Harvard University Center for the Environment, 26 Oxford Street, Room 440
"A solar geoengineering and global income inequality paradox"
Exploring heterogeneity in the economic impacts of solar geoengineering is a fundamental step towards understanding the risk tradeoff associated with a geoengineering option. To evaluate the impacts of solar geoengineering and greenhouse gas-driven climate change on equal terms, we apply macroeconomic impact models that have been widely applied to climate change impacts assessment. Consistent reduction in inter-country inequality can inform discussions of the distribution of impacts of solar geoengineering, a topic...
Harvard University Center for the Environment, 26 Oxford Street, Room 440
"Cirrus seeding: Understanding the complicated little sister of stratospheric geoengineering"
Climate engineering is a potential means to offset the climate warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases. The most prominent and best researched climate engineering approach to alter Earth’s radiation balance is the injection of atmospheric aerosol particles or their precursor gases into the stratosphere, where these particles reflect solar radiation back to space. Climate engineering through cirrus cloud thinning, in contrast,...
Harvard University Center for the Environment, 26 Oxford Street, Room 429
The event will start off with a brief introduction to the Geoengineering Modeling Research Consortium (GMRC), and then launch into a panel discussion which will address the bigger picture of solar geoengineering research, including both technical and political risks associated...
In the summer of 2019, the Geoengineering Modeling Research Consortium (GMRC) was launched. The consortium brings together U.S. researchers from universities and national laboratories, and is tasked with identifying and prioritizing critical research gaps in climate...
Harvard University Center for the Environment, 26 Oxford Street, Room 429
"Humor & Geoengineering"
Humor, like geoengineering, is about the clash between what is and what could be. In this unconventional, interactive session, researcher-turned-humanitarian Pablo Suarez and illustrious cartoonist Bob Mankoff will engage participants in exploring how the power of intelligent humor can be harnessed to support learning and dialogue about difficult issues. Focusing on climate risks and the prospects of geoengineering, we will share an experience of how humor works, how it can be used and misused, and what it can do to enable fruitful discussions...
Harvard University Center for the Environment, 26 Oxford Street, Room 429
"Fast and slow climate system responses to solar geoengineering"
Factors that affect the radiative forcing of climate rapidly alter the atmosphere before substantial change in ocean temperatures occur (fast climate response). Later, the climate system responds to changes in ocean temperature (slow climate response). Numerical simulations indicate that the fast climate response can differ markedly across radiative forcing agents but their slow responses are similar. Solar geoengineering largely 'works' because solar geoengineering is good at offsetting the slow climate response...
Harvard University Center for the Environment, 26 Oxford Street, Room 429
Forrest Clingerman, Ohio Northern University, will moderate a discussion with Mike Hulme, University of Cambridge, and Mark Lawrence, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam Lunch provided RSVP: acchang [at] seas.harvard.edu
Harvard University Center for the Environment, 26 Oxford Street, Room 429
Global Governance of Geoengineering: Why the First Attempt at a Political Resolution Failed Presentation by Maria Ivanova, University of Massachusetts, Boston Lunch provided RSVP: acchang [at] seas.harvard.edu