[geo] New Report on the Terrain of Solar Radiation Management

2023-11-08 Thread Wil Burns
The Solar Geoengineering Ecosystem: Key Actors Across the Landscape of the Field, Wil Burns & Shuchi Talati (November 2023) As more individuals and organizations start to engage in and learn about solar geoengineering (also known as solar radiation modification - SRM), it is challenging to

[geo] Third Annual Conference on Carbon Removal Law & Policy

2023-10-21 Thread Wil Burns
Please join us for our annual conference. See registration link below. Wil [cid:image001.jpg@01DA044B.D1778420] WIL BURNS Visiting Professor Environmental Policy & Culture Program Northwestern University Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu<mailto:william.bu...@northwetsern.edu&

[geo] 3rd Annual Carbon Dioxide Removal Law & Policy Conference

2023-06-30 Thread Wil Burns
ntial topics also. [cid:image001.jpg@01D9AB79.240AA450] <http://twitter.com/> WIL BURNS Co-Director, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy American University Visiting Professor, Environmental Policy & Culture Program, Northwestern University Email: william.bu...@northwes

[geo] RE: [CDR] [HCA-list] Iron Salt Aerosol: Article in MIT Technology Review

2023-02-18 Thread Wil Burns
“support” says that the LC resolution would be in play, and it clearly limits current OIF activities to small-scale scientific research. Again, not what you claim is permissible. wil [cid:image001.jpg@01D943BC.91C91F50] <http://twitter.com/> WIL BURNS Co-Director, Institute for

[geo] RE: [CDR] [HCA-list] Iron Salt Aerosol: Article in MIT Technology Review

2023-02-18 Thread Wil Burns
face of 0.01–0.1 Gt C (0.04–0.4 Gt CO2) (Hamme et al., 2010; Longman et al., 2020). [cid:image001.jpg@01D943B5.AD46A510] <http://twitter.com/> WIL BURNS Co-Director, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy American University Visiting Professor, Environmental Policy &am

[geo] RE: [CDR] Tiresome nomenclature squabbles

2023-02-02 Thread Wil Burns
com/> WIL BURNS Co-Director, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy American University Visiting Professor, Environmental Policy & Culture Program, Northwestern University Email: wbu...@american.edu<mailto:wbu...@american.edu> Mobile: 312.550.3079 https://www.american.ed

[geo] Scrubbing the Skies Webinar Series: NOAA and CDR

2022-12-07 Thread Wil Burns
tent announcements. wil [cid:image001.jpg@01D90A6A.AE5EF490] WIL BURNS Visiting Professor Environmental Policy & Culture Program Northwestern University Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu<mailto:william.bu...@northwetsern.edu> Mobile: 312.550.3079 1808 Chicago Ave. #110

[geo] Webinar: Carbon Dioxide Removal and COP27

2022-11-29 Thread Wil Burns
ake place on Monday, Dec. 5, from 1-2pm EST, and pre-registration is required. More details, and a link for registration can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scrubbing-the-skies-cdr-and-cop27-tickets-474288779507 wil [cid:image001.jpg@01D903D4.EDDA0A20] WIL BURNS Visiting Professor E

[geo] RE: [CDR] Moral Hazard Study

2022-04-16 Thread Wil Burns
should try to keep major emitters’ feet to the fire to optimize emissions reductions. wil [cid:image001.jpg@01D851B3.EBE68AA0] WIL BURNS Visiting Professor Environmental Policy & Culture Program Northwestern University Email: william.bu...@northwestern.edu<mailto:william.bu...@northwets

RE: [geo] Digest for geoengineering@googlegroups.com - 4 updates in 1 topic

2022-02-01 Thread Wil Burns
It should be noted that many of signatories beyond the original 16 represent many of the subject areas you indicate should weigh in, including law, ethics, and science. I don’t think this should be used as a straw man argument. wil [cid:image001.jpg@01D81756.42995140] WIL BURNS Visiting

[geo] Webinar: The Global South in the Imagining of Climate Futures: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson and Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò: March 23

2021-03-17 Thread Wil Burns
I hope that many of you can join us for our next webinar, moderated by Professor Kate O’Neill, UC-Berkeley. Please register early, as slots are limited! wil [Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy] Wil Burns, Co-Director & Professor of Research Institute for Carbon Removal Law

[geo] Reflecting on Solar Geoengineering—New on Resources Radio

2020-05-12 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. [Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy] Wil Burns, Co-Director & Professor of Research Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy | American University Phone: 650.281.9126 Web: www.american.edu/sis/centers/carbon-removal<https://www.american.edu/sis/centers/carbon-remov

[geo] New Paper: Solar Radiation Management Critical to Climate Strategy

2020-04-21 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. wol Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy A Scholarly Initiative of the School of International Service, American University 2650 Haste Street, Towle Hall #G07 Berkeley, CA 94720 650.281.9126 (Phone) http://ceassessment.org/  - External E

[geo] RE: [CDR] GNDE-A-Blueprint-for-Europes-Just-Transition.pdf

2019-09-03 Thread Wil Burns
published to try to establish a colloquy. Wil [Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy] Wil Burns, Co-Director & Professor of Research Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy | American University Phone: 650.281.9126 Web: www.american.edu/sis/centers/carbon-removal<https://w

[geo] RE: [CDR] C2G Issues Call for Papers for Global Policy - C2G

2019-07-12 Thread Wil Burns
. There’s also a lot of questions associated with soil-based plans. So, I think it’s laudatory that C2G2 is including these options in the mix. wil [Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy] Wil Burns, Co-Director & Professor of Research Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Polic

[geo] RE: [CDR] N2O geoengineering

2019-03-31 Thread Wil Burns
Of course, there’s also a lot of literature in the context of biochar. Our bibliography has hundreds of instances discussing biochar and NO2 emissions: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2282974/carbon_removal/items wil [Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy] Wil Burns, Co-Director & P

Re: [CDR] Re: [geo] Heinrich Boell evidence to UNEP

2019-03-09 Thread Wil Burns
And only yesterday, we were talking about this :) wil Get Outlook for iOS From: carbondioxideremo...@googlegroups.com on behalf of Andrew Lockley Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2019 11:30 AM Cc: Lili Fuhr; vorst...@boell.de; i...@boell.de; geoen

[geo] Ocean Climate Geoengineering Roundtable at JHU SAIS

2018-11-27 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. I hope that many of you can join us, either in person, or via livestream. In the latter context, please contact me if you wish to be added to the mailing list to receive the requisite link. wil [cid:image001.jpg@01D48650.2DC778E0][Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy] Wil Burns

[geo] Re: [CDR] Huh? Carbon Dioxide Emissions Raise Risk of Satellite Collisions - Scientific American

2018-10-05 Thread Wil Burns
There goes those “space mirror” SRM proposals :) Get Outlook for iOS From: carbondioxideremo...@googlegroups.com on behalf of Andrew Lockley Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 6:13:34 AM To: geoengineering; Carbon Dioxide Removal Subject: [CDR

[geo] Ph.D. Opportunity at U. Tasmania

2018-08-01 Thread Wil Burns
play a role in their supervision. Please share in your pertinent networks also. wil [photo] Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment & Professor of Research, School of International Service, American University 650.281.9126 | w...@feronia.org<m

[geo] Geo. and the Anthropocene

2018-07-22 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. Wil Markus Lederer, et al., Organising the unthinkable in times of crises: Will climate engineering become the weapon of last resort in the Anthropocene? 25(4) Organization (2018), http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1350508418759186 wil [photo] Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive

[geo] Fwd: Frontiers: Article Published

2018-06-01 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> From: Frontiers Science Production Office Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 6:38:36 AM To: Wil Burns Subject: Frontiers: Article Published Dear Dr Burns, We are pleased to announce that the following article you

[geo] RE: [CDR] SRM and CDR - The risk of termination shock from solar geoengineering

2018-03-12 Thread Wil Burns
more mightily on mitigation, as well as an emphasis on reducing short-lived radiative forcers to buy us time for decarbonization. If we're going to "dream big," let's dream big, and focus, on what I would suggest is a more positive vision of the future, and one which is li

[geo] CDR/NETs bibliography

2018-01-17 Thread Wil Burns
-reviewed and gray literature, including many online and open access resources. Additional citations are greatly appreciated; however, only those that are directly pertinent to CDR/NETs. Wil Burns [photo] Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, School of

[geo] Upcoming CDR/NETs Workshop: Livestream and Archive

2017-10-24 Thread Wil Burns
try. In that latter context, please contact us if you might be interested in collaborating to hold a similar workshop. The Organizing Committee CDR NETS DC 17 Drs. Wil Burns, Simon Nicholson, and Rachael Jonassen [photo] Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering As

[geo] FW: SOS 2017 Session spotlight 4 - Ocean NETs - CO2 Sequestration Via Ocean-Based Negative Emissions Technologies

2017-09-11 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. wil [photo] Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, School of International Service, American University 650.281.9126 | w...@feronia.org<mailto:w...@feronia.org> | http://www.ceassessment.org<http://www.ceassessment.org/> | Skype: wil

[geo] Carbon Dioxide Removal/Negative Emissions Technologies Workshop: George Washington University

2017-08-28 Thread Wil Burns
tive-emissions Should you have any questions about the event, please do not hesitate to contact me. I hope that some of you can join us in DC. wil [photo] Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, School of International Service, American University 650.281.9126

[geo] Case Studies in the Environment: Call for Contributors

2017-08-17 Thread Wil Burns
cse.ucpress.edu<http://cse.ucpress.edu/> for more information about the journal, and to explore current content. wil Dr. Wil Burns, Editor-in-Chief Case Studies in the Environment University of California Press 2650 Haste St., Towle Hall #G07 Berkeley, CA 94720 650.281.9126 (Phone

[geo] Re: Geoengineering fears make scrutiny of ocean seeding test vital | New Scientist

2017-06-11 Thread Wil Burns
eld by 2100 based on current NDCs is misleading. I also don't think it makes sense for the geoengineering community to denigrate Paris as a justification for geoengineering. wil *Dr. Wil Burns* *Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, School of International Ser

[geo] New BECCS Publication

2017-02-05 Thread Wil Burns
s the low prioritization of BECCS relative to alternative technologies, indicating an urgent need for studies of the socio-political preconditions for large-scale BECCS deployment. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421517300605 Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Cli

[geo] Registration Information for Carbon Dioxide/Negative Emissions Technologies Workshop, UC-Berkeley, Feb. 8, 2017

2017-01-02 Thread Wil Burns
category of climate geoengineering options which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has cited as potentially a critical component of future climate strategies. I hope to see many of you there. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have additional questions. wil burns https

RE: [geo] CDR as Mitigation

2016-07-06 Thread Wil Burns
commensurate with actual decarbonizing of the world economy. It ain’t, and I don’t think we’re responsible agents if we represent it as such. I wouldn’t consider CCS as mitigation either, for some of the same reasons that I outlined originally. wil Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for

[geo] CDR as Mitigation

2016-07-06 Thread Wil Burns
's unfortunate that we portray this as "mitigation." Therein lies the creation of the bugaboo that we know as "moral hazard." While simply characterizing climate geoengineering as a "bridge" to a decarbonized future may not create such a hazard, characterizing ge

[geo] Re: Rhode Island Geoengineering Bill

2016-02-26 Thread Wil Burns
I have found some of the critiques of the proposed geoengineering legislation in Rhode Island on this list to be less than constructive to date. The gist of them appears to be that hoary old saw that states like Rhode Island should be far more concerned about climate change, and by extension, s

[geo] "Natural Geoengineering"

2016-01-30 Thread Wil Burns
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_natural_geo-engineering_can_help_slow_global_warming/2951/#%2EVqmhVC3PN0A%2Elinkedin Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment A Scholarly Initiative of the School of International Service, American University 2650 Haste

[geo] Special Issue on Geoengineering Law: Climate Law

2015-10-31 Thread Wil Burns
reprints of selected articles can be directed to me. thanks, wil Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment A Scholarly Initiative of the School of International Service, American University 2650 Haste Street, Towle Hall #G07 Berkeley, CA 94720 650.281.9126

[geo] FCEA Power Point Project: Call for Materials

2015-09-28 Thread Wil Burns
eate a valuable resource for those seeking to explain climate engineering to an expanding array of audiences, as well as a revealing snapshot of how major concepts and questions in this field are currently being treated. Thanks, wil Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for C

[geo] Climate Law article and upcoming special issue

2015-09-28 Thread Wil Burns
01007%3Bjsessionid%3D1vgxxj0loopkr.x-brill-live-02&si=5983818467508224&pi=c6b7f5c8-398f-4919-d59d-980af6c634a6> wil Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment A Scholarly Initiative of the School of International Service, American University 2650

[geo] Phytoplankton and Cloud Droplet Formation

2015-07-23 Thread Wil Burns
FYI: "Plankton Blooms Fuel Cloud Droplet Formation," http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/plankton-blooms-fuel-cloud-droplet-formation/?WT.mc_id=SA_ENGYSUS_20150723 Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment A Scholarly Initiat

[geo] Re: First U.S. state proposed legislation on climate engineering

2015-03-23 Thread Wil Burns
I don't have any insights into the genesis of this bill, but I suspect it's not the last one we'll see of this nature. Just as climate policy/energy policy (think things e.g. state regulation of fracking or RGGI or AB32) has been effectuated at the sub-national level, so may climate geoengineeri

Re: [geo] Digest for geoengineering@googlegroups.com - 6 updates in 3 topics

2014-06-29 Thread Wil Burns
f Russia, but what would India, for example, do if deployment of an SRM option shut down the monsoon and threatened the lives of millions or tens of millions? I'd hate to be "wrong" in this case. Dr. Wil Burns Co-Director, Washington Climate Geoengineering Consortium 2

Re: [geo] Digest for geoengineering@googlegroups.com - 7 updates in 4 topics

2014-05-06 Thread Wil Burns
rmostat.html >>: >Why We Should Not Engineer A Global Thermostat >- Ecologist< > > http://www.climate-engineering.eu/single/items/ecologist-we-must-cool-the-arctic-before-its-too-late.html >>: >We must cool the Arctic before it's

[geo] Fwd: FW: Pre-Announcement: "Bicentenary of the great Tambora eruption" Conference - April 2015 (Switzerland)

2014-02-13 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. wil Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science, Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 650.281.9126 (Mobile) 202.452.8713 (Fax) http://energy.jhu.edu Skype ID: Wil.Burns Blog: Teaching Climate/En

[geo] Climate Geoengineering Timeline

2014-01-20 Thread Wil Burns
, we would appreciate recommendations from members of the list in terms of corrections and additions. Thanks, wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washington, DC 2

[geo] Re: Report release- A Civil Society Meeting on Geoengineering

2013-12-16 Thread Wil Burns
As Michael, indicated, I also responded to Jim's message; please see below. wil Dear Jim, Thank you for your message; as the host for this meeting, I’d like to respond to several aspects of your message. Please see below. wil Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Sc

[geo] Rangeland Management CDR

2013-11-06 Thread Wil Burns
FYI, a critique of Allan Savory's TED talk in February 2013 entitled “How to fight desertification and reverse climate change.” It includes a discussion of the potential role of holistic rangeland management as a CDR strategy:http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=16057 wil -- Dr. Wil

Re: [geo] Re: Marine Geoengineering to be Regulated Under Amendments to International Treaty

2013-10-20 Thread Wil Burns
e...@carnegiescience.edu 'kcalde...@carnegiescience.edu');> > http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab > https://twitter.com/KenCaldeira > > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Wil Burns > 'williamcgbu...@gmail.com');> > > wrote: > >> Gratuitous

[geo] Re: Marine Geoengineering to be Regulated Under Amendments to International Treaty

2013-10-19 Thread Wil Burns
ested parties. If the contempt that some members of this list are expressing for this approach is based on their mistrust of the IMO in this context, then who should be trusted to balance the competing interests intrinsic to this kind of activity? Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Sci

[geo] New article on non-anthropogenic ocean fertilization in MEPS

2013-08-17 Thread Wil Burns
81.pdf> -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washington, DC 20036 202.663.5976 (Office phone) 650.281.9126 (Mobile) wbu...@jhu.edu http://advanced.jhu.edu/academic/environme

[geo] Basalt sequestration

2013-08-08 Thread Wil Burns
FYI: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pilot-projects-bury-co2-in-basalt&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_ENGYSUS_20130801 -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washin

[geo] Cambridge University Press book on climate geoengineering

2013-07-30 Thread Wil Burns
ttp://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/environmental-law/climate-change-geoengineering-philosophical-perspectives-legal-issues-and-governance-frameworks#bookPeople> - Wil C. G. Burns, The Johns Hopkins University - Andrew L. Strauss, Widener University School of Law, Delaware -- Dr. Wil

[geo] New Book on Climate Change Geoengineering

2013-06-17 Thread Wil Burns
, Widener University School of Law, Delaware Ordering information and a list of contributors can be found at: http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item7140415/Climate%20Change%20Geoengineering/?site_locale=en_US Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science, Energy Policy

[geo] Sci. American Piece on Artificial Trees

2013-05-17 Thread Wil Burns
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=prospects-for-direct-air-capture-of-carbon-dioxide&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_ENGYSUS_20130516 -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW R

[geo] Oz and the London Convention

2013-05-17 Thread Wil Burns
FYI, Australian move to ban OIF under the London Convention: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/water-issues/australia-seeks-to-limit-ocean-geoengineering-20130515-2jmkn.html -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University

[geo] New Study on Redfield Ratio, maybe pertinent to ocean fertilization?

2013-05-03 Thread Wil Burns
ved a ratio of 195:28:1 in the warm nutrient-depleted low-latitude gyres, 137:18:1 in warm, nutrient-rich upwelling zones, and 78:13:1 in cold, nutrient-rich high-latitude regions. We suggest that the coupling between oceanic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles may vary systematically by ecosy

[geo]

2013-04-25 Thread Wil Burns
e Bag 4800 CHRISTCHURCH 8140 NEW ZEALAND karen.sc...@canterbury.ac.nz -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washington, DC 20036 202.663.5976 (Office phone) 650.281.912

[geo] Live Science

2012-12-26 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. The website Livescience listed geoengineering as one of the seven hottest climate change stories of 2012: http://www.livescience.com/25782-top-climate-change-stories-2012.html?cid=dlvr.it wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program J

[geo] New Research on OIF

2012-12-13 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. Wil http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=2&newsstoryid=10740&utm_source=console&utm_medium=news&utm_campaign=cws -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

[geo] Bio-CCS

2012-08-05 Thread Wil Burns
New report on Bio-CCS from Bellona: http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2012/1340380044.27 -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washington, DC 20036 202.663.5976 (Of

[geo] New Study by Jarvis & Leedal

2012-07-21 Thread Wil Burns
THE GEOENGINEERING MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT (GEOMIP): A CONTROL PERSPECTIVE: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/bsaajj/Manuscripts/Jarvis_ASL_2012.pdf -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue

[geo] New Geoengineering Policy Report

2012-05-30 Thread Wil Burns
FYI: Climate Engineering Avoiding Pandora’s Box through Research and Governance, FNI Climate Policy Perspective, http://www.fni.no/doc&pdf/FNI-Climate-Policy-Perspectives-5.pdf We will do a review on the Teaching Climate & Energy Law/Policy blog later today. wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, A

[geo] Bibliography suggestions

2012-04-13 Thread Wil Burns
tions. Please send full citations to me at this address. thanks, wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washington, DC 20036 202.663.5976 (Office phone) 650.281.9126 (Mo

[geo] Tulsa Law Review Symposium issue on geo

2012-04-13 Thread Wil Burns
*FYI. The Tulsa Law Review has just released a special symposium issue on climate change geoengineering; I have included the Table of Contents below. wil* Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Av

[geo] Documents for Geoengineering Project

2012-03-24 Thread Wil Burns
opies of said documents (note: I have everything that's pertinent from the CBD and London Convention to date). thanks, wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washing

[geo] Legal Planet piece

2012-02-18 Thread Wil Burns
FYI, blog entry on the environmental law blog, Legal Planet, about the purported conflict of interest of geoengineering researchers raised by a recent Guardian piece: http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/geoengineering-and-conflicts-of-interest/ wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director

[geo] Clive Hamilton on Geoengineering

2011-11-17 Thread Wil Burns
over the social and political causes of the climate crisis. http://www.clivehamilton.net.au/cms/index.php?page=articles -- Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washington, DC 2

[geo] CBD Draft Studies on Geoengineering

2011-11-14 Thread Wil Burns
Saint-Jacques Street, Suite 800Montreal, Quebec, CanadaH2Y 1N9 ___ Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University

[geo] Upcoming Wilson Center event, publication release

2011-11-06 Thread Wil Burns
obert-olson Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washington, DC 20036 202.663.5976 (Office phone) 650.281.9126 (Mobile) wbu...@jhu.edu http://advanced.jhu.edu/academic/environment

Re: [geo] Digest for geoengineering@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 3 Topics

2011-11-05 Thread Wil Burns
broad agreement on > that could be more of a challenge than the science of desrisking > geoengineering. > > Robert Chris > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group geoengineering. > You can post via email. > To unsub

[geo] New Article on Aerosols and South Asian Monsoons in Science

2011-10-27 Thread Wil Burns
=== Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 104J Washington, DC 20036 202.663.5976 (Office phone) 650.281.9126 (Mobile)

[geo] Cloud seeding experiment in Kenya

2011-10-07 Thread Wil Burns
FYI: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/drought-hit-kenya-turns-to-cloud-seeding-for-rain -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1160 Regent St. Alameda, CA 94501 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org

[geo] GAO Study

2011-08-25 Thread Wil Burns
I'm running behind on my email, so my apologies if this has already been posted, the GAO's new report on geoengineering: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1171.pdf wil Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science - Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717

[geo] Call for speakers: International Law Association

2011-08-02 Thread Wil Burns
o speak to practitioners, academics, and government policymakers. Thanks, wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1160 Regent St. Alameda, CA 94501 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org http://www.tandf.co.uk/j

[geo] New publication on geo by Clive Hamilton

2011-07-30 Thread Wil Burns
ns of Geoengineering," at: http://www.clivehamilton.net.au/cms/media/ethical_foundations_of_climate_engineering.pdf -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1160 Regent St. Alameda, CA 94501 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 51

[geo] New paleo study on ice sheets and sea level rise

2011-07-28 Thread Wil Burns
/summary/333/6042/620<http://app.aaas-science.org/e/er.aspx?s=1906&lid=5723&elq=03a7f5f3e61c4f0aba676ba1a5a26fb0> -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1160 Regent St. Alameda, CA 94501 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax

[geo] WRI/UNEP Paper on climate regime

2011-07-27 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. Some members of the list might want to weigh in. wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1160 Regent St. Alameda, CA 94501 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/ti

[geo] New publication on cool roofs and photovoltaic arrays

2011-07-23 Thread Wil Burns
FYI., wil Millstein & Menon, Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment, 6(3) Environmental Research Letters, http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/6/3/034001 wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Pol

[geo] Guardian piece on the IPCC and Geo

2011-06-15 Thread Wil Burns
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/15/ipcc-geo-engineering-climate -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Shasta Road Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org http://www.tandf.c

[geo] New study on biochar

2011-06-15 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Shasta Road Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13880292.asp SSRN site: http://ssrn.com/author=24

[geo] Ice Mass Loss in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

2011-05-19 Thread Wil Burns
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v473/n7347/full/nature10089.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20110519 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group

[geo] Internaitonal Workshop on the CO2 Removal from the Atmosphere

2011-05-13 Thread Wil Burns
FYI. wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Shasta Road Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13880292.asp SSRN site: http://ssrn.com/author=24

[geo] Re: New law review symposium issue on geoengineering

2011-05-12 Thread Wil Burns
Thanks, Michael; we obviously don't view this the same way, but I appreciate the colloquy. And we're not that far apart in many ways (which is why I don't think ETC Group would ever embrace me as one of their own). I could accept SRM as part of a legally binding agreement with stepwise reductions i

[geo] Re: New law review symposium issue on geoengineering

2011-05-12 Thread Wil Burns
he same people who would fast track the methane reduction > fantasy that some have fallen prey to of late.  So don't blame AEI for > binary thinking.  It's others who have defined the choices. > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Wil Burns" > To:

[geo] Re: New law review symposium issue on geoengineering

2011-05-12 Thread Wil Burns
Hi Michael, Thanks for responding again. A few more thoughts above. On May 11, 10:47 am, Michael Hayes wrote: > Thank you for the response. > > As to 1); The principal aspects of SRM, in that they are > both technologically simple and cheap, makes the assumption of "failure" > seem unrealistic.

[geo] Re: New law review symposium issue on geoengineering

2011-05-11 Thread Wil Burns
es and does not prepare. Realpolitik > dictates we will have a geoengineering challenge in excess of expectations, > temporally, politically and by magnitude of the intervention needed. > > A > On 11 May 2011 18:45, "Wil Burns" wrote: > > > Hi Mike, > > > As usual,

[geo] Re: New law review symposium issue on geoengineering

2011-05-11 Thread Wil Burns
e don't > get started immediately on all steps (some emphasizing implementation, some > emphasizing research), having to run faster in the future seems sure to lead > to some serious slips and bumps in the road--at least. > > Mike MacCracken > > On 5/11/11 12:10 PM, "

[geo] Re: New law review symposium issue on geoengineering

2011-05-11 Thread Dr. Wil Burns
Hi Michael, Several responses here: 1. A future generation might have no choice in terminating an SRM approach should it technologically fail; this is certainly not beyond the pale. For example, various climatic feedback processes might ultimately denude the effectiveness of cloud brightening or

[geo] New law review symposium issue on geoengineering

2011-05-10 Thread Wil Burns
The *Stanford Journal of Law, Science & Policy* has just published a special issue on climate geoengineering. The Table of Contents and the URL (open access) for the issue is listed below. wil Dr. Wil Burns, Editor-in-Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Sha

[geo] CBD Liaison Group

2011-05-02 Thread Wil Burns
gn=Climate+Change+Daily+Feed+-+29+April+2011+-+Climate+Change+Policy+%26+Practice wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Shasta Road Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org http://www

[geo] New Article on Biochar

2011-03-24 Thread Wil Burns
My apologies if this new biochar piece was already brought to the attention of the group. wil https://www.agronomy.org/publications/jeq/abstracts/40/2/468 -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Shasta Road Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Ph: 650.281.

[geo] IMO and Ocean Fertilization

2010-11-01 Thread Wil Burns
ving-ocean-fertilization-agreed.aspx. wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 2875 Shasta Road Berkeley, CA 94708 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13880292.asp SSRN site: h

[geo] Nanoparticles and SRM

2010-09-29 Thread Wil Burns
s and away from ozone layer http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/m/1863/207604/article/news/43837 -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1702 Arlington Blvd. El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildli

Re: [geo] Digest for geoengineering@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

2010-08-22 Thread Wil Burns
>Surface-Water Acidification Around Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a,” Science, 329, >428, July 23, 2010 >8. Hugo A Loaiciga, et al., “Modern-age buildup of CO2 and its effect > on seawater acidity and salinity,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L10605, >i:10.1029/2006GL026305 >

[geo] Recent article on sunshade geoengineering

2010-07-29 Thread Wil Burns
FYI, I have blogged on a very recent study of sunshade geoengineering: Takanobu Kosugi, Role of Sunshades in Space as a Climate Control Option, 67 Acta Astronautica 241-253 (2010). The entry can be found at: Teaching Climate Change & Policy, http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org. wil -- Dr.

[geo] New Met Resource on Geoengineering

2010-07-27 Thread Wil Burns
position on geo. wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1702 Arlington Blvd. El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.5361 ji...@internationalwildlifelaw.org http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13880292.asp SSRN site: http://ssr

[geo] Province of governance for geoengineering

2010-06-09 Thread Wil Burns
f the Scientific Groups of the London Convention and Protocol chris.viv...@cefas.co.uk On Jun 8, 4:53 pm, Wil Burns wrote: > With reference to Chris's response to my messages about the proper province > for governance, I think co-governance is an interesting idea. There hasn't &g

Re: [geo] Digest for geoengineering@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 3 Topics

2010-06-08 Thread Wil Burns
ngineering<#129172064e1bd9f8_group_thread_1>[1 Update] >- Digest for geoengineering@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 4 > Topics<#129172064e1bd9f8_group_thread_2>[1 Update] > > Topic: New study on cloud albedo > enhancement<http://groups.google.

[geo] New study on cloud albedo enhancement

2010-06-07 Thread Wil Burns
hin regions, in distinction to far more regional homogeneity in previous studies It would be interesting to hear the take of some of the folks on this list with expertise in this context. wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1702 Arlingto

[geo] New Clive Hamilton piece on geoengineering

2010-06-07 Thread Wil Burns
FYI: http://www.clivehamilton.net.au/cms/media/documents/articles/dr_strangeloves_return.pdf . wil -- Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 1702 Arlington Blvd. El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA Ph: 650.281.9126 Fax: 510.779.536

Re: [geo] Digest for geoengineering@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 4 Topics

2010-05-26 Thread Wil Burns
> > (5) http://unfccc.int/home/items/5265.php UN list of commitments by > developing countries. > > (6) > http://naturvernforbundet.no/getfile.php/Dokumenter/rapporter/2009/Fact-Sheet-Russia.pdf > FoE Norway > > (7) > www.asiaisgreen.com/2009/12/03/true-or-false-singapore-to-reduce-car

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