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21School Blog: Geoengineering the Climate
19 Nov 2009
On Wednesday 18 November Professor John Shepherd, Chair of the Royal Society's recent report on "Geoengineering the Climate" gave a lecture at the 21st Century Ocean Institute.
The Royal Society Report was co-authored by a multidisciplinary group of experts, including Professor Steve Rayner, Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (part of the 21st Century School) who set out to provide "an independent scientific review … with the aim of providing an objective view on whether geoengineering could, and should, play a role in addressing climate change".
The lecture was a chance to hear the Chair of this highly influential review explain some of its most important findings, and to discuss what the report might mean for the forthcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen.
A podcast of this event is available here and a video will be uploaded shortly. You can read more about the lecture and contribute to the ongoing discussion on the 21School blog.
On Friday 20 November, the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society will be holding a seminar on the topic of geoengineering. Jason Blackstock of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis will be speaking on the subject of 'International Governance of Geoengineering Research'. For more information, please see the InSIS website.
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