[geo] New energy and climate newsletter from South Asia

Hi all, Hope all is well in your respective corners of the world. I wanted to introduce a newsletter that I started a few weeks ago, Lights On , which covers climate change and energy news from India (and a bit of China too). It comes out twice a week, with a news

[geo] Newsletter of Week 27 of 2020

Title: Climate Engineering Newsletter     Climate Engineering Newsletter for Week 27 of 2020   07.07.2020, Event: Bio Energy with Carbon Capture & Storage (BECCS), online 08.07.2020, CCIS 2020 Webinar Series: Observations, Lab and Field Studies, online 06. 08.2020, CCIS 2

Re: [geo] New energy and climate newsletter from South Asia

Dear Lou (and colleagues) Thanks for sharing your newsletter. On Saturday, *Nikkei Asian Review* published my latest column, *"India needs a plan for extreme weather caused by climate change"* . Accor

[geo] Al Gore: climate engineering research reckless and wack-a-doodle

So there is a TED interview with Al Gore. His response (rant?) on climate engineering (he seems to mean SRM but also marine climate interventions) begins at minute 27. But do keep listening to the interview for the next 10min. The interview, Chris Anderson, pushes back and tries to see if Gore

Re: [geo] New energy and climate newsletter from South Asia

Dear Stephen and Arunabha, Thanks for your thoughtful answers and for the suggestions on topics to investigate. I saw the column on Nikkei this morning and I read it with interest, I mentioned the climate change report in a previous issue of the newsletter, here

Re: [geo] Al Gore: climate engineering research reckless and wack-a-doodle

Yes, keep in mind it took Al Gore nearly 20 years to accept that climate *adaptation* was not a "form of laziness" (as he wrote in 1992) and has to be pursued as vigorously as CO2 mitigation. Wrote on this in Nat Geo: http://j.mp/adaptationrises Not surprised it will take longer for him to be more

Re: [geo] Al Gore: climate engineering research reckless and wack-a-doodle

I'd just note that in the few times that I served as the scientific expert at Al Gore's leadership training sessions, I got into discussions with him on SRM as questions came up from the audience, seeking to get him to better understand why SRM was being discussed and research is needed. I thin