Video/Audio: Governance

C2G encourages a broad societal debate on emerging climate-altering technologies, and strives to include a diversity of views and approaches in its events. This may sometimes lead to interventions being contested. C2G does not necessarily endorse or support the opinions stated by its presenters, and welcomes an open discussion of their merits.

Climate Engineering Could Particularly Affect the Most Vulnerable

Dr. Maarten van Aalst of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre warns that the most vulnerable people will have the least voice when taking decisions about geoengineering.

The Problem with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)

Neth Daño of ETC Group argues that the proposed technology of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (beccs) could worsen issues of conflict over land and water.

People Will Blame Geoengineering for the Weather

Prof. Paul Nightingale of the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK warns that geoengineering governance needs to take account of people blaming solar geoengineering for adverse weather.

The Military Dimension of Geoengineering

Major-General Munir Muniruzzaman of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies says militaries need to advise politicians on the security dimensions of geoengineering.

The Way Forward for Geoengineering Governance After COP23

Janos Pasztor, C2G2 Executive Director, sees increasing informal discussion of carbon removal technologies amongst participants at COP23.

Can we Refreeze the Arctic? Geoengineering Governance

Guest Clip / Panel Discussion on 13 November 2017 (COP23), featuring Janos Pasztor (C2G2), Hugh Hunt (University of Cambridge), Matthias Honegger (IASS-Potsdam & Perspectives), and hosted by Stuart Scott (United Planet Faith and Science Initiative)

Convention on Biological Diversity decisions on climate geoengineering

Phil Williamson, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom C2G2 Webinar on Geoengineering and Biological Diversity, 2 November 2017 (Click for transcript.)

Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Ocean Alkalinity

Phil Renforth, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, United Kingdom C2G2 Webinar on Geoengineering and Biological Diversity, 2 November 2017 (Click for transcript.)

Views from civil society on geoengineering research and governance

Neth Daño, Co-Executive Director, ETC Group C2G2 Webinar on Geoengineering and Biological Diversity, 2 November 2017 (Click for transcript.)

Policy and governance issues related to geoengineering research

Jane Flegal, Visiting Fellow, School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University C2G2 Webinar on Geoengineering and Biological Diversity, 2 November 2017 (Click for transcript.)

Views from Indigenous Peoples on Geoengineering Research and Governance

Yolanda Teran, Indigenous International Forum on Biodiversity, Ecuador C2G2 Webinar on Geoengineering and Biological Diversity, 2 November 2017 (Click for transcript.)

Climate Engineering Conference 2017: Critical Global Discussions

Guest Clip / IASS Potsdam, 27 October 2017

Engaging Faith Communities

Laura Hartman, who studies the intersection of religion and the environment at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, explains how religious people should have a voice in decisions about geoengineering.

Broadening the Solar Geoengineering Conversation

Peter Frumhoff, a lead author of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, talks about expanding the conversation around solar geoengineering to the general public, to establish...