Video/Audio: Solar Radiation Modification
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.
Introduction to SRM: Analysis of Potential Benefits & Risks in the Context of Latin America & the Caribbean
This webinar presents the principles of stratospheric aerosol injection and marine cloud brightening, two of the main solar radiation modification (SRM) approaches. During the discussion, we address the potential benefits and risks of SRM, their governance challenges...
Governing SRM Research: Insights from Marine Cloud Brightening and the Great Barrier Reef
Climate change poses huge threats to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which may lead to profound environmental and socio-economic consequences in the region. In response to these risks, scientists are considering the viability of developing and deploying Marine Cloud...
What is Solar Radiation Modification? – Janos Pasztor
C2G Executive Director Janos Pasztor talks about Solar Radiation Modification and why it requires governance.
How do you assess the risks of climate-altering technologies? – Janos Pasztor
C2G Executive Director Janos Pasztor talks about assessing the risks of climate-altering technologies, and particularly those related to Solar Radiation Modification.
The Need to Govern Solar Radiation Modification – Janos Pasztor
Janos Pasztor discusses C2G’s work on the governance of emerging technologies that intentionally seek to change the Earth’s climate system at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. In this video, he focuses on Solar Radiation Modification—approaches...
People Fixing the World: Saving the World’s Ice – BBC
Scientists and engineers around the world are trying to come up with ideas to cool the planet and stop the ice from melting. In this episode of People Fixing the World: Saving the world's ice, C2G's Cynthia Scharf highlights the need to govern climate-altering...
Hacking the planet: A discussion on geoengineering
In this episode of Custodians of the Planet, C2G's Janos Pasztor delves into the intertwined issues of ethics, governance and public participation in the context of climate-altering technologies.
Young People Tackle the Tough Decisions on Solar Radiation Modification
In support of the UN Youth Climate Summit, C2G hosted a series of interactive games for young climate leaders exploring how society might tackle difficult decisions about whether or not to deploy climate-altering technologies to tackle global heating. Some scientists...
Emerging climate technologies. Panacea or poison? – Radio New Zealand
What are the technical fixes to address the climate crisis? Could they help fend off some of the worst impacts of climate change, or could they undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Janos Pasztor speaks with Kathryn Ryan of Radio New Zealand on...
Difficult decisions – MIT podcast
Janos Pasztor and Laur Hesse Fisher from MIT's TILClimate podcast discuss the difficult decisions facing society on carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification.
The UN Environmental Assembly and geoengineering governance
Janos Pasztor talks with Ross Kenyon of Nori on efforts in March 2019 to pass a resolution on geoengineering at the United Nations Environment Assembly.
Rethinking the Governance of Solar Geoengineering
C2G2 and Chatham House co-hosted an event on 21 February on "Rethinking the Governance of Solar Geoengineering", featuring: Ana Maria Kleymeyer, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development GoalsProfessor Douglas MacMartin, Cornell UniversityJanos Pasztor,...
Faith Communities and Climate Engineering
Cynthia Scharf speaks about the role that faith communities can play in education and advocacy about geoengineering governance. This video was originally produced for GreenFaith’s COP24 event entitled "Playing God? Multi-Faith Responses to the...
To Geoengineer Or Not To Geoengineer…
Created by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre in collaboration with C2G, this animation focuses on the big questions around stratospheric aerosol injection, referencing global cultural icons.
The conversation around geoengineering must include the risk community
Cynthia Scharf talks with Emma Katrine Phillips from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) at the Understanding Risk Forum 2018.
An introduction to climate geoengineering – GreenFaith and C2G2
A joint webinar with GreenFaith and C2G2, featuring: Drew Jones, Climate Interactive Dr. Mark Lawrence, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Cynthia Scharf, Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative Dr. Forrest Clingerman,...
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.
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)
Reaching the 1.5°C target and current proposed geoengineering technologies
Doug MacMartin, Senior Research Associate and Senior Lecturer, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University C2G2 Webinar on Geoengineering and Biological Diversity, 2 November 2017 (Click for transcript.)
Solar Radiation Management Technology (SRM): Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx)
Frank Keutsch, Stonington Professor of Engineering and Atmospheric Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University; Principal Investigator of SCoPEx C2G2 Webinar on Geoengineering and Biological Diversity, 2 November 2017 (Click for...