There are various bodies that could play a role - UNFCCC, COP, etc. Alternatively, there could be a nation that steps up like eg ICANN
There could be self regulation, like at the original Asilomar Andrew On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, 13:15 Janos Pasztor <jpasz...@c2g2.net wrote: > Indeed, there could be some parallels. But at least one significant > difference: there is currently no obvious intergovernmental organization > for SRM equivalent to what the WHO does for health. Consequently, where > would such a decision pop-up, either to guide research ex ante or to > regulate ex post? A serious gap in governance frameworks. > > > > Janos > > ======================= > Janos Pasztor > Executive Director > Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Initiative (C2G2) > 2 rue du Temple, CH-1180 Rolle, Switzerland > Mobile: +41-79-739-5503 > jpasz...@c2g2.net | www.c2g2.net > Twitter: @jpasztor | Skype: jpasztor > > > > *From: *<geoengineering@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Andrew Lockley < > andrew.lock...@gmail.com> > *Reply-To: *"andrew.lock...@gmail.com" <andrew.lock...@gmail.com> > *Date: *Tuesday, 19 February 2019 at 13:38 > *To: *geoengineering <geoengineering@googlegroups.com> > *Subject: *[geo] WHO forms human genome editing panel in wake of > controversy - BioNews > > > > Poster's note: obvious parallel to SRM regulation backlash. I expect our > field to replicate this experiment-backlash-regulate model. > > > > https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_141446 > > > WHO forms human genome editing panel in wake of controversy > <https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_141446> > > *18 February 2019* > > By Sam Sherratt <https://www.bionews.org.uk/samsherratt> > > Appeared in BioNews 987 <https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_141432> > > The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening > <https://www.who.int/ethics/topics/human-genome-editing/committee-members/en/>an > 18-member committee of scientific experts from around the globe next month > with the goal of developing international standards for the oversight of > human genome editing <https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_2517>. > > According to the WHO's official announcement > <https://www.who.int/ethics/topics/human-genome-editing/committee-members/en/>made > last week, the committee will 'examine the scientific, ethical, social and > legal challenges associated with human genome editing'. The committee plans > to have its first meeting in Geneva in March with the aim of reviewing the > current landscape of genetic research. > > The committee will be overseen by co-chairs > <https://www.who.int/ethics/topics/human-genome-editing/committee-members/en/index1.html> > Justice > Edwin Cameron, a prominent human rights lawyer and justice of South > Africa's Constitutional Court, and Dr Margaret Hamburg, foreign secretary > of the US National Academy of Medicine. The committee membership itself > comprises of an international coalition of medical doctors, biomedical > researchers, human rights lawyers and bioethicists, including Professor > Robin Lovell-Badge <https://www.progress.org.uk/robinlovellbadge>, chair > of trustees of Progress Educational Trust, which publishes BioNews. > > The WHO's decision is thought to be motivated largely by a recent > controversy in China, where Chinese researcher Dr He Jiankui stunned the > global scientific community with his announcement that he had used > CRISPR/Cas9 <https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_2519> genome editing > technology to create the world's first genetically modified human children. > > Dr He revealed the birth of the twin girls last year ahead of a major > genome editing conference in Hong Kong, describing how he and his > colleagues had used CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in human embryos > <https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_2310> to remove a gene > <https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_2316> called *CCR5*, with the aim of > producing 'HIV-resistant infants' (see BioNews 977 > <https://www.bionews.org.uk/page_140038>). > > Dr He's announcement was met with widespread outrage by many who > considered the experiments poorly performed and unethical. > > Additional developments have only added to the furore, as it has also been > announced <http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/21/c_137762633.htm> by > Chinese media outlets that Dr He may have committed further ethical > breaches, including the forging of ethical review documents. > > The WHO hopes to reduce the chance of such incidents occurring in the > future with the formation of the new committee, with the aim to 'advise and > make recommendations on appropriate governance mechanisms for human genome > editing'. > SOURCES & REFERENCES > > Hamburg to co-chair WHO human genome editing committee > <https://www.biocentury.com/bc-extra/politics-policy/2019-02-14/hamburg-co-chair-who-human-genome-editing-committee> > > Biocentury | *15 February 2019* > > WHO appoints expert panel on gene editing after world's first baby claim > <https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/gene-editing-who-1.5019421> > > CBC | *14 February 2019* > > WHO expert advisory committee on Developing global standards for > governance and oversight of Human Genome editing > <https://www.who.int/ethics/topics/human-genome-editing/committee-members/en/> > > World Health Organisation | *14 February 2019* > > World Health Organization Forms Committee To Guide Editing Of Human Genes > <https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/14/694710663/will%20examine%20the%20scientific,%20ethical,%20social%20and%20legal%20challenges%20associated%20with%20human%20genome%20editing.%20The%20aim%20will%20be%20to%20advise%20and%20make%20recommendations%20on%20appropriate%20governance%20mechanisms%20for%20human%20genome%20editing> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. 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