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Ethics of Geoengineering with Andrea Burke and Stephen Gardiner
June 23 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Please join us next Tuesday 23 June from 1.30-3.30pm for a special event on the Ethics of Geoengineering co-hosted by CEPPA and the newly founded Centre for Changing Climates. We will hear scientific and ethical perspectives on recent developments in geoengineering from Prof. Andrea Burke (School of Earth & Environmental Sciences) and Prof. Stephen Gardiner (CEPPA Professorial Fellow):
Prof. Andrea Burke (St Andrews) – Geoengineering the Climate with Solar Radiation Management: Scientific Basis and Known Unknowns
This talk will walk through the scientific basis for solar radiation management, drawing heavily on research from past volcanic eruptions. A key focus of this talk will be on uncertainties in our current understanding of the climatic and environmental responses to stratospheric aerosols.
Prof. Stephen Gardiner (University of Washington, St Andrews) – The Threat of Generationally Parochial Solar Geoengineering
Generationally parochial geoengineering (‘GPG’) is geoengineering that is dominated by the narrow, generation-relative concerns of a given generation, without due consideration for wider matters, and especially the interests of later generations. This talk explores the richness of the concept and then identifies three early warning signs that a drift toward GPG may be emerging in solar geoengineering science and policy. It concludes that GPG ought to be a central issue in the ethics of geoengineering and any serious scientific, political or policy discussion.
We hope to see you there!
All best,