MODULE 4: Geoengineering

AGENDA

1. Next time: love of nature RR
2. Recap
3. Bjorn Lomborg
4. Geoengineering
5. Poll

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Recap

Can we keep temperature rise under 1.5 - 2 deg C?

1. Coercion. Cap and trade could work, but unrealistic on a global scale
2. Voluntary cooperation.  Paris Agreement could work, but nations aren't doing their fair share.
3. So....anger, despair

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Or hope?

Bjorn Lomborg

Who is he?

• Statistician from Denmark
• Works at Copenhagen Consensus
• Author of Cool It and False Alarm and The Skeptical Environmentalist; writes op-eds in Wall Street Journal.

Views

Climate change is real

We should mitigate

• need green innovation
• not just sacrifice
• carbon taxes

But what if we don't mitigate?

• Not a disaster
• We will adapt to higher tempeature, sealevel rise
• Should research geoengineering 

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No worries, we'll adapt!

DEBATE

13:09 - 17:27 Bjorn Lomborg

Arguments: (1) People live successfully in many habitats, (2) old woman wouldn't remember 10 inch sea level rise over her lifetime (3) low lying countries adapt with dikes (Holland) (4) climate change activists mislead us by picturing a world that didn't adapt

LOMBORG TALK

14 - 18

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Geoengineering as a backup plan

Technologies

1. Geoengineering, an optimistic view -- Reece -- Cool It!
2. Geoengineering, a worried view -- Carla -- Hourdequin lecture (good slide: 19:26)
3. Geoengineering--it's happening now! -- Derik -- NYT article 

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POLL