One of the more exotic potential solar radiation management geoengineering technologies is the placement of sunshades in space to reflect or deflect solar radiation, either by lifting these reflectors into orbit around Earth or at the Lagrangian L1 point between the sun and Earth. A new article by Takanobu Kosugi is a very thorough assessment [...]
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From Donald Brown’s excellent blog on climate ethics: A new article has been posted on ClimateEthics that argues that we have been tricked into asking the wrong questions of climate change science compared to the questions that ethics would ask climate change science. It is titled: Have We Been Asking the Wrong Questions About Climate [...]
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Below is the Executive Summary of an important new study by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, entitled Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations. The study assesses the link between specific increases in temperature and environmental impacts EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new [...]
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Professor David Keith of the University of Calgary is both a scientist actively engaged in climate geoengineering research (primarily air capture technology) and one of the most thoughtful voices on ethical and governance considerations. Instructors seeking a good reading on geoengineering should check out Professor Keith’s February testimony before the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee [...]
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I have always found the open access publication Tiempo to be an excellent source of information on climate issues, as well a good source of student readings. For instructors looking for a good assessment of developments since the 15th COP at Copenhagen, the April edition has a very good article that surveys opinions in developing [...]
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With coal likely to continue to play a very substantial role in energy production over the course of the next few decades, with critical implications for climate policy making, there has been substantial focus in many quarters on the prospects for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). However, a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience, [...]
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The E.P. Systems Group (EPSG) is pleased to announce the launch of Lessons From Experience a new section on our website, www.ClimateChangeEcon.net The section includes over 300 reports and articles on actual program and policy experiences, including coverage of: Carbon Pricing Initiatives, Energy Efficiency, Energy, Employment and Economic Development, Renewable/Alternative Energy. Also, for those who [...]
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The UN University (UNU) has launched a call for applications for its postgraduate programme on building resilience to climate change, scheduled to take place from 13 September-1 October 2010, in Tokyo, Japan. The three-week programme is organized by the UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) and developed under the framework of the University Network [...]
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I taught a class yesterday which started with a video of the impassioned speech of the Bolivian climate negotiator Angelica Navarro at Copenhagen in an address to delegates from developing nations, outlining her demand for developing countries to repay their climate debt for breach of Kyoto. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_P4C7VNOGA (This is worth watching just for her idea [...]
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Guest contribution – Professor Rosemary Lyster, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney & Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law ‘Rescuing climate science from politics’ Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, will reprosecute the case for a carbon price following the elections. But first, she intends to build a community consensus for action. How hard is [...]
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