Posted on December 31st, 2010 by Wil Burns
An excellent resource for teaching a module on climate geoengineering is a set of video presentations prepared by the Center for Ethics at the University of Montana, some pursuant to its recently held conference on the ethics of Solar Radiation Management (SRM) geoengineering schemes. The speakers provide an excellent interview of SRM geoengineering science, as [...]
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Posted on December 26th, 2010 by Wil Burns
Christopher Preston <christopherpreston1752@gmail.com
Call for Papers on the Ethics of SRM.
Interest in the idea of deliberately altering the climate in order to
mitigate the worst effects of anthropogenic climate change has
recently accelerated dramatically. While there was a rush of books
and articles published in 2010 on geoengineering from a popular and a
scientific perspective, there has still been [...]
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Posted on December 25th, 2010 by Andrew Long
Whilst the theory of climate change being caused by man’s industrial activity is new, what is not new is the fact that over many years climate does change. The history of the earth indicates many periods of climate change, either getting warmer, or getting colder.
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Posted on December 22nd, 2010 by Wil Burns
Call for Papers: Renewable Energy Promotion in non-OECD countries
The Journal of Renewable Energy Law & Policy is welcoming abstracts for its upcoming issue scheduled for publication in June 2011.
The issue will feature a special section on Renewable Energy Promotion in non-OECD countries – abstracts on legal and policy aspects on this topic are especially welcome. [...]
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Posted on December 20th, 2010 by Wil Burns
Another good summary of the progress made at COP16-Cancún is the World Resource’s Institute’s Reflections on the Cancún Agreements (7 pages).
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Posted on December 14th, 2010 by Wil Burns
Instructors looking for an excellent summary of COP16/KP MOP6 in Cancun should check out the Pew Center on Global Climate Change’s six-page report.
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Posted on December 8th, 2010 by Rónán Kennedy
Population Action International have put together an interactive mapping application showing the likely impact of climate change globally and regionally, with a number of variables to play with. There is a focus on the need for family planning, but it is a useful tool for getting students to think through what climate change may mean [...]
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Posted on December 7th, 2010 by Wil Burns
Colleagues/friends:
I am pleased to announce today’s release of the fourth annual Climate Counts Company Scorecard. Since 2007, ClimateCounts.org has been scoring large, consumer-oriented companies on their efforts to address climate change. Despite continued challenges to make meaningful progress in Washington DC and Cancun/Copenhagen, many global companies are showing sustained commitment to demonstrating how voluntary reductions [...]
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Posted on December 7th, 2010 by Wil Burns
The Nature Publishing Group has launched a new journal devoted solely to climate change issues, appropriately enough entitled Nature Climate Change. For those readers who don’t have a subscription to this publication, there are a set of really good “Research Highlights” that are currently free to view on the site. You can also sign up [...]
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Posted on December 3rd, 2010 by Wil Burns
The International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) and the Center for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) are pleased to present our 2010 Legal Working Paper Series on Sustainable Development Law on Climate Change. This Legal Working Paper Series gathers recent and updated works by IDLO Experts and CISDL Legal Researchers, addressing key issues for the United [...]
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