Heading past 1.5C - Could Solar Geoengineering help?

​The chances of keeping within 1.5C are diminishing fast, in the face of climate backlash in the US and elsewhere. Some suggest solar geoengineering technologies could offer a ‘plan B’ for climate policy. In this public event we will ask if it is thinkable to develop and govern solar geoengineering safely and justly as a climate intervention. Come along and learn about the technologies being researched, their prospects and pitfalls, and join in discussions on their ethics, governance, politics and more. 

Speakers, moderators and panelists include:
Wil Burns, Professor of Research, American University
Britta Clark, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Solar Geoengineering Research Program
Joshua Horton, Senior Consultant, International Policy and Research at the Climate Systems Engineering initiative at the University of Chicago
Kevin Surprise, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Mount Holyoke College
Shuchi Talati, Founder & Executive Director of The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering
Prakash Kashwan, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University
Jessica Seddon, Senior Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs and Co-Founder, The Institutional Architecture Lab (TIAL)
Benjamin Sovacool, Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University
Duncan McLaren, Visiting Fellow, Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal