BBC Inside Science: Artificial Intelligence, Desalination, History of Forensics, Music from Cells
Radio broadcast on different technologies including CE (min 7:38 – 14:00).
Radio broadcast on different technologies including CE (min 7:38 – 14:00).
„In the coming weeks, I’ll be studying whether or not these NGOs will release new statements in light of last week’s National Academy of Sciences National Research Council reports on the topic.“
Swiss newspaper article.
Response to FCEA article by[nbsp]Brian Citro. „Human rights discourse is much better at diagnosis than at prioritization. […] Human rights is only the beginning of the normative conversation and there is big role, going forward, for moral and political philosophy.“
Heyen, Daniel; Wiertz, Thilo; Irvine, Peter J. (2015): Regional Disparities in Solar Radiation Management Impacts. Limitations to Simple Assessments and the Role of Diverging Preferences (IASS Working Paper).
„Our main focus is the prevalent assumption in SRM research that, for all regions, any deviation from a past climate state inflicts damages.“
[nbsp]On BECCS. „Many of the world’s nations want this year’s Paris climate talks to aim for net-zero emissions, so that the world becomes climate neutral later this century.“
„Geoengineering would give the government control over the planet’s thermostat. Why anyone thinks that’s a good idea is beyond me.“
„But „geoengineering“ technologies that arrest climate change in other ways — by removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere or by reflecting sunlight back into space — are worth exploring, too.“
„It might sound outlandish but one „solution“ being bruited about to counteract global warming is to „Do a Pinatubo“.
Video available now. „At this seminar, a panel of experts will first review the reports’ major findings and then consider their political and economic implications, in addition to addressing the following questions: Is a climate engineering research agenda now warranted? […]“