Conference program
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Program of the workshop "Geoengineering the Climate - an Issue for Peace and Security Studies?"
Thursday, November 10, 2011
14:45 - 15:15 Registration (ZMAW building, room 022/23)
15:15 - 17:00 Public session 1 (ZMAW building, room 022/23)
A. Geoengineering: an introduction
Moderator: Jürgen Scheffran (KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg)
15:15 Welcome by Jürgen Scheffran (KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg)
15:30 Peter Liss (University of East Anglia, UK):
An overview of Geoengineering
Commentary: Paul Crutzen (Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry)
Discussant: Gernot Klepper (Kiel Institute for the World Economcy)
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break
17:30 – 19:00 Public round table (ZMAW building, room 022/23)
B. Perspectives on Geoengineering
Moderator: Michael Brzoska (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg)
1. James R. Fleming (Colby College, Maine, USA):
The history of geoengineering
2. Timo Goeschl (University of Heidelberg):
The economics of geoengineering
3. Jason Blackstock (Waterloo, ON, Canada & Vienna, Austria):
Geoengineering and governance
4. Konrad Ott (University of Greifswald):
The ethics of geoengineering
19:30 Dinner
Friday, November 11, 2011
09:30 - 10:00 Arrival, welcome coffee (ZMAW building, room 022/23)
10:00 Introduction
10:15 – 12:30 Closed session 1 (ZMAW building, room 022/23)
C. Geoengineering: a taxonomy
Moderator: Achim Maas (adelphi research Berlin)
1. Ulrike Niemeier (Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology):
Aerosol dispersion
2. Andreas Oschlies (IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel):
Ocean fertilization
3. Michael Köhl (University of Hamburg):
Afforestation
4. Daniel Vallentin (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy):
Carbon sequestration
5. Jens Hartmann (KlimaCampus Hamburg):
Enhanced weathering
12:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 Closed session 2 (ZMAW building, room 022/23)
D. Geoengineering: Peace and security
Moderator: P. Michael Link (KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg)
1. Alan Robock (Rutgers University, USA):
Potential threats and future challenges of geoengineering
2. Jürgen Scheffran (KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg):
Conflict potentials of geoengineering
3. Achim Maas (adelphi research Berlin):
Security dimensions of geoengineering
4. Götz Neuneck (Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg):
From weather wars to climate engineering?
5. Henning Hetzer (Bundeswehr Transformation Center):
Geoengineering - three scenarios for 2040
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:45 Closed session 3 (ZMAW building, room 022/23)
E. Geoengineering: a global governance issue?
Moderator: Mark Lawrence (Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry)
1. Ortwin Renn (University of Stuttgart):
Impacts of geoengineering: perspectives of stakeholders and the public
2. Sebastian Harnisch (Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg):
Geoengineering as a global governance issue?
3. Alexander Proelß (Institute of International Law, University of Kiel):
International legal implications of climate engineering
4. Hartmut Graßl (Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology):
Is global governance of climate engineering possible?
17:45 – 18:00 Summary of discussions (ZMAW building, room 022/23)
Moderator: Jürgen Scheffran (KlimaCampus, University of Hamburg)
18:00 End of workshop