I’ll be leading DC Geoengineering event on Tuesday
Folks: Would love to see any of you at this event next week. I’ll be giving a 10-minute overview of geoengineering and then leading a panel on what elements ought to make up a scientific research program.
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From: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
What: An overview of geoengineering and an introduction to the associated policy challenges.
When: 12:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 20. Light reception starting at noon.
Where: AAAS Auditorium, 12th and H Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. (Metro Center)
Speakers:
Introduction
Eli Kintisch, reporter for Science and author of “Hack the Planet” (Wiley, April 2010)
Panel I: Constructing a geoengineering research program
Moderator: Eli Kintisch, Science
Daniel Sarewitz, co-director, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University
Michael MacCracken, chief scientist for climate change programs, Climate Institute
Panel II: Geoengineering as a new element of climate policy
Moderator: Vaughan Turekian, chief international officer, AAAS
Juliet Eilperin, environmental reporter, The Washington Post
Lee Lane, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute, and co-director, AEI Geoengineering Project
Contact: Earl Lane, 202-326-6431, elane@aaas.org
AAAS Panels to Discuss the Outlook for Geoengineering
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Sustainability will host a discussion Tuesday, April 20, on research and policy questions surrounding geoengineering, the deliberate tinkering with the atmosphere to reduce the impact of global warming.
About 175 scientists from 14 nations met recently at the Asilomar conference center in California to discuss potential voluntary rules to govern research on geeoengineering, once considered fringe science but now receiving more attention.
Seating is limited. Members of the public should RSVP tointernational@aaas.org.
Reporters planning to attend should RSVP to Earl Lane, 202-326-6431, elane@aaas.org.
