Akbari, Hashem; Damon Matthews, H.; Seto, Donny (2012): The long-term effect of increasing the albedo of urban areas. In: Environ. Res. Lett. 7 (2), pp. 1–10. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024004
A paper calculating the effectiveness of white roofs for solar radiation management.
Reekie, Tristan; Howard, Will (2012): Geoengineering. Published by Australian Government. Australia’s Chief Scientist (Occasional Paper Series, 1)
„The Office of the Chief Scientist has launched the first report in its Occasional Paper Series, examining the risks and benefits of geonengineering to mitigate the effects of climate change.“
Akbari, Hashem; Matthews, H. Damon (2012): Global cooling updates: Reflective roofs and pavements. In: Energy and Buildings, pp. 1–5.
„► Cool roofs save cooling-energy use in air conditioned buildings and improve comfort. ► Cool urban surfaces (roofs and cool pavements) mitigate summer urban heat islands. ► Cool urban surfaces (roofs and cool pavements) improve outdoor air quality and comfort. ► Cool roofs and cool pavements cool the globe. ► We review cool roof and cool pavement technologies, policies, and programs in the world.“
Web version of the Oxford Principles from 2009. „The “Oxford Principles” are a proposed set of initial guiding principles for the governance of geoengineering.“
Summaries and slides of the participants of the Direct Air Capture Summit (07-08.03.2012, Calgary)
Nerlich, Brigitte; Jaspal, Rusi (2012): Metaphors We Die By? Geoengineering, Metaphors, and the Argument From Catastrophe. In: Metaphor and Symbol 27 (2), pp. 131–147. DOI 10.1080/10926488.2012.665795
In this paper three main metaphors for the argumentation on CE. (final paper)
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical an Technological Advice
Sixteenth meeting, Montreal, 30 April-5 May 2012, Item 7.3 of the provisional agenda
Link (direct download)
(see read more for further report and summary)
On ozone layer modification. Concluding: „Geoengineering the ozone layer when the need arises and its solution can have the world understand that geoengineering is not an[nbsp]alternative introduced to further harm the world, but to mitigate the harm, some of our activities have triggered.“
Article on the Planet Under Pressure conference (London) and the integration of developing countries in CE research. „It is with Africa, her pundits and the rest of the developing world to see that their academic contributions and recommendations are necessary in this warming world. For them, joining the geoengineering conversation with a sense of involvement will do much good to all.“
