Geoengineering: Who Should Control Our Atmosphere?
b'According to the latest IPCC Assessment Report, we\\u2019re currently on course for at least 3\\xb0C (5.4\\xb0F) of warming by 2100 even if all of the voluntary Paris Agreement emissions pledges are fulfilled. Clearly the world needs to do more to reduce emissions. But what if that\\u2019s still not enough?\\nSolar geoengineering \\u2013 such as putting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of the sun\\u2019s heat from reaching the earth \\u2013 could be one tool to slow warming temporarily. But it has become so politically fraught that even research into the subject is contentious. Who decides who should control our atmosphere?\\xa0And what global governance structures should be put in place before any experimentation begins?\\nThis program is generously underwritten in part by the Laney and Pasha Thornton Foundation.\\nFor transcripts and other information, visit: https://www.climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts\\nGuests:\\nJanos Pasztor, Executive Director, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative, former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations\\xa0\\nSheila Jasanoff, Professor of science and technology studies, Harvard Kennedy School\\nAlbert Lin, Professor, University of California Davis School of Law\\xa0\\nDavid Keith, Professor of applied physics and public policy, Harvard\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'