Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Gernot Wagner]

I guess that's the question: Is it a "moratorium on research"?

The short statement
 clearly states
none of this should restrict "legitimate" climate research. Meanwhile,
neither the short statement nor the "extended argument
" defines
"legitimate." The longer statement clearly states that research leading to
"development" is impermissible.

So yes, back to square one: I realize SCoPEx is out (per the "extended
argument"), but is it OK to fly an ER2 into the Tonga volcano plume and
study chemical processes?

*Gernot Wagner, **New York University (on leave at Columbia Business
School, spring 2022)*
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*Keep in touch: *gwagner.com/#newsletter


On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 2:06 PM Wil Burns  wrote:

> It’s a good point, Gernot. Perhaps the call could be re-tooled to clarify
> that this is a call for a moratorium on research also? I think Biermann,
> et. al. make a powerful case for doing so in Sec. 1 of the WIRES article.
> As someone who has worked in this field for over 13 years, I applaud this
> initiative. wil
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> *From:* gep-ed@googlegroups.com  *On Behalf Of 
> *Gernot
> Wagner
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:48 PM
> *To:* stacy.vandev...@umb.edu
> *Cc:* Gep-Ed 
> *Subject:* Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use
> Agreement
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> Thanks, Stacy.
>
>
>
> Not trying to start an email BBQ on this list, but let me just say that
> the words used here are awfully close to those used by those most
> signatories would describe as solar geoengineering (research) "boosters."
> The subtle but all-important difference: e.g. Ted Parson and David Keith,
> in 2013, called for
>  a "non-use"
> agreement (moratorium) on deployment, while specifically allowing for
> research.
>
>
>
> And for research, of course, the all important distinction is whether it's
> e.g. permissible to study the implications of the Tonga volcano or whether
> even (small) outdoor experiments are permissible. Here e.g. from my
> just-published book, *Geoengineering: the Gamble*
>  (Polity, 2021):
>
>
>
>
>
> In contrast, this "Non-Use Agreement" here, of course, also includes
> (most) research.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Gernot
>
>
>
> *Gernot Wagner, New York University (on leave at Columbia Business School,
> spring 2022)*
> gwagner.com
> *Keep in touch: *gwagner.com/#newsletter
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> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:09 PM Stacy VanDeveer 
> wrote:
>
> Dear GEP colleagues,
>
>
>
> With more than 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars from
> around the world, we have launched a global initiative
>  today calling for an International Non-use
> Agreement on Solar Geoengineering.
>
> We argue that planetary-scale solar geoengineering deployment cannot be
> governed fairly and poses unacceptable risks if included as a future
> climate policy option. We are also deeply concerned about the risks that
> solar geoengineering development may pose to climate policy and
> decarbonization commitments.
>
>
>
> We are now calling on fellow academics, civil society organizations and
> concerned individuals to sign an open letter
>  to
> governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and
> the potential use of planetary scale geoengineering technologies.
>
>
>
> This initiative draws on an article published in WIREs Climate Change
> , which is
> co-authored by the 16 initiators of this initiative. Co-authors include,
> besides myself, prof. Frank Biermann (Utrecht University, Dr. Jeroen Oomen,
> (Utrecht University), prof. Aarti Gupta 

[gep-ed] Regulatory law posting at the International Seabed Authority (Kingston, Jamaica)

[Firestone, Jeremy]

A legal position, but I thought some of you might know of good applicants for 
this important position. Jeremy

From:  on behalf of Betsy Baker 

Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 4:03 PM
To: "envlawprofess...@lists.uoregon.edu" 
Subject: [Envlawprofessors - UOregon] Regulatory law posting at the 
International Seabed Authority (Kingston, Jamaica)

Dear colleagues,

Please circulate the following posting widely.  The International Seabed 
Authority plays a key role in setting regulatory precedent for deep seabed 
mining rules, and being part of Michael Lodge's team is a great opportunity.

Details below, with thanks:

#ISA
 is looking for a Legal Officer (Regulatory Affairs) to lead our work on the 
development of regulatory instruments for deep-sea mining in the international 
seabed Area, including the Mining Code and associated standards and guidelines. 
This is a fantastically exciting and challenging assignment for the right 
candidate and we look forward to someone joining our team as soon as possible. 
See the ISA website for details or apply through the UN Inspira portal here.

https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=172079=en-US

Kind regards,
Betsy

Betsy Baker
Distinguished Scholar, Vermont Law School
Global Fellow, Wilson Center 
Polar Institute
http:bakerarctic.net 

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[gep-ed] SASE Mini-Conference: The Political Economy of Climate Change; submissions due January 25

[Simone Pulver]

Dear Colleagues-

 

I am writing to draw your attention to an upcoming submissions deadline for a 
mini-conference on the Political Economy of Climate Change, hosted by SASE, at 
its annual meeting in Amsterdam, 9-11 July, 2022.

 

Paper submissions are due by Tuesday, 25 January 2022.

https://sase.org/event/2022-amsterdam/

 

 

SASE Mini-Conference: The Political Economy of Climate Change

Climate change is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. Humans are 
being challenged to find a set of policies, practices, and standards of 
behavior that provide long-term economic opportunities and improved quality of 
life around the world while maintaining a sustainable climate and viable 
ecosystems. At the core of how we collectively respond to this challenge are 
questions of global governance and coordination and political activism arrayed 
against the organized opposition of large sectors of the world economy like 
energy extraction and energy production, agriculture, and mining. Governments 
and communities who depend on these activities for their principal forms of 
revenue and employment are dug in to oppose efforts at climate mitigation. Put 
bluntly, the issue of whether and under what conditions capitalism can meet 
this challenge, and what alternatives to capitalism might look like, is at 
stake. The purpose of our mini-conference is to explore these themes in order 
to better understand what is going on and what might be possible. We can think 
of no other issue that embeds all of these features of our current politics. In 
addition to addressing possibilities and limits of actions to decarbonize the 
economy, the social sciences also have an important role to play in better 
understanding the human dimensions of climate change’s physical impacts and 
designing strategies for adapting to these negative consequences. Climate 
change raises major questions of equity concerning how poor and marginalized 
communities, who have so far borne the brunt of disasters and other 
climate-driven risks, will cope with the increased pace of change. It also 
considers how developing countries with more vulnerable populations will suffer 
in the near future, promoting new waves of migration and social conflict.

We are interested in papers that consider political economy, corporate 
responses to the climate challenge, the role of markets and financial 
institutions, social movements and NGOs, cultural and meaning systems, 
macro-comparative policy research, technological innovations, and the social 
organization of science and science policy. We are also interested in work that 
tries to make sense of the social and political effects of climate change 
including issues like environmental justice, disaster research, impacts on 
labor, human health, security and conflict, and social demography with some 
attention to migration. Finally, we are interested in contributions that try 
and reference ongoing successful and unsuccessful efforts to mitigate and adapt 
to climate change.

 



Dr. Simone Pulver

Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Environmental Studies

Director, Environmental Leadership Incubator

University of California at Santa Barbara

4001 Bren Hall / Santa Barbara, CA 93106

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RE: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Wil Burns]

It’s a good point, Gernot. Perhaps the call could be re-tooled to clarify that 
this is a call for a moratorium on research also? I think Biermann, et. al. 
make a powerful case for doing so in Sec. 1 of the WIRES article. As someone 
who has worked in this field for over 13 years, I applaud this initiative. wil


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Environmental Policy & Culture Program
Northwestern University

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Northwestern University stands, and the Indigenous people who remain on this 
land today.




From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Gernot 
Wagner
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:48 PM
To: stacy.vandev...@umb.edu
Cc: Gep-Ed 
Subject: Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

Thanks, Stacy.

Not trying to start an email BBQ on this list, but let me just say that the 
words used here are awfully close to those used by those most signatories would 
describe as solar geoengineering (research) "boosters." The subtle but 
all-important difference: e.g. Ted Parson and David Keith, in 2013, called 
for a "non-use" 
agreement (moratorium) on deployment, while specifically allowing for research.

And for research, of course, the all important distinction is whether it's e.g. 
permissible to study the implications of the Tonga volcano or whether even 
(small) outdoor experiments are permissible. Here e.g. from my just-published 
book, Geoengineering: the Gamble (Polity, 2021):

[cid:image002.png@01D80C6B.6E695360]

In contrast, this "Non-Use Agreement" here, of course, also includes (most) 
research.

All the best,
Gernot

Gernot Wagner, New York University (on leave at Columbia Business School, 
spring 2022)
gwagner.com
Keep in touch: gwagner.com/#newsletter


On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:09 PM Stacy VanDeveer 
mailto:stacy.vandev...@umb.edu>> wrote:
Dear GEP colleagues,

With more than 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars from around 
the world, we have launched a global initiative 
today calling for an International Non-use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering.
We argue that planetary-scale solar geoengineering deployment cannot be 
governed fairly and poses unacceptable risks if included as a future climate 
policy option. We are also deeply concerned about the risks that solar 
geoengineering development may pose to climate policy and decarbonization 
commitments.

We are now calling on fellow academics, civil society organizations and 
concerned individuals to sign an open 
letter to 
governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and the 
potential use of planetary scale geoengineering technologies.

This initiative draws on an article published in WIREs Climate 
Change, which is 
co-authored by the 16 initiators of this initiative. Co-authors include, 
besides myself, prof. Frank Biermann (Utrecht University, Dr. Jeroen Oomen, 
(Utrecht University), prof. Aarti Gupta (Wageningen  University), prof. Saleem 
H. Ali (University of Delaware), prof. Ken Conca (American University), prof. 
Maarten A. Hajer (Utrecht University), prof. Prakash Kashwan (University of 
Connecticut), prof. Louis J. Kotzé (North-West University), prof. Melissa Leach 
(Institute  of  Development  Studies), prof. Dirk Messner (German Environment 
Agency), prof. Chukwumerije Okereke (Alex-Ekwueme  Federal University 
Ndufu-Alike), prof. Åsa Persson (Stockholm Environment Institute), prof. Janez 
Potocnik (International  Resource  Panel,  United  Nations  Environment  
Programme), prof. David Schlosberg (Sydney Environment Institute), prof. 
Michelle Scobie (The University of the West Indies), prof. Stacy D. VanDeveer 
(University of Massachusetts Boston).

First signatories include prof. Mike Hulme, prof. Sheila Jasanoff,  prof. 
Stefan Rahmstorf, prof. Jennie C. Stephens, prof. Arturo Escobar, prof. Hiroshi 

Re: [gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Gernot Wagner]

Thanks, Stacy.

Not trying to start an email BBQ on this list, but let me just say that the
words used here are awfully close to those used by those most signatories
would describe as solar geoengineering (research) "boosters." The subtle
but all-important difference: e.g. Ted Parson and David Keith, in 2013, called
for  a "non-use"
agreement (moratorium) on deployment, while specifically allowing for
research.

And for research, of course, the all important distinction is whether it's
e.g. permissible to study the implications of the Tonga volcano or whether
even (small) outdoor experiments are permissible. Here e.g. from my
just-published book, *Geoengineering: the Gamble
* (Polity, 2021):

[image: image.png]

In contrast, this "Non-Use Agreement" here, of course, also includes (most)
research.

All the best,
Gernot

*Gernot Wagner, **New York University (on leave at Columbia Business
School, spring 2022)*
gwagner.com
*Keep in touch: *gwagner.com/#newsletter


On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:09 PM Stacy VanDeveer 
wrote:

> Dear GEP colleagues,
>
>
>
> With more than 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars from
> around the world, we have launched a global initiative
>  today calling for an International Non-use
> Agreement on Solar Geoengineering.
>
> We argue that planetary-scale solar geoengineering deployment cannot be
> governed fairly and poses unacceptable risks if included as a future
> climate policy option. We are also deeply concerned about the risks that
> solar geoengineering development may pose to climate policy and
> decarbonization commitments.
>
>
>
> We are now calling on fellow academics, civil society organizations and
> concerned individuals to sign an open letter
>  to
> governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and
> the potential use of planetary scale geoengineering technologies.
>
>
>
> This initiative draws on an article published in WIREs Climate Change
> , which is
> co-authored by the 16 initiators of this initiative. Co-authors include,
> besides myself, prof. Frank Biermann (Utrecht University, Dr. Jeroen Oomen,
> (Utrecht University), prof. Aarti Gupta (Wageningen  University), prof.
> Saleem H. Ali (University of Delaware), prof. Ken Conca (American
> University), prof. Maarten A. Hajer (Utrecht University), prof. Prakash
> Kashwan (University of Connecticut), prof. Louis J. Kotzé (North-West
> University), prof. Melissa Leach (Institute  of  Development  Studies),
> prof. Dirk Messner (German Environment Agency), prof. Chukwumerije Okereke
> (Alex-Ekwueme  Federal University Ndufu-Alike), prof. Åsa Persson
> (Stockholm Environment Institute), prof. Janez Potocnik (International
> Resource  Panel,  United  Nations  Environment  Programme), prof. David
> Schlosberg (Sydney Environment Institute), prof. Michelle Scobie (The
> University of the West Indies), prof. Stacy D. VanDeveer (University of
> Massachusetts Boston).
>
>
>
> First signatories include prof. Mike Hulme, prof. Sheila Jasanoff,  prof.
> Stefan Rahmstorf, prof. Jennie C. Stephens, prof. Arturo Escobar, prof.
> Hiroshi Ohta, prof. Patricia Kameri-Mbote, prof. Wolfgang Kramer, prof.
> Raymond Pierrehumbert, prof. Karen O’Brien, as well as the novelist Dr.
> Amitav Ghosh.
>
>
>
> We would be very grateful if you would support us by circulating this
> initiative widely within your networks. Additionally, we hope you will
> consider signing up as a Signatory on our website www.solargeoeng.org,
> and to encourage your academic colleagues to do the same.
>
>
>
> Finally, please also sign and share with your civil society networks,
> friends and family and all concerned citizens the change.org petition
> calling for an International Non-Use Agreement for Solar Geoengineering
> here: https://www.change.org/SolarGeoengNon-Use
>
>
>
> If you wish to contribute your time, please contact Carol Bardi (
> c.costadeso...@uu.nl)
>
>
>
> You can follow the progress on this on initiative on twitter: @solargeoeng
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> --Stacy
>
>
>
> --
>
> Stacy D. VanDeveer (he/him)
>
> Chair, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global
> Governance
>
> Professor, Global Governance & Human Security
>
> McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies
>
> University of Massachusetts Boston
>
> www.global.umb.edu
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[gep-ed] calling for a Solar Geoengineering Non-use Agreement

[Stacy VanDeveer]

Dear GEP colleagues,

With more than 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars from around 
the world, we have launched a global initiative 
today calling for an International Non-use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering.
We argue that planetary-scale solar geoengineering deployment cannot be 
governed fairly and poses unacceptable risks if included as a future climate 
policy option. We are also deeply concerned about the risks that solar 
geoengineering development may pose to climate policy and decarbonization 
commitments.

We are now calling on fellow academics, civil society organizations and 
concerned individuals to sign an open 
letter to 
governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and the 
potential use of planetary scale geoengineering technologies.

This initiative draws on an article published in WIREs Climate 
Change, which is 
co-authored by the 16 initiators of this initiative. Co-authors include, 
besides myself, prof. Frank Biermann (Utrecht University, Dr. Jeroen Oomen, 
(Utrecht University), prof. Aarti Gupta (Wageningen  University), prof. Saleem 
H. Ali (University of Delaware), prof. Ken Conca (American University), prof. 
Maarten A. Hajer (Utrecht University), prof. Prakash Kashwan (University of 
Connecticut), prof. Louis J. Kotzé (North-West University), prof. Melissa Leach 
(Institute  of  Development  Studies), prof. Dirk Messner (German Environment 
Agency), prof. Chukwumerije Okereke (Alex-Ekwueme  Federal University 
Ndufu-Alike), prof. Åsa Persson (Stockholm Environment Institute), prof. Janez 
Potocnik (International  Resource  Panel,  United  Nations  Environment  
Programme), prof. David Schlosberg (Sydney Environment Institute), prof. 
Michelle Scobie (The University of the West Indies), prof. Stacy D. VanDeveer 
(University of Massachusetts Boston).

First signatories include prof. Mike Hulme, prof. Sheila Jasanoff,  prof. 
Stefan Rahmstorf, prof. Jennie C. Stephens, prof. Arturo Escobar, prof. Hiroshi 
Ohta, prof. Patricia Kameri-Mbote, prof. Wolfgang Kramer, prof. Raymond 
Pierrehumbert, prof. Karen O’Brien, as well as the novelist Dr. Amitav Ghosh.

We would be very grateful if you would support us by circulating this 
initiative widely within your networks. Additionally, we hope you will consider 
signing up as a Signatory on our website www.solargeoeng.org, and 
to encourage your academic colleagues to do the same.

Finally, please also sign and share with your civil society networks, friends 
and family and all concerned citizens the change.org petition calling for an 
International Non-Use Agreement for Solar Geoengineering here: 
https://www.change.org/SolarGeoengNon-Use

If you wish to contribute your time, please contact Carol Bardi 
(c.costadeso...@uu.nl)

You can follow the progress on this on initiative on twitter: @solargeoeng

Thank you!
--Stacy

--
Stacy D. VanDeveer (he/him)
Chair, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security & Global Governance
Professor, Global Governance & Human Security
McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston
www.global.umb.edu

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