@uni-hamburg.de
Friday, 11. November 2011, in DLR Oberpfaffenhofen/Germany
A training/education on CE of the German Meterological Society.
The event is held in German.
Special presentation by Steve Rayner (James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization at the Saïd Business School and Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, Oxford University). He describes himself as an “undisciplined” scholar lending a social science perspective to[nbsp] major matters of science and technology. He was listed by Wired Magazine on the 2008 smart list as one of the 15 people the next President should listen to. [nbsp][nbsp]Listen to him in the Auditorium.
THEME OF THE EPTA CONFERENCE 2011 IN BERLIN
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Douglas G. MacMynowski, David W. Keith, Ken Caldeira and Ho-Jeong Shin: Can we test geoengineering?[nbsp] Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, Advance Article.
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01256H
[nbsp]Article on the possibility of testing SRM.
24.10.2011
EN[nbsp] Panel discussion
DE[nbsp] „Neue öffentliche Veranstaltungsreihe „Heidelberger Brücke“ startet mit Podiumsdiskussion.
Mit unterschiedlichen Aspekten des Themas „Klima“ befasst sich das Kolloquium „Heidelberger Brücke“, das im Wintersemester an der Universität Heidelberg stattfindet. Dazu lädt das Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) ein. Zum Auftakt der Veranstaltungsreihe treffen sich am Montag, 24. Oktober 2011, Vertreter verschiedener Disziplinen zu einer öffentlichen Podiumsdiskussion mit dem Titel „Rund ums Klima – Wie ein aktuelles Thema Natur?, Sozial? und Kulturwissenschaften beschäftigt“. […]“
Swiss newspaper article on actual research as German scoping study, SPICE and IPCC workshop.
„Der Ausstoss von Treibhausgasen steigt ungebremst an, die Klimapolitik ist gescheitert. Jetzt kommt eine Studie zum Schluss, dass auch technische Mittel den Wandel des Klimas nicht aufhalten können.“
U.S. Defense Science Board (2011): Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense. Washington, D.C.
Report on security issues with a small chapert on CE: pp. 133-138.