Symposium - Plan B: Engineering a Cooler Earth
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Hameetman Auditorium - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
Location Map
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Time |
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Speaker |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Registration and Coffee |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 | Opening Remarks (34 KB .pdf) Engineering a Cooler Earth (89.8 MB .pdf) |
Paul Wennberg (Caltech) |
| 9:15 - 9:25 | Changes in Earth’s Climate 1850-2017 (24.7 MB .pdf) | |
| 9:25 - 9:45 | Assessing Geoengineering Proposals and Climate Risks Through Data-Informed Modeling (58 MB .pdf) | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Q&A - Understanding the Basics |
Audience |
| 10:15 - 10:40 |
Coffee Break and Informal Discussion |
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| 10:40 - 12:00 |
Topic 1 |
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| Carbon Capture and Sequestration: The Scale of the Challenge (2.76 MB .pdf) | ||
| Prospects and Viability of Carbon Removal Technologies: Climate, Policy and Market Perspectives (1.9 MB .pdf) | ||
| CO2 Capture and Physical Sequestration (1.84 MB .pdf) | ||
| Chemical Sequestration of CO2 by Calcium Carbonate Dissolution (1 MB .pdf) | ||
| Panel Discussion: The Economics of Carbon Capture and Sequestration |
Moderated by: Julio Friedmann (Carbon Wrangler, LLC) |
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| Audience Q&A | ||
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch provided for all attendees |
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| 1:00 - 2:30 | Topic 2 Engineering Lower Solar Radiance: Albedo Modification Session Chair – Tom Prince (Caltech) |
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| Towards Improved Understanding of Albedo Modification’s Effectiveness and Risks (576 KB .pdf) | David Keith (Harvard) | |
| Marine Cloud Brightening: Science, Feasibility and a Plan for Research (2.18 MB .pdf) | Rob Wood (U. Washington) | |
| Viability and Desirability of Proposed Radiation Management Methods (12.3 MB .pdf) | Trude Storelvmo (Yale) | |
| Panel Discussion: Technical Challenges and Risks |
Moderated by: Doug MacMartin (Caltech) | |
| Audience Q&A | ||
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Coffee Break and Informal Discussion |
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| 3:00 - 4:45 | Topic 3 Risks and Practicalities of Albedo Modification Session Chair - Jonas Peters (Caltech) |
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| Geoengineering as a Response to Climate Risk (1.77 MB .pdf) | Gernot Wagner (Harvard) | |
| Governance Needs and Challenges (no slides presented) | Edward A. Parson (UCLA) | |
| Implementation and Entrepreneurial Perspectives (1.13 MB .pdf) |
David Rogers (Stanford) | |
| Effective Communication to the Public (3.45 MB .pdf) | Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) | |
| Panel Discussion: Technical Challenges and Risks |
Moderated by: Andrew Revkin (ProPublica) | |
| Audience Q&A | ||
| 4:45 | Concluding Remarks | John Grotzinger (Caltech) |
| 5:00 | Symposium Concludes | |