Exploring the Ethics and Societal Interactions of Climate Intervention
WHAT: A series of workshops from October – November 2024 to discuss research directions of climate intervention: its risks, impacts, and successes, best practices of governance and ethics, and where we need to know more.
WHEN: October 15, 18, 22 and 25; November 18 and 21, 2024
WHERE: VIRTUAL, required application due August 23, 2024
The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding a series of workshops that will take place this October and November on the ethical and social dynamics of climate intervention technologies. We’re looking for social scientists, ethicists, natural and life scientists and engineers to join the conversation on shaping the governance framework around climate change, focusing on Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies.
We are asking for participants to help us identify research directions that can shape the governance framework around SRM and CDR. Although these technologies may offer intriguing and exciting approaches to mitigating climate change, they can result in unintended environmental and societal consequences that require an interdisciplinary approach, weighing the risks of implementation versus the risks of inaction.