Kolloquium: Geoengineering – Plan B against Climate Change (German Language)
26.01.2012, 14:00, Frankfurt a. Main/Germany
German Colloquium: 690. DECHEMA-Kolloquium Geoengineering – Plan B gegen den Klimawandel
German Colloquium: 690. DECHEMA-Kolloquium Geoengineering – Plan B gegen den Klimawandel
Hearing in German language for the political parties of the parliament. – „Aktueller Diskussionsstand in den politischen Parteien.“
[nbsp]A new studie from Carnegie University found that crop yield would increase with SRM use. – Several media respond to that.
„The main focus of this special issue will be on the interplay between geoengineering and mitigation strategies acting together or in lieu of each other to reduce the impacts of human-made activities on the warming of the planet.“
Online network and blog on biochar technologies and policies since 2009. The network is part of the International Biochar Initiative. News are presented in blog form, often as videos.
Pongratz, J.; Lobell, D. B.; Cao, L.; Caldeira, K. (2012): Crop yields in a geoengineered climate. In: Nature Climate change. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1373
CE technologies of SRM might increase crop yields.
„Crop models predict that recent and future climate change may have adverse effects on crop yields. Intentional deflection of sunlight away from the Earth could diminish the amount of climate change in a high-CO2 world. […] We find that in our models solar-radiation geoengineering in a high-CO2 climate generally causes crop yields to increase, largely because temperature stresses are diminished while the benefits of CO2 fertilization are retained.“
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Comprehensive overview over research and debate on CE with many links.
Report on the interdisciplinary summer school on CE in Banff/Canada August 2011.
The Glancy Climate Innovation Award – Send student essays addressing the „critical gap between what the science says, what is economically feasible and what is politically realistic. In particular, the Award aims to fund student research into areas frequently overlooked or shunned such as geo engineering“