• Geoengineering: Workshop on Unilateral Planetary Scale Geoengineering

  Directors:

  David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology M. Granger Morgan, Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University John D. Steinbruner, Director, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland Jay Apt, Distinguished Service Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University

  May 5, 2008 - Washington, DC

   

  • Workshop briefing notes: Unilateral Geoengineering (PDF, 546K)

  • M. Granger Morgan: Unilateral Geoengineering: A few basic ideas about the science to start our discussions (PDF, 4.56MB)

   

  
  

   

  Meetings

  Workshop on Unilateral Planetary-Scale Geoengineering: The Science and Technology of Geoengineering

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  May 5, 2008

  Related Project: Geoengineering: Workshop on Unilateral Planetary Scale Geoengineering

  Introductory Speaker:	David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations
  Speakers:	M. Granger Morgan, Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
  	Ken Caldeira, Chemical Oceanographer, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
  	Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
  	David Keith, Director, ISEEE Energy and Environmental Systems, University of Calgary

   

  Workshop on Unilateral Planetary-Scale Geoengineering: Framing the Foreign Policy Problem-Avoiding and Regulating Unilateral Geoengineering

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  May 5, 2008

  Related Project: Geoengineering: Workshop on Unilateral Planetary Scale Geoengineering

  Speakers:	David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations
  	John D. Steinbruner, Director, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
  	David D. Doniger, Policy Director, Climate Center, National Resources Defense Council
  	Daniel Bodansky, Woodruff Chair of International Law, School of Law, University of Georgia

   

  Workshop on Unilateral Planetary-Scale Geoengineering: Planning for Next Steps

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  May 5, 2008

  Related Project: Geoengineering: Workshop on Unilateral Planetary Scale Geoengineering

  Speakers:	David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations
  	Jay Apt, Distinguished Service Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University
  	M. Granger Morgan, Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

   

  Workshop on Unilateral Planetary-Scale Geoengineering: Geoengineering and the Challenge of Global Governance

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  May 5, 2008

  Related Project: Geoengineering: Workshop on Unilateral Planetary Scale Geoengineering

  Speakers:	David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations
  	Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
  	M. Granger Morgan, Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
  	John D. Steinbruner, Director, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland

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