BMBF-Forum for Sustainable Future Project Earth
22.-23.10.2012, Berlin/Germany
The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) is hosting a conference for sustainable future. One workshop is on CE.
CO2-removal News
Thinkprogress: ‘Terraform’ Goes to Mars to Explore the Morality of Geoengineering
Comparing CE and terraforming – narrative video on mars terraforming.
Jones, A.; Haywood, J. M. (2012): Sea-spray geoengineering in the HadGEM2-ES Earth-system model: radiative impact and climate response
Jones, A.; Haywood, J. M. (2012): Sea-spray geoengineering in the HadGEM2-ES Earth-system model: radiative impact and climate response. In: Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 12 (8), pp. 20717–20743. DOI[nbsp]10.5194/acpd-12-20717-2012
Climate modelling of sea-spray aerosols and their direct raditive effect.
Klepper, Gernot; Rickels, Wilfried (2012): The Real Economics of Climate Engineering
Klepper, Gernot; Rickels, Wilfried (2012): The Real Economics of Climate Engineering. In: Economics Research International, pp. 1–20.
New calculation with formerly unknown costs. „Whereas Barrett was mostly focusing on the cost of running CE measures, we point out that several determinants of overall economic cost like price or external effects are not yet sufficiently accounted for and that the question of dynamic efficiency is still unresolved.“
Lackner, K. S.; et al. (2012): The urgency of the development of CO2 capture from ambient air
Lackner, K. S.; Brennan, S.; Matter, J. M.; Park, A.-H A.; Wright, A.; van der Zwaan, B. (2012): The urgency of the development of CO2 capture from ambient air. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (33), S. 13156–13162. DOI[nbsp]10.1073/pnas.1108765109
Paper discussing direct air capture, CCS and negative emissions.
Scientific American: Has the Time Come to Try Geoengineering?
Blog article with the implemented interview „The Great climate Experiment“ with Ken Caldeira.
European Commission: Scientists sound caution on geoengineering
„A European effort involving scientists from all over Europe investigated the precise impact that some suggested geoengineering projects would have, and the results may not be want we want.“
arstechnica: Putting the brakes on climate change with… diamonds?
Media response to Pope et al. (2012). „Picking which substance to put in the stratosphere to cool the planet.“
Interview: The Great Climate Experiment: How far can we push the planet?
Interview with Ken Caldeira on hin Article in Scientific American (not online).
Pope, F. D.; et al. (2012): Stratospheric aerosol particles and solar-radiation management
Pope, F. D.; Braesicke, P.; Grainger, R. G.; Kalberer, M.; Watson, I. M.; Davidson, P. J.; Cox, R. A. (2012): Stratospheric aerosol particles and solar-radiation management. In: Nature Climate change.
Sulfur-SRM modelling study. „We show that aerosols with other compositions, such as minerals, could be used to dramatically increase the amount of light scatter achieved on a per mass basis, thereby reducing the particle mass required for injection.“