Webinar: Climate Cooling – more than a scientific question
Who gets to decide on cooling the planet, and how? Our researchers walk through four possible futures for SRM geopolitics and what they mean for governments facing high-stakes decisions.
How can governments prepare for high-stakes decisions on solar radiation modification (SRM) in an uncertain geopolitical future?
In this webinar, Dr Trish Lavery and Dr Danielle Young discussed a set of practical tools and insights developed during the SAFEGEOGOV project, a collaboration between the Centre for Future Generations (CFG), the University of Leeds and the OECD, with support from the UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA).
The webinar explores four scenarios showing how the geopolitics around SRM may unfold by 2036 and discusses what happens when experts negotiated SRM governance under crisis conditions. The discussion explores how policymakers – along with research funders and civil society organisations – can use these scenarios and insights to explore the implications of different futures, test governance options and assess negotiation strategies against realistic political dynamics.
Our speakers
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Matthias Honegger, Senior Director of CFG’s Climate Intervention Team, will introduce the session.
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Dr Danielle N. Young, Researcher at the University of Leeds.
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Dr Trish Lavery, Strategic Foresight Lead at CFG.
The discussion is moderated by Rowan Emslie, CFG’s Chief Communications Officer.