The maximum climate ambition needs a firm research backing (2016). In Nature 537 (7622), pp. 585–586. DOI 10.1038/537585b.
„More generally, we need information about the progression of impacts on everything from coastlines and forests to human health, food and water supplies.“
„A guest article by Sam Hampton, a doctoral researcher at the Environmental Change Institute. Hampton was one of the rapporteurs at the 1.5 Degrees conference which took place in Oxford last week. Carbon Brief also reported from the conference.“
Hansen, James E.; Sato, Makiko; Kharecha, Pushker A.; et al. (2016): Young People’s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions. In Cornell University Library.
„In contrast, continued high fossil fuel emissions by the current generation would place a burden on young people to undertake massive technological CO2 extraction, if they are to limit climate change. Proposed methods of extraction such as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) or air capture of CO2 imply minimal estimated costs of 104-570 trillion dollars this century, with large risks and uncertain feasibility. Continued high fossil fuel emissions unarguably sentences young people to either a massive, possibly implausible cleanup or growing deleterious climate impacts or both.“
Weili, Weng (2016): Geoengineering Research Overview. In Chn. J. Urb. Environ.Stud, p. 1650015–1650015. DOI 10.1142/S2345748116500159.
„Since 2009, studies on geoengineering have been increasing in the international community with a rapid development momentum. Various research projects and research findings continue to emerge, which deserves special attention. By reviewing the latest literatures, conference speeches and other related source of information, this paper analyzes major contentious issues, summarizes the latest research trends and gives further insight into China’s geoengineering research.“
The news review of calendar week 40 in 2016 is now available here.
„Still, many engineers and scientists have reservations about whether a “big fix,” like geo-engineering and carbon removal, will really work. And as of today, there is no practicable, workable, affordable “big fix” ready to go, only lots of chatter and plenty of theory.“
„What makes these narratives important is that they contextualise the implications of terraforming and geoengineering by situating these endeavours in the context of environmental, evolutionary, and cultural history, and they afford reflection and discussion about a host of issues relating to climate change.“
Gool, V. J. van (2016): Engineered Dependency: The Threat of Forced Choice through Plutocratic Influence in Geoengineereing and Climate Change (master thesis)
„In the absence of clearly defined structures of regulation, the current, largely void, governance of geoengineering could well compound the dependency of individuals unable to exert influence over geoengineering. Alongside other players, wealthy individuals who finance the research and development of various geoengineering technologies, procure an ability to influence the commissioning of these, as well as the discussion surrounding climate change.“
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„The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs recently awarded $250,000 to fund a new Weatherhead Initiative on Climate Engineering. The Center funds the initiative through its Weatherhead Initiative Research Cluster in International Affairs grant, which supports large-scale and groundbreaking research in the realm of international affairs.“
Muratori, Matteo; Calvin, Katherine; Wise, Marshall; Kyle, Page; Edmonds, Jae (2016): Global economic consequences of deploying bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). In Environ. Res. Lett. 11 (9), p. 95004–95004. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/095004.
„We use the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) integrated assessment model to explore the potential global and regional economic impacts of BECCS. As a negative-emissions technology, BECCS would entail a net subsidy in a policy environment in which carbon emissions are taxed.“
